All Forecourt Trader articles in November 2018 – Page 5
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Celebrations time
Festive favourite Celebrations has launched its first ever advent calendar, with an individual Celebrations chocolate behind each door. Rrp is £2.79.
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Responsible Car Wash Scheme is welcomed
The Car Wash Association (CWA) has welcomed the launch of the Responsible Car Wash Scheme, believing it should prove valuable for improving compliance in existing hand car washes. The scheme, which was launched on 22 October at the House of Lords, has been developed by the Downstream Fuel Association alongside ...
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Cadbury and Mr Kipling roll out new cakes
Two new seasonal Cadbury Cakes are available. New Reindeer Cake is a chocolate sponge with caramel-flavoured crème, enrobed in Cadbury chocolate. Also available is a 12-cake selection box. The Mr Kipling range also has two new products: Stem Ginger Slices and Candy Cane Slices; available in a snack-pack format. In ...
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Walkers’ launch sparks brussels sprouts debate
Walkers is launching a new festive range of Christmas dinner flavours, including the first-ever Brussel Sprouts flavoured crisp. Aiming to spark debate across the nation and drive incremental sales for retailers, Walkers is launching two Christmas dinner flavoured multipacks, one including a Brussels Sprouts flavour for the sprout lovers or, ...
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MPs want zero- emission date brought forward
A committee of MPs has called for the phase out of sales of new diesel and petrol cars and vans to be brought forward to 2032. The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said the government’s 2040 targets for zero emission cars are vague and unambitious. It recommends the government ...
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Analysis
Merril Boulton: editor
Very interesting forum last month on ’The next steps for low-emission vehicles...’ (see Industry Insight p23). Apart from the fact that the move to electric vehicles and the necessary infrastructure required to service them, all sounded like one huge, challenging mess despite the enthusiasm of some of the presenters there ...
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Blaze at service station
Fire crews tackled a blaze at a service station in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, after a digger, used to ram raid an ATM, burst into flames. Fire crews were called to the blaze at 2.15am on October 27 at the Spar store on the Maxol forecourt on Templepatrick Road in ...
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Ray Blake: PRA technical director
The unmanned operation of petrol filling stations is growing across the UK, sometimes because it is the only feasible way for vehicle fuel to be accessible in remote areas. But also where companies have evaluated the cost of installing and monitoring technical solutions against the ever-rising cost of employing personnel ...
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New seasonal packaging for Victoria biscuits
McVitie’s Victoria, the number-one premium biscuit assortment, is returning for Christmas 2018 with new seasonal packaging. It is available in a range of formats from the 100g (rrp £1) to the 300g (rrp £5) and 600g (rrp £8) boxes. Also available is McVitie’s Moments, which has been designed to attract ...
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Money Talk: Data, information - or what we call the ’Bigger Picture’
Petrol retailing is fundamentally a high-turnover, low-margin business. It isn’t unique in that respect, of course, but it is somewhat unusual in that the major component of that turnover (fuel in case anyone has forgotten) is subject to almost daily price volatility and in the short term that includes the ...
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M&S Fuels has big plans for Berkshire Downs site
New owners are planning a rebrand and shop expansion after acquiring a forecourt in Berkshire. Christie & Co brokered the sale of Berkshire Downs Filling Station, a well-established forecourt and Spar-branded store in Chilton, off a freehold guide price of £1.5m. Maruthan Sabapathi of new owner M&S Fuels Limited, which ...
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Maryland becomes Merryland for Christmas
This Christmas Maryland is being transformed into Merryland, with the introduction of a share box of Merryland Minis for home consumption, gifting or as a stocking filler. The brand has benefited from a £1.5m-plus marketing programme, spearheaded by TV advertising. Maryland Minis are growing at 11% and are the number-one ...
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product news: Maryland to become Merryland
This Christmas Maryland is being transformed into Merryland, with the introduction of a sharing box of Merryland Minis for home consumption, gifting or as a stocking filler. The brand has benefited from a £1.5m-plus marketing programme, spearheaded by TV advertising. Maryland Minis are growing at 11% and are ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on how One Stop threatens retailer with bankruptcy order
When One Stop was not the answer This is a sad story about a garage that is no more. Well, it’s still there, in Wales, waiting to be re-activated, more of which later. It goes back a year or more to the previous owner, who wishes to remain anonymous. His ...
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Werther’s Original Caramel Shop is back... and on TV
The Werther’s Original Christmas Caramel Shop box contains a variety of Werther’s caramels including Butter Candies, Creamy Filling, Éclairs and new Soft Caramel. The pack size is 250g and rrp is £2.99. It will once again be backed by the Caramel Shop advert, which proved a great success in the ...
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More Merry Moments available from pladis
Snacking giant pladis has introduced four new cakes to its seasonal range. McVitie’s Merry Moments Double Choccy Crunch four-pack, McVitie’s Merry Moments Mint Chocolate Crunch four-pack, McVitie’s Penguin Merry Berry cake bars five-pack and McVitie’s Penguin Merry Mint cake bars five-pack all have an rrp of just £1. 020 8234 ...
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Elf on the Shelf prizes available with Kellogg’s
Kellogg’s has teamed up with The Elf on the Shelf to give away 1,000 prize packages, each valued at up to £80. The activity is featured across seven million packs of Kellogg’s Coco Pops, Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies. The campaign will be supported by TV advertising, digital and social ...
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Authentic Ginger Beer launched by Supermalt
New Ginger Beer by Supermalt is a non-alcoholic carbonated soft drink with an authentic taste of ginger. It is made using real ginger extract and a hint of lemongrass. It is available in both an original and a zero-sugar variant and comes in a choice of 330ml glass bottles or ...
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Cardtronics ramps up security measures to protect ATMs and the cash inside
The world’s largest independent ATM operator, Cardtronics, has announced it is ramping up measures to counter the increasing number of attacks on its machines. Data from the European Association for Secure Transactions shows that the UK suffers from more than 50% of European ATM crime despite having only 15% of ...
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Sweet and savoury options from Aryzta
Aryzta Food Solutions’ new Christmas range has 15 sweet and savoury options. These include a Gingerbread Muffin, delicately spiced with ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg, filled with a vanilla treacle frosting and topped with icing sugar; and the Mocha Muffin, a coffee flavoured chocolate chip muffin with coffee frosting. 0845 437 ...