All Forecourt Trader articles in November 2015 – Page 9
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Ferrero campaign trail
In a bid to ensure that Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero Collection and Raffaello are completely unmissable this year in the lead up to Christmas, Ferreo is launching three multi-platform campaigns for the brands, worth a combined investment of £3.6m. For Ferrero Rocher, digital, TV and video-on-demand activity together with nationwide sampling ...
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Bulk fuel theft silence
The number of bulk fuel theft incidents is growing but the industry appears reluctant to talk about it, according to a recent BBC report on the subject.On September 17, a news item on BBC local radio highlighted two examples in Cambridgeshire where several thousand litres of diesel had been stolen ...
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Patel brothers opt for Esso/Greenergy
Brothers who own two forecourts in West Sussex, have just moved their second site to fuel supply from Greenergy with Esso branding, after the success of a similar move for their first site.Last January the Patel brothers moved fuel supply for their site in Hangleton, Hove, after 10 years with ...
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in brief
Topaz expansionTopaz is set to add 95 sites to its network after the Irish authorities approved its takeover of Esso Ireland’s fuels and convenience business in Ireland. The deal, which was agreed in December last year, involves 35 company owned service stations and 60 dealer-owned sites, taking the total network ...
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Day in the Life: Mark Barnard
For 30 years of my working life I have worked in much larger corporate focused organisations which, in the main, were very much results driven. Over those 30 years, I have gained a wealth of knowledge, gathered buckets of skills and attended more class room workshops than I ever did ...
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ATM protection system thwarts explosive attacks
A cash machine (ATM) protection system produced by two UK companies has defeated criminals who tried to blow up an ATM in an explosive gas attack. The raiders fled empty handed when Gunnebo UK and Safe & Vault Company’s Gas Attack Protection (GP-X) system detected the gas, prevented the explosion ...
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A-stars
AA and AAA batteries dominate the UK battery market, accounting for 62% and 25% of volume respectively, according to AC Nielsen figures. And together, the main five cell sizes AA, AAA, C, D and 9V satisfy around 80% of consumer requirements. Alkaline is still the largest battery segment with 86% ...
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Asda puts brakes on expansion
Asda has announced a slowdown of its plans to open standalone forecourts as it re-prioritises the business to cope with the challenges facing the big supermarket groups. The group had previously set a target of opening 100 standalone forecourts by 2018 and in March this year it bought 15 sites ...
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Mad Max claims dismissed by Applegreen
Media claims that a masked biker gang rampaged over Applegreen’s forecourt site in Streatham, south London, in scenes likened to a Mad Max film, have been dismissed by Applegreen’s UK boss Michael O’Loughlin. Although some fuel and drinks and snacks were stolen he described it as “a storm in ...
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Appleby Westward winning over forecourts
Appleby Westward, the regional distribution company for Spar stores in the South West, is reporting increasing interest from forecourt retailers impressed by the experience of Top 50 Indie companies the Chartman Group and Euro Garages. The news came as the company announced its highest new store recruitment figures in ...
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Moving along
Once was the time when food-to-go meant a cellophane-wrapped sandwich and a hot brown non-descript drink if you were lucky. Today sandwiches are still available but their quality has improved, and hot versions are often on offer too from toasties to paninis. Then there are your hot sausage rolls, ...
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More solutions added to Kalibrate’s Pricing Cloud
Kalibrate, an expert in global fuel and convenience retail, has announced the addition of merchandise and promotion pricing to the Kalibrate Pricing Cloud. This fulfils the company’s mission to offer end-to-end price performance management to fuel and convenience retailers worldwide, a commitment made possible through an exclusive global reseller partnership ...
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ACS welcomes business rates consultation
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has welcomed proposals from the Department of Communities and Local Government which aim to make the appeals system for business rates more efficient. The consultation was launched this week by High Streets Minister Marcus Jones, who claims that the plans will ensure businesses ...
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Absolut-ly better bottle
Absolut vodka has been relaunched with a stronger bottle shape, an updated two-line logo, a redesigned medallion and reduced glass weight. In addition, there is a new ’brand signifier’ on the back of the bottle in the form of a bold ’A’ as shorthand for the Absolut brand.Support for the ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper talks about a canopy problem sorted; a possible ’insurable peril’; and cash is in
Booker’s been in the news a lot lately and it’s all been good. But for one retailer there had been a lot of frustration although nothing to do with Booker’s offering, which he is quite happy with. Around six months ago a new Booker delivery man managed to back onto ...
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AA report praises hyper pricing policy
The AA has praised the supermarkets for keeping fuel prices low and says their policy has helped them win market share from other fuel retailers. Supermarket petrol sales between April and June this year are down only 0.2% compared to minus 4.8% for non-supermarket retailers. In its latest monthly fuel ...
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Money Talk: Forecourt hourly pay rates rise to £6.67
As regular readers will be aware, each autumn we look at the hourly pay rates of thousands of staff working at hundreds of forecourts around the country, to obtain a picture of real pay rates in the petrol retail industry. The data comes from actual pay slips (over 5,300 of ...
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Asda cuts prices to 5-year low
Asda cut its fuel prices to the lowest level in five years, taking 2ppl off unleaded petrol and 1ppl on diesel from Monday October 26 meaning its national ceiling on prices was 103.7ppl on unleaded and 106.7ppl on diesel. It coincides with the retailer calling on the Government to maintain ...
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NewsFuel price signs introduced on M5
New signs showing the price of fuel on a section of the M5 are to be introduced between Bristol and Exeter. The move is part of a trial by Highways England designed to give drivers more information to help their journeys and to boost competition on fuel prices. Five motorway ...
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DCC completes €464m Butagaz purchase
Irish conglomerate DCC plc, the parent company of Certas Energy, has completed the purchase of Butagaz SAS, a liquefied petroleum gas business in France, from Shell for €464m (£338m). When the deal was announced in May DCC said the transaction would be its largest ever acquisition and was a ...