All Forecourt Trader articles in November 2016 – Page 4
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product news: Britvic relaunches R White’s
Britvic Soft Drinks has relaunched its R White’s lemonades with a new design for the core range and the addition of three new flavours; Traditional Cloudy Lemonade, Raspberry Lemonade and Pear & Elderflower. Britvic describes the new lemonades as having been crafted and designed to appeal to adult drinkers, delivering ...
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product news: Bell’s rolls out new campaign
Bell’s whisky is rolling out a new £1.5m marketing campaign to drive mass consumer awareness for the product in the run-up to the festive season. The ‘Rings True’ campaign will feature across TV, OOH, VOD, YouTube, social media and digital, using the new #WhattheBells tagline to encourage social interaction. Lauren ...
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BP sells Belfast terminal to Puma
Puma Energy has bought a bulk storage fuel terminal in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from BP. According to Puma the addition takes its global network of bulk storage terminals to 100, with a total storage volume of 7.9 million m3. The company said the acquisition builds on its purchase of the ...
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product news: Dairy Crest launches snack bar
Dairy Crest is launching a new Cathedral City Snack Bar product into the convenience channel this November. The Snack Bar, which bears the Cathedral City masterbrand livery, is a convenient 30g cheese snacking product targeting on-the-go shoppers looking for a nutritious alternative to traditional sweet and savoury snacks such as ...
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product news: Jacob’s Creek celebrates awards
Pernod Ricard UK is celebrating 40 years for Jacob’s Creek with a campaign to honour the wine brand’s haul of more than 7,000 awards and medals from around the world. A new cigar band proclaiming Jacob’s Creek’s position as ‘Winner of over 7,000 Awards’ will be placed on the bottle ...
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Men jailed for forecourt ATM explosion
Two criminals who blew up a cash machine on a forecourt in Trafford, Greater Manchester, have been sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison. Mark Marfleet (25/10/1979) of Palatine Road, Sale, was sentenced at Minshull Street Crown Court on Friday 4 November to 11 and a half years ...
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NewsForecourt worker is Sales Assistant of the Year
The forecourt sector has provided the winner of the Sales Assistant of the Year Award 2016, which is organised by Forecourt Trader’s sister publication Convenience Store. Tracie Horner, of Spar Carrowdore, in Northern Ireland, was announced as the winner during a ceremony at the Dorchester London. Tracie was chosen because ...
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Oil sector calls for action from Chancellor
In advance of the Autumn Statement on November 23, the UK’s downstream oil sector has called on Government for recognition and to provide investor confidence. Chris Hunt, director general of UKPIA (UK Petroleum Industry Association), said: “For too long, the UK’s oil refining and marketing sector, which provides 33% of ...
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Certas Energy rolls out LED lighting across its forecourts
Certas Energy has invested in a roll-out of Sloan LED under canopy lighting across its Gulf-branded Scottish sites. It said it saw this as a positive message to the market that it’s both looking at saving on energy costs as well as looking to attract greater customer footfall via much ...
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product news: Tetley spends £5m on Super Teas
Tetley has announced a £5m campaign to support its pioneering range of Tetley Super Teas. Beginning with an outdoor campaign followed by an initial four-week burst of TV exposure in November, the television campaign will be underpinned by heavyweight multimedia activity including cinema; VOD; outdoor and print advertising; PR ...
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Texaco signs up two more sites
Two service stations have switched to the Texaco brand, having both previously sold fuel under the Shell brand. Johnsons Retail’s Pentwyn Service Station in Cardiff and Central Convenience Stores’ Verwood Motors in Verwood, Dorset, both switched to the Texaco brand in the last few months. Family-owned Johnson’s Retail ...
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PRA stages Live and Local meeting at Swansea
Advice on ways to reduce incidents of crime on forecourts will be one of the subjects covered at the next PRA “Live and Local” meeting, which will be in Swansea on November 23. The meeting will be taking place at The Liberty Stadium, Landore, Swansea SA1 2FA, with registration from ...
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Coryton landmarks demolished
The redevelopment of the former Coryton refinery has reached another milestone, with the demolition of a chimney and two distillation columns. At over 300ft tall, about as high as Big Ben, the chimney could be seen from as far away as the Dartford Crossing. A second, taller chimney (367 ft ...
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New recruits for Knight Frank automotive team
Property consultancy Knight Frank has recruited Alastair Coates as a partner and Richard Syers as an associate to its specialist automotive team to further strengthen its position in the automotive markets. Alastair previously spent 14 years at CBRE where his roles included advising on global mandates for Shell and Esso, ...
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Man charged over ATM attacks escapes from prison
One of the two men who escaped from Pentonville Prison on Monday was on remand having been charged with a rash of offences against ATMs on forecourts in the South East. James Anthony Whitlock, 31, was on remand having been charged with 19 offences of theft from ATMs between December ...
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ACS urges reform of business rates
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has called on the Government to do more to reform the business rates system in a submission to the Treasury ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on November 23. In the submission, ACS calls on the Chancellor to introduce measures that would allow businesses ...
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NewsCar crashes into forecourt shop on M6
A car crashed into the filling station shop at the north side of Forton Services, between junctions 32 and 33 on the M6 near Lancaster. Police were called by the ambulance service at 5.40pm on November 5 to reports that a black Peugeot coupe had gone into the petrol station ...
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NewsPRA calls for 3ppl cut in fuel duty in autumn statement
PRA chairman Brian Madderson has written to the chancellor saying there is now an “overwhelming case” for a 3ppl cut in duty in his Autumn Statement on November 23. Madderson said the cut was needed because consumers were paying £5bn more for fuel than a year ago. He said there ...
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Product news: Super toasty launch and rebrand by Kingsmill
Kingsmill has launched Kingsmill Super Toasty with a full rebrand and new packaging designed to champion the joy of simple pleasures and giving Kingsmill greater stand-out on-shelf. It will be supported as part of a £10m marketing investment in 2017 as Kingsmill aims to bring enjoyment and emotion to wrapped ...
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Product news: Danone launches Juiced variants with less sugar
Danone’s water brand - Volvic - has reformulated its Juiced water range to reduce sugar levels in response to the growing consumer demand for tasty and healthier beverage choices. Available this month, Volvic Juiced variants will contain reduced sugar levels of 4.9g per 100ml.Tom Hickton, marketing manager at Volvic, said: ...