All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2009 – Page 2
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Festive feast
There’s no doubt that many consumers are feeling the pinch so Christmas might not quite be the spending orgy it has been in recent years, but it definitely won’t be cancelled. More mums might go to Iceland this year rather than M&S but there will still be a feast come ...
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Little extras
You can’t smoke a cigarette without a lighter or matches. Likewise you can’t make a roll your own cigarette without papers. These items the lighters, matches and papers are often forgotten when you think about the multi-billion pound cigarette market but they have an important part to play.According ...
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Every litre helps at Tesco
Drivers cashed in on cheap fuel after a technical hitch meant a Tesco site sold fuel at 40p per litre for nearly a week. The faulty pump went undetected by staff at the Milton branch of the supermarket as customers flocked to the forecourt for the bargain unleaded petrol, ...
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Ginsters’ meaty eats
Ginsters is relaunching its 180g individual boxed pies with new packaging and two new additions.Joining the existing steak and chicken & mushroom pies are steak & onion and peppered steak. Rrp is £1.59. Refreshed packaging features the British flag to highlight Ginsters’ use of British meat and locally-sourced vegetables.Andy Valentine, ...
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On the crest of a wave
Every now and then a new forecourt development emerges that raises the bar just a little bit higher. The launch of George Hammond plc’s reconstructed Dover South operation in July marked just one of those moments. It features what is constantly referred to as the Spar ’store of the future’ ...
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ISA keeps its cool
Refrigeration company ISA (UK) is launching a chilled multi-deck cabinet range featuring new technology which it says offers big energy savings.According to the company, its In-Touch technology can offer 35-40% energy savings over existing designs.Its patent-pending ’In-Touch’ technology incorporates an automatic, transparent shutter system. As a customer approaches the cabinet, ...
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Work, rest and play makes Clive Gardner’s day
I wake up every weekday morning with Sarah Kennedy my wife Stella doesn’t mind as she quite likes her. My Blackberry and my wife rule my life, but only because I let them. The Blackberry alarm is set for 6.30am, seven days a week. Monday to Friday are school-run ...
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Satha chooses Spar for his extended store
Surrey retailer S Satha has rebranded the store on his Jet forecourt in Chertsey as a Spar. The move coincided with an extension to the 24-hour store adding 300sq ft and taking the sales floor up to 800sq ft. Satha traded from a Portakabin for five weeks while structural ...
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New cool trucks for Londis to improve chilled delivery
Londis is improving its supply chain efficiency with a new fleet of environmentally-friendly lorries. The multi-million pound 72-piece fleet will supplement the existing distribution fleet and be phased into circulation over the next two months. Chilled produce is a key focus for Londis as it embarks on a re-launch of ...
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The car is still king
The car is still the most important mode of transport, according to an AA analysis of the Government’s latest National Travel Survey. The car accounted for 80% of distance travelled compared to 8% on surface rail. Despite this car dependence, average car mileage decreased to 8,670 in 2008 from 9,700 ...
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Cadbury’s new nibble
Cadbury has added Cadbury Dairy Milk (CDM) Caramel Nibbles to its bitesize range.The Nibbles are small buttons of CDM chocolate with a caramel filling. They come in resealable 175g bags, rrp £1.79.To communicate the launch, the Caramel Bunny is returning in an outdoor and press advertising campaign as well as ...
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New lottery bubbles
Signwaves has introduced new wall and pavement signs for The National Lottery as part of Camelot’s £16.5m investment in refreshing its permanent point of sale. About 6,000 of the ’bubble’ pavement signs, 5,500 Ecoflex pavement signs and 15,000 wall signs are being distributed around the UK.Signwaves said its ideas appealed ...
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in brief
Waitrose c-store plan Waitrose has revealed plans to trial convenience stores of 2,000sq ft next year. The upmarket grocery chain, owned by the John Lewis Partnership, said the smaller format gave it the potential for a further 300 shops. The move followed the announcement in May that Waitrose had entered ...
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Safety first for BP with security expert VSG
VSG has been working to improve a number of security issues at BP sites around the UK. According to the company, this includes introducing a ’profit protection’ scheme with manned guarding as well as the appointment of two regional and one national profit protection managers.The regional profit protection managers have ...
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Not a lotta bottle
Jacob’s Creek says it has responded to customer demand for smaller-sized bottles with the launch of 50cl versions of its Three Vines range. The bottles have a rrp of £4.99.
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Pace boosts image with redesign
MRH (GB) subsidiary Pace Fuelcare has re-designed and refreshed the Pace brand for its dealer business. The brand logo, with its slanted red 3D ’P’ and blue background, has been re-designed to give a stronger, more modern presence on the pole sign and canopy. So far the the new branding ...
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Best of both worlds
For Oonagh Gilfillan, small really is beautiful. As general manager at Power Petroleum she deals with 150 fuel retailers, most of whom are sole operators. And according to Gilfillan, that’s what makes the job so enjoyable.She says: "Retailers ask us what they need to have if we supply them with ...
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Sewell do it in style with flood of awards
Patrick Sewell and David Craven-Jones of the Hull-based Sewell Retail Group took the top prize at last month’s Forecourt Trader of the Year awards, held at the London Hilton on Park Lane Hotel. At a sell-out ceremony attended by nearly 700 guests, and hosted by celebrity DJ Tony Blackburn, the ...
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A Shot in the arm for sales
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has launched a new intense energy drink, the Relentless Shot. The company says the product provides the same amount of energy as 250ml of regular Relentless, with each 50ml Shot containing 80mg of caffeine as well as vitamins B6 and B12. According to CCE, Relentless is driving ...
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NewsIn the surgery this month – Applegreen Filling Station, Cottingham Road, Corby, Northamptonshire
GENERAL APPEARANCE: On Cottingham Road at what must be the geographic centre of Corby, is a recently-opened Applegreen site owned by Irish independent Petrogas. Petrogas has more than 50 filling stations in Ireland and has announced that it is looking to open 100 sites across the UK. FORECOURT: ...
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