All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2005 – Page 2
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Specials delivery
The McCoy’s Specials premium crisps range has been extended with the launch of two new sharing packs and a vegetarian handypack. Spanish chorizo sausage joins the 160g sharing range, while Thai sweet chicken – the most popular 50g handypack flavour – is now available in the 160g format.The handypack range ...
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Jet sounds death knell for Smile@
Jet is calling an end to its longstanding Smile@ loyalty promotion at the end of the year. Roy Roley, Jet’s brand communications manager and creator of Smile, said: “Smile is over six years old and has been very successful. But the Jet network and market has changed radically in that ...
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London crackdown on forecourt crime
The Metropolitan Police has teamed up with the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) to roll out the Forecourt Watch scheme across eight London boroughs.Following the success of a scheme in Tower Hamlets, which was established two years ago and has since recorded a 50% reduction in crime, Forecourt Watch has ...
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NewsFairmoor Jet filling station and convenience store, Morpeth, Northumberland
It is often reported that what shoppers want from a convenience store is:- friendly staff- fair prices- quick service- availability of products- clean stores- fresh produceWhat a pleasure to come across a shop and filling station by and large fulfilling all these requirements.Driving south after a fascinating visit to the ...
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Heinz is hooked on convenience
Heinz says it is continuing ‘to forge ahead in the convenience sector’ with the launch of a number of initiatives.Heinz has some new activity on its four-packs, using innovative display solutions to drive weight of purchase. New convenience products are in development including SqueezMe sauce sachets which will shortly be ...
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Computer logic
Technology develops at such a speed that it’s sometimes hard to keep up, but for a forecourt to operate seamlessly, it has to. A busy site can’t afford for its systems to fail so it needs the best equipment the operator can afford. Likewise operators need to embrace new security ...
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Cigs still sell well
The UK tobacco market continues to show resilience in the face of increasing pressures – with £1.35m being spent on cigarettes at forecourts.According to Imperial Tobacco’s latest category overview, premium priced cigarettes remain the most popular choice on the forecourt, however lower priced brands have increased their share of sales ...
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Savoury choices
Three of Country Choice’s best-selling savoury products are now available in mini versions. The new Mini Savouries range comprises bacon & cheese turnover, steak bake, and Waldens Cornish pastie. It is designed to appeal to customers who want to buy more than one savoury product at a time.All three mini ...
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Congestion charge sale extended
London’s £8 congestion charge is now being sold through all BP company-owned sites across England – not just at Connect sites, which already sell the congestion charge to 5,000 drivers each week. The scheme is being implemented by The Logic Group, which is responsible for pos solutions for mobile phone ...
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Service Centre
FACT-FINDING MISSIONS I got an apposite email, in the week leading up to the petrol-price crisis that coloured much of September, querying ways to improve shop profits. Jayne Stokes writes: “We would like to take a business trip to look at ways we could supplement the petrol income. Where would ...
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Festive fun for cats and dogs
Nestlé Purina PetCare has launched several new Christmas lines. The Felix Christmas Box (rrp £2.99) contains an As Good as it Looks pouch, a packet of Chicken Lickin’s, a packet of salmon & trout sticks, Felix milk and a Christmas toy ball.The Bakers Christmas box (rrp £3.99) contains one packet ...
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Card use up in fuel panic
Card payment transaction traffic from forecourts was up by 25% from the the previous week’s traffic during the fuel panic last month, according to figures from communications and processing specialist Transaction Network Services (UK) Ltd. On Wednesday September 14, figures were up by 25% from the previous Wednesday, and on ...
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Ribena gets new non-spill cap
GlaxoSmithKline is reinvigorating Ribena with the introduction of a category-first valve cap, and a slimmer, more portable pack for its 330ml range. The new cap features a membrane which means the pack can be tipped upside down without spillage.The new packs constitute the next phase in the multi-million pound brand ...
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Sprite buzz
Coca-Cola is launching a new energy drink this month. Sprite 3G combines the refreshing lemon-lime flavour of standard Sprite with the three revitalising ingredients of glucose, guarana and caffeine from green coffee beans.The drink has been created in response to research that found growing consumer demand for a revitalising drink ...
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News in brief
BIG OIL ASSOCIATES has reached an agreement with Gulf Retail to provide BigOil products and services to Gulf-branded retailers. Keith Jewers, retail director at Gulf, said: “As part of our commitment to an open relationship with our dealers, we are very pleased to be using the services of BigOil. We ...
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NewsNew brand targets independents
A new name has come on the petrol-retailing scene giving white-pole retailers the opportunity to trade with a national brand that isn’t restricted to an oil company contract.The C21 brand and forecourt package leaves retailers free to buy fuel from whichever source they choose, and with full control over pricing.A ...
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BP claims four more Partnership sites
BP is taking back four of the 30 former BP/Safeway Partnership sites that Tesco had agreed to buy from Morrisons last month.Twelve of the 30 sites were subject to pre-emption rights from BP, and the oil company has decided to act on these rights, and bring four of them back ...
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Could do better
The teacher’s comment on the end of year report would probably say “forecourts must try harder”, if HIM’s latest Convenience Tracking Programme survey is anything to go by. The survey of 26,636 consumers including 5,251 forecourt customers – which quizzed shoppers on everything from what’s important to them when shopping ...
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Top display by Bartuf
In a bid to drive retail sales Welcome Break has awarded retail display solutions company Bartuf Systems a contract to supply a range of display solutions. As part of the contract Bartuf will design, manufacture and install an innovative mobile counter unit plus a range of display solutions including magazines, ...
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Shell raid suspect arrested
A police helicopter tracked a van loaded with stolen cigarettes for 30 miles through Hertfordshire, Essex and East London before officers arrested a man suspected of breaking into a filling station.An alert passer-by dialled 999 after seeing suspicious activity at the Shell Rye Street Garage in Bishop’s Stortford, Herts, just ...
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