All Forecourt Trader articles in November 2016 – Page 5
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Product news: Christmas drinks with a twist
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is supporting retailers during its busiest season with 12 new festive cocktail recipes. Named the ‘12 Twists of Christmas’, Schweppes has partnered with Diageo to create 12 Christmas-themed cocktails, tapping in to the growing trend of consumers experimenting with special drinks to celebrate the festive season ...
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Product news: Plenty of chances to win a Troll doll and a grand holiday
Plenty, the household towel brand, is giving shoppers the chance to win a Troll doll every 15 minutes and the holiday of a lifetime as part of its new on-pack promotion with new film Trolls. Partnering up with the latest movie from DreamWorks, Plenty will be giving families the chance ...
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Product news: TV campaign for new Velvet Comfort
Velvet Comfort is launching a big campaign to drive trial among more than a million households to mark the brand’s re-launch. New and improved Velvet Comfort has three layers of embossed tissue, providing consumers with the perfect balance of softness and strength. More than 1.6 million households will get to ...
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Mentos ’mentors’ hit the screen in brand’s biggest-ever media campaign
Mentos is propelling its mission to bring people together this autumn/winter with a £2.3m media campaign - its biggest-ever; and a new sharing bag format. A new TV advert will run nationally - as well as via video on demand services and social media - until the end of the ...
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Product news: Nature Valley snacks courtside at ATP tennis finals
Snack brand Nature Valley and the ATP have announced a new partnership with the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, which will take place at The O2 in London from 13-20 November 2016.Nature Valley, which produces a wide range of ‘better for you’ cereal bar snacks will become a Gold Partner ...
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Shop Talk: Tracy West
The time when we used to say to each other ’There are only so many shopping days until Christmas’ are rather redundant as shopping is more or less a 24/7 activity thanks to the internet. There’s no doubt that the internet, as well as all of the discounters, are taking ...
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World-class service
By the time Patrick Sewell picked up the prestigious Forecourt Trader of the Year 2016 trophy, it had become clear throughout the evening that something rather special had been taking place within the Sewell on the go business. Its sites were finalists in no less than nine out of the ...
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The perils of parking in a supermarket
Supermarket car parks are the worst places for vehicle damage, according to RAC Insurance. In a survey of 1,464 RAC members carried out in August, more than a third (35%) of drivers reported that they had experienced damage at least once and 31% said they had had it happen on ...
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Power packs
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for battery sales, with AC Nielsen data revealing that 31% of batteries are sold in the 12 weeks before Christmas.Whether it’s to power a Christmas present or one of the many remote controls we all have nowadays, batteries are vital at this ...
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Money Talk: Interesting times...
The new Chancellor Philip Hammond, in case you hadn’t noticed is due to deliver his first mini-Budget, more formally known as the Autumn Statement, in just a few weeks time on November 23. As these things go, there seem to have been remarkably few hints or leaks as to what ...
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Making an impact
Vehicle wash specialist Wilcomatic has changed its logo to one that it says better conveys what the company does.Wilcomatic managing director, Kevin Pay, commented: "Our old logo has served us well for half a century, but I believe a company’s logo is integral to its whole image and should convey ...
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Growing together
The glorious Powerscourt Hotel in Wicklow, Ireland, was the setting for last month’s biennial Jet conference, which brought together retailers, wholesalers and senior Phillips 66 executives including Brian Mandell, president, global marketing in an informal setting. The event is all about relationship building, sharing news, ideas and feedback. Retailers were ...
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Polymer Logistics now supplies Sewell on the go
Polymer Logistics has announced the implementation of a range of its retail-ready packaging solutions by award-winning Sewell on the go. Sewell, which is on the Top 50 Indies list and recently won the Forecourt Trader of the Year Award, will initially deploy Polymer Logistics products at eight of its 12 ...
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Good to go
It can be hard to keep up with changes in the food-to-go category as they keep coming thick and fast. But when you look at the data you can see why. According to Him!’s latest research, food-to-go drives 890 million shopping trips to convenience stores every year and contributes £3.9bn ...
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Gluten-free goodies
Mrs Crimble’s Special Edition Choc Macaroon with Stem Ginger is a seasonal twist on the brand’s best-selling gluten-free Choc Macaroon.Also available is the company’s new gluten- free Home Bake range. This includes a Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix, a Pastry Mix which can be used to make sweets and savouries ...
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TLM supports Envoy
TLM is now marketing and supporting the DataMax Envoy Global Retail Management back-office solution in the UK.Lee Pennington, president and CEO of DataMax Consulting, said: "We are excited to work with TLM who have rapidly established themselves as a leader in site systems for forecourts and convenience stores in the ...
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Entry-level espresso machine from Rancilio
Coffee roaster and tea blender The Drury Tea & Coffee Company has announced the launch of a new entry-level espresso machine from Rancilio, the Classe 5.The Classe 5 is a replacement for the Epoca machines that Rancilio has been manufacturing for many years. It is available in one-, two- and ...
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Sainsbury’s pilot on six EG sites
Euro Garages is trialling a partnership with Sainsbury’s, starting with the opening of a Sainsbury’s Local store at its flagship Beehive site in Blackburn. The store, the first of six Euro Garages sites in a pilot scheme, opened on Thursday October 20 and will be operated by the Top 50 ...
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Euro Garages in merger with EFR
Euro Garages has merged with the Continental operator EFR to form a group with 1,450 locations and an annual turnover of about 6bn. Euro Garages and EFR will continue to operate under their own names with their current CEOs and senior leadership teams, and a new holding company named Intervias ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Parkfoot Garage, West Malling, Kent
LOCATION: Located on the busy A20 in West Malling, Kent my stealth check target is the prize-winning Parkfoot Garage. The site won the first Forecourt Trader of the Year award in 1996 and, for the past four years, has been the Best Site in London & South East in the ...