All Forecourt Trader articles in November 2017 – Page 4
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Money Talk: Deposit Return Schemes - green values or just more red tape?
Depending on your politics possibly the most interesting topic to have emerged from this autumn’s round of party-political conferences was the discussion regarding proposals for the introduction of some type of Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) on sales of various bottled or packaged products. It was interesting not least because the ...
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Roadchef’s recycle deal
Roadchef has renewed its contract with waste and recycling company UKWSL. The £4.5m deal means UKWSL will be responsible for Roadchef’s waste and recycling services at 22 of its 30 sites for a further five years.The two companies have been working together since 2015, and UKWSL says that in the ...
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Shell’s David Moss to retire at the end of this year
After nearly 40 years of service, David Moss, Shell’s UK retail general manager, is to retire at the end of the year. Having spent his entire career in downstream, initially in aviation and marine, he joined retail in the 1980s.His recent notable achievements have been the retail leadership of North ...
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Pastries galore from Cuisine de France
Aryzta’s Christmas line-up includes Cuisine de France branded Cranberry Torsades (90g, rrp £1) and Brandy Mince Puffs (80g, rrp £1.25), along with festive sausage rolls (140g, rrp £1.25) and festive slices (turkey, pork sausage, bacon & cranberry in gravy, 160g, rrp £1.50). Also available are Gingerbread Reindeers (60g, rrp 85p); ...
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Tracy West: retail commentator
Now that Halloween is out of the way, you can turn your attention to creating some fabulous Christmas displays. I know in-store theatre is not everyone’s cup of tea but it is great for interrupting shoppers who can be are on auto pilot at this time of year. Yes, most ...
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PDQ launches innovative Tandem Surfline friction wash for optimal cleaning coverage
PDQ Manufacturing has launched the Tandem Surfline vehicle wash system, which it describes as the industry’s most innovative automatic friction wash.The key design feature of the Tandem Surfline is its open-bay configuration. This consists of an overhead design that creates a wide-open, easy-to-enter wash bay that is safe for drivers ...
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Classic favourites return to Premier festive range
Premier Foods is launching new Cadbury Roses Cake Bars ahead of the festive season, with classic favourites and best sellers also returning from Cadbury Cakes and Mr Kipling. Mr Kipling will see a packaging refresh across its range, while Iced Topped Mince Pies will now also be available in a ...
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The Christmas rush
For many people, their first sight of the ’Coke’s Holidays are Coming’ ad on TV is a clear sign that Christmas is nearly here. This year the iconic commercial will run from the middle of November. And the Coca-Cola Christmas Truck will then begin touring Great Britain, visiting 53 locations ...
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Christmas range proven to deliver huge sales
Urban Eat’s Christmas range includes Turkey Feast and Turkey, Bacon & Stuffing sandwiches, a Piggies Under Blankets sub roll and a Brie & Cranberry Wrap, all in festive-themed packaging. The line-up was highly popular last Christmas with more than 10,000 Turkey Feast sandwiches and 9,000 Turkey, Bacon & Stuffing sandwiches ...
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Kronenbourg gets wrapped up for Christmas
Following the success of the 2016 Cantona Limited Edition packaging, which resulted in a value sales uplift of 25%, Kronenbourg 1664 will wrap a festive Christmas scarf around its 660ml bottles, helping to increase stand out on shelf and encourage consumers to get into the Christmas spirit. Heineken is supplying ...
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Analysis
Chris Hunt: UKPIA director general
Well, all good things must come to an end and for me that is the end of November when I retire from UKPIA after 20 years at the Association. One thing that marks our industry is constant change. On joining Elf (remember them?) in 1989, we were coming to the ...
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Country Choice in a swirl for festive season
Newcomers to Country Choice’s Christmas line-up include a Chocolate Orange pastry swirl and a Panettone flavour swirl. The first is an orange-flavour butter pastry base filled with crème pâtissière and chocolate chips, sprinkled with a golden sugar topping. The latter is a butter pastry swirl filled with crème pâtissière, sultanas ...
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Elizabeth Shaw launches chocolates with a twist
Elizabeth Shaw is launching Twists, described as an indulgent selection of individually wrapped hazelnut treats enrobed in milk chocolate and praline, topped with crisp rice and coated in milk chocolate. They come in a box that opens and closes with one big twist. Elizabeth Shaw managing director, Karen Crawford, said ...
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Charging the industry
Motorway services and large petrol retailers will be forced to install charge points and hydrogen refuelling points for electric cars, under plans confirmed in the House of Commons by transport minister John Hayes.The Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill will give the government powers to make it compulsory for "public charging ...
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MFG invests in chargepoints on London sites
MFG has announced a second partnership with an electric vehicle chargepoint installation company Ecotricity which will extend the latest technology across its network. As a result it will install 30 new electricity pumps on its forecourts around London.This follows last month’s announcement of a deal with ChargePoint Services ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on a major epos headache plus a happy ending for Diyan
Dealer gives up and gives in on epos At the beginning of this year, I got embroiled in a dispute between Gibbs Group and Point Four over its pos system. Lesley Graves, company secretary at the Group, wrote that the previous year they had purchased a Point Four pos system ...
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Cashing in with epos
As the range of products and services offered by forecourts has increased, a wealth of new solutions is being offered by epos suppliers to handle every conceivable transaction and work seamlessly with retailers’ back-office systems. Seamus McHugh, international sales and marketing manager at CBE, says that the best of the ...
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PRA makes case for charging incentives
The PRA has taken a second opportunity in a week to tell MPs that forecourts should not be forced to install electric chargers. Just days after PRA chairman Brian Madderson addressed MPs scrutinising the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill (see News Extra, page 10), the PRA provided evidence to an ...
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Salted Caramel joins the KP caddies range for Christmas
KP Snacks has added a new Salted Caramel variant to its range of best-selling nut caddies. KP is the leading nuts brand in the UK with a 17.3% share of the market, valued at £56m. Nearly 40% of KP nut sales take place in the run up to Christmas and ...
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in brief
greenergy grows in irelandGreenergy, the UK’s largest supplier of road fuels, has confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of Inver Energy in Ireland. Agreement on the deal, which gives Greenergy a presence in the growing Irish market for the first time, was announced on July 13. Inver’s business includes ...