All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2009
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News
Industry slams tobacco display ban vote
Industry experts have slammed MPs after they voted in favour of the tobacco display ban. The move came as the Health Bill worked its way through the House of Commons yesterday. In addition, MPs voted to ban the sale of tobacco from vending machines – as a new clause this ...
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ACS warns against licensing upheaval
ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has expressed concern over the Conservative Party’s proposals to make sweeping changes to the current alcohol licensing regime. The measures, laid out by Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling MP in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, could lead to unnecessary cost ...
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Plastic card fraud drops by 23%
Fraud involving UK credit cards fell 23% to £232 million in the first half of 2009 compared to the same period last year. The figures, from banking trade body Financial Fraud Action UK, showed that criminals had been switching to targeting foreign-issued cards.Meanwhile, crime involving foreign cards, especially those ...
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Sewell Success
Many congratulations to everyone at Sewell Retail, and especially to Patrick and David, our new holders of the Forecourt Trader of the Year trophy. What a success story for them, with three of the company’s sites winning top awards, and a fourth coming very close. (Full coverage starts on page ...
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POSitive thinking
With the economic road ahead still looking rocky, it’s more important than ever to use the latest epos to beat the competition. That’s according to Richard Quarmsby, managing director at Torex Petroleum and Convenience, who warns that retailers should look at the greater savings that epos can bring to their ...
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Results of this month’s online poll:
Do you think the 2p duty hike will mean lower fuel volumes for your business? yes 68%no 32% There’s a definite feeling among retailers that when the price of fuel goes up, volume at the pumps goes down. Maybe the Chancellor should talk to the industry about the real consequences ...
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Madderson in at PRA
Brian Madderson (pictured above) is been appointed as the new non-executive chairman of the Petrol Retailers’ Association, with effect from November 1. The current managing director of Dover-based George Hammond plc, Brian will retire from the company at the end of this month, before taking on his new role. "I ...
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Wage winners and losers
The EKW PAYEPeople Annual Forecourt Wages Report 2009It’s that time of year again. For some it means party conference time; while others are preparing shop displays for Halloween and Bonfire Night; and those with poetic souls revel in the glorious colours of autumn.Here, we take a measure of what forecourts ...
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Londis replaces Spar at Wilson’s second store
Wilson Girvan has switched his Fort Augustus store from Spar to Londis to match his award-winning forecourt store at Aberfeldy, run by his son Blair. The Fort Augustus store has seen more than a few changes since 1971 when Wilson took it on as a rundown and bankrupt garage, ...
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Win limited Hamilton print
Exxonmobil is giving Forecourt Trader readers the chance to win a limited-edition print of Lewis Hamilton. The oil used in the picture was actually taken directly from the Mobil 1 race oil in the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes car in which the 24-year-old won last year’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. ...
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Xtremely great Pringles offer
Procter & Gamble says it is targeting a younger audience with new Pringles Xtreme. The new Pringles come in four flavours: exploding cheese & chilli, smokin’ ribs, flamin’ chilli sauce and fiery wasabi. The company says the Pringles Xtreme range is expected to drive incremental growth across the category overall ...
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Husky goes green
Husky says it has given its long-established bottle and snack cooler range a major eco upgrade.The higher-specification C range has been designed to save energy costs. According to the company, the range of four compact counter-top impulse coolers and three upright glass door bottle chillers now benefit from natural gases ...
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Get the whole picture
Software firm CV Retail is targeting UK forecourt operators with its online accountancy service CounterBooks. The company says it aims to give retailers an ’up-to-the-minute overview of the whole business’ by not just looking at the profit margins on sales but the overall profitability of the business.According to CV Retail ...
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Get spooked
Coca-Cola Enterprises is running an on-pack Party Potions promotion across Fanta, Sprite and Dr Pepper 2ltr bottles and 150ml single cans for Halloween.
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Get your hands on new puds
Premier Foods says it is rejuvenating the individual pot desserts sector with the launch of two new Ambrosia ranges: Crumble Puds and Jelly Puds. The launches are designed to address the ’complete my meal’ occasion, which Premier says makes up more than a third of all desserts occasions. Crumble Puds ...
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Analysis
Hold the front page
The Association of News Retailing (ANR) has vowed to keep fighting for a review of the newspaper and magazine distribution industry following its disappointment at last month’s news that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) would not be referring the sector to the Competition Commission. ANR managing director John Lennon ...
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Police release image of forecourt scam man
A conman managed to help himself to £3,000-worth of fuel from a forecourt in an elaborately-planned, six-day operation. Police have issued the CCTV image (right) of the man they want to talk to after he used a cloned petrol card to rack up the fuel from BP’s Supermart Petrol Station, ...
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Winston flies into UK
JTI is bringing Winston, its number one global flagship brand, to the UK. According to Euromonitor data, Winston is the world’s number two best-selling cigarette so JTI reckons it has great potential in the UK. It is available now in the Greater London area.Jeremy Blackburn, JTI’s head of communications, says ...
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Festive snacks galore
United Biscuits is promising retailers a ’must stock’ range of festive snacks.The line up has been designed to capitalise on in-home consumption and gifting.There are new lines including the Disney McVitie’s Cookies & Creams tin and McVitie’s Jaffa Present as well as new pack designs for old favourites such as ...