All Forecourt Trader articles in November 2013 – Page 4
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Massive diesel theft from Suffolk filling station
Suffolk Police have issued an alert to forecourt owners after thousands of litres of diesel were stolen from a filling station at Kentford, in Suffolk. The incident occurred between 8pm on Wednesday 6 November and 6am on Thursday 7 November at the Bury Road Filling Station. About 14,000 litres of ...
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Tesco secures partner for screen debut
Tesco has signed a deal that will provide digital advertising and customer messaging across its entire estate of 450 petrol stations in the UK. Tesco, and its customer research specialists Dunnhumby, have signed a partnership deal with digital media network owner Amscreen, which claims the new network will deliver content ...
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Robbery at Gerrards Cross forecourt site
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a robbery at the BP Garage, on the A40 in Gerrards Cross on Monday night. At around 10.40pm three men wearing balaclavas or face coverings entered the BP Garage and threatened the staff on duty, assaulting one of them. They then stole ...
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Crisis talks over tankers
The government is in talks with the oil industry to ensure the security of fuel supplies after a safety problem affecting about 12% of the British tanker fleet was discovered.About 230 fuel tankers do not meet the standards required to transport dangerous goods by road and will need to be ...
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Good stock control ensured no Grangemouth outages
Forecourts in Scotland and Northern England, whose fuel supplies come from the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland, managed to maintain availability despite the site shutting down for over a week during the recent industrial dispute.PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: "The PRA issued early advice to forecourts suggesting they gradually increase holding ...
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Analysis
Peter Harding - Retail technology consultant
Question. Where should the site manager/operator spend most of their time? Answer. In the shop, looking after customers and ensuring that stock levels are correct and that the store is well merchandised, promotions to the fore. This is one view of the retailing concept. Never before has ’retail is detail’ ...
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MP told that LPG needs long-term commitment
LPG fuel could disappear from many UK forecourts unless the government makes long-term commitment to support it, a leading supplier has warned"Due to its better environmental credentials when compared with petrol and diesel, autogas enjoys a much lower level of fuel duty from the government," said Paul Oxford, business development ...
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Holidays are coming
This year, Coca-Cola will be running its biggest-ever Christmas marketing campaign. Activity includes new TV advertising, festive-themed packs and a Christmas truck tour across the country.According to Kantar Worldpanel data, 43% more households buy Coca-Cola, Diet Coke or Coke Zero than other cola brands at Christmas, so retailers are advised ...
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World class service
Once again the cheers rang out for Euro Garages at the glittering occasion of the annual Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards in September. Having taken the top award in 2011 for its Beehive site in Blackburn, the group was once again presented with the most prestigious trophy in the ...
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Merry Christ-moose
WKD is supported by a ’Christ-Moose’ campaign. Free pos kits containing posters, shelf strips, wobblers and signs for seasonal opening times are available. A selection of case deals aims to encourage retailers to stock up on WKD.For impulse retailers, four x 275ml price-marked promotional packs of WKD blue and iron ...
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Christmas in a sub
Country Choice’s Christmas cracker sub contains minced pork, turkey, ham, cranberries and stuffing. Also available is the turkey, stuffing and cranberry bake.
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UKPIA: Christ Hunt
As I write this column the focus of our attention has been on the uncertainty about the future of the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland. Fortunately this has been resolved, as the loss of Grangemouth would have posed significant consequences for fuel supply in Scotland. The agreement should open up ...
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Ginsters supports charity with its festive packs
Two of Ginsters’ special festive lines will support the Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) this year. The pasty firm will donate 10p to the RVS for every Festive Pasty and Festive Christmas Cracker sandwich sold. The company hopes that its donation will enable the charity to deliver over 6,000 Christmas meals ...
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Fuel duty deferment a real ’game changer’
Fuel retailers could save signficant sums of money by buying fuel under duty deferment terms available from HMRC, claimed Alan Powell of tax specialist Alan Powell Associates, at last month’s Regeneration Forum at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Westminster.The Forum, which was hosted by the PRA and organised ...
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Certification upgraded
Wet-stock management specialist Fairbanks has extended its ISO & BS registration to include certification to OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001, following the development and implementation of an occupational health, safety and environmental management system. Fairbanks HSQE manager Ian Burns commented: "The company has been certified ISO 9001 for quite a ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on The hot topic of hot fuel plus tips on relaying your store on a shoestring
Do you really get what you pay for? How do you know if the amount of fuel ordered is the amount delivered? How much of a hot topic is the temperature of fuel? We have all read those consumer stories about, for example, people in the tropics who don’t realise ...
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Start the Celebrations
Shloer Celebration Pink Fizz and Celebration White Bubbly are described as "two new premium celebration-style soft drinks".Both Celebration variants have higher carbonation levels than the lightly sparkling original Shloer range. They come packaged in 75cl clear glass bottles featuring natural cork closures in a wire cage and foil. They have ...
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Sewell improves margins with EPoS system supplied by CBE
Top 50 Indie Sewell Retail has installed a CBE EPoS system to cover its 12 fuel sites and provide a head office software package to allow for greater control of all store operations. The system chosen by Sewell Retail includes CBE touch screen units with customer-facing advertising screens, a CBE ...
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Day in the Life: Robert Campbell
It’s been another sleepless night thanks to either me thinking about the business, or the two kids bed hopping or both. Then it’s a 45-minute commute to work, which gives me time to come round and fine tune plans for the day. I also use this time to check and ...
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Tempting new cakes
A new addition to this year’s McVitie’s Temptations range, which already includes dark chocolate swirls and mint digestive slices, is Irish cream cake bars, comprising chocolate sponge with a layer of Irish Cream liqueur topping, covered in milk chocolate.Returning to the range are Galaxy Mistletoe Kisses cake bars and McVitie’s ...