All Forecourt Trader articles in November 2015 – Page 2
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News
Xmas treats as Sewell re-opens South Cave
Sewell on the go is celebrating the re-opening of South Cave service station in East Yorkshire by offering customers the chance to ’have Christmas on us’. Using its Your Rewards card, customers who spend £10 in the store five times between November 16 and December 10, 2015, will be entered ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on two money stories - one with no cash and the other no collections
A cash point with no cash is no joke. You offer extra services, on top of your normal marketing mix, in order to draw in the punters and to make a bit (never very much) on the side. All very well when it’s glitch-free, but a pain when it isn’t. ...
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NWF buys supply firm
NWF Group has acquired Staffordshire Fuels, a 32mlpa fuel distribution business operating in Staffordshire and the West Midlands, for an undisclosed sum. Staffordshire Fuels was established in 1996, operates a fleet of seven tankers, and is an approved supplier of Phillips 66 fuel, branded as Jet, based near Stone in ...
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Day in the Life: Darren Briggs
I usually wake up just before 6am. My iPhone automatically receives financial reports each morning from the previous trading day, which I then usually go through in bed, much to the annoyance of my partner Claire. Then it’s time to get up. I take my two step children, Freya and ...
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News in brief
E d’s welcomed Motorway service provider Welcome Break has entered into a partnership with retro-American diner chain Ed’s Easy Diner. The first Ed’s Easy Diner site will launch at South Mimms, located on junction 23 of the M25 in Hertfordshire, in early 2016. Pricing service New signs showing the ...
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Analysis
Brian Madderson - chairman RMIP
This has been a turbulent and exciting year for petrol retailers with the independent sector powering ahead to represent nearly 70% of all UK forecourts. The decision by the remaining oil majors to continue divesting their retail assets has enabled a few of the larger independent groups to grow quickly ...
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Essar brand makes debut on HKS site
The first Essar-branded forecourt in the UK has opened at a site owned by Top 50 Indie HKS at Coalville in Leicestershire, and Essar says it has many more planned across the country. Essar Oil (UK) is an arm of the Indian multinational conglomerate Essar Group and owns the Stanlow ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - BP/M&S Simply Food Service Station, Wisley South, Surrey
LOCATION: It has been some time since I visited a large site with a shop operated by a national multiple and where, perhaps, the local team has little strategic autonomy its task being to run the enterprise effectively as dictated by head office. The Wisley BP/M&S Simply Food service station ...
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Go one better
According to Nielsen State of the Nation 2015 data, ’better for you’ is now a significant category within snacking, with 60% of consumers actively looking for healthy options when they’re shopping and 46% of UK households having bought healthier crisps and snacks in the past year. The big snack suppliers ...
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Baileys by the till
Baileys is being backed by a £4.3m campaign to drive mass consumer awareness of the product throughout the key seasonal sales period.The ’It’s not Christmas without You’ campaign running now encompasses TV, out-of-home, PR and social media activity, as well as a number of sampling events.As part of a wider ...
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Jennifer wins sales assistant awards
Forecourt sales assistant Jennifer Kerr beat off strong competition to take the top honours at this year’s Sales Assistant of the Year Awards, organised by Forecourt Trader’s sister magazine Convenience Store. Jennifer, who works for Spar Saintfield Road in Lisburn, Northern Ireland,was presented with the award at this week’s ceremony, ...
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Autogas revamp provides ’fresh’ appeal
Autogas is celebrating the completion of a major forecourt rebranding programme.The revamp was unveiled earlier this year and comprised a new brand intended to reflect the modern, clean approach to motoring that can be achieved by drivers making the switch to the cheaper fuel.As part of the £1m investment programme, ...
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Solar panels already working well at Simply Fresh forecourt
A Somerset forecourt has enhanced its green credentials with the installation of solar panels to generate electricity and the introduction of energy saving LED lighting.Simon Lunn, owner and manager of the Simply Fresh/BP site at Weare in Somerset, explained that while motorists top up with fossil fuel, the electricity for ...
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All-in-one payments
Wayne Fueling Systems has introduced the iX Pay secure payment terminal, which can be used for outdoor payments including at the pump."The iX Pay T7 terminal is an all-in-one compact product serving as a retrofit terminal into Wayne legacy dispensers as well as other supplier´s dispensers," said Wayne vice president ...
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MRH signs air and vac deal with Istobal
MRH, number one in Forecourt Trader’s Top 50 Indies, has signed a deal to buy more than 630 air and vac units from Istobal, together with a five-year service and maintenance agreement.Istobal key account manager, Tom Byrne, described it as "the most significant order in the forecourt valeting sector this ...
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Fresh new additions
Fresh to Store, the new owner of Kerryfresh, has added 48 festive lines to its portfolio. These include Wall’s Turkey Dinner Slice (rrp £2), Wall’s Jumbo Christmas Roll with pork stuffing and cranberry (rrp £1.95) and Urban Eat Turkey, Bacon & Stuffing sandwiches (rrp £2.99).The company is urging retailers to ...
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BOSS achieves major target
BOSS, the British Oil Security Syndicate, has now recovered more than £2m on behalf of its members through the BOSS Payment Watch scheme, which helps retailers reduce losses from people claiming to have No Means of Payment for fuel taken. Kevin Eastwood, executive director at BOSS, said: "Being able to ...
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Jempson’s 99.9ppl deal beats rivals
Family owned Jempson’s Supermarket at Peasmarsh in East Sussex has taken a lead on pricing as some retailers have offered petrol at less than £1-a-litre on short-term deals. HKS and Costco Bristol ran two-day offers and Asda had a three-day deal, but Jempson’s cut unleaded to 99.9ppl and diesel to ...
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BP goes for Insite360
BP has signed a deal to implement Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Insite360 wet-stock management system across its entire UK estate of more than 300 company-owned sites.Under the same agreement, BP will offer Insite360 to all of its 850-plus UK dealers as part of the standard fuel contract agreement.Patrick Forsythe, WSM managing director ...
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