All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2010 – Page 3
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Give energy drink sales a Kick
Kick Energy is one of the fastest growing energy drink brands in the UK, and after establishing itself as one of the leading energy drinks in the on trade, the brand’s creator Global Brands is making major strides to grow Kick Energy in the off trade.Global Brands has invested heavily ...
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Down memory lane
The names Robert and Hugh Fraser, Susie Hawkins, Jonathan James, Karl Brocklehurst and Philip Tout probably sound familiar. They’re all past winners of the Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards, but there’s something else or rather someone else that links these highly successful petrol retailers.And that’s Alec Cornish-Trestrail, ...
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Lingerie discount
A new promotion on Always and Tampax offers consumers a 20% discount on Figleaves lingerie products. The activity will be supported by a multi-media marketing campaign.
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Sej loves negotiating his way through the day
The alarm goes off at 6.30am.It is time to get ready for another busy day. I never know at this stage how the day will go, but one thing is for sure it’s bound to be as interesting and as varied as the past 30 years that I’ve been ...
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Customer service in petrol stations not up to scratch
Less than 1% of shoppers think petrol stations deliver good customer service, according to a poll by Retail Eyes. The National Customer Satisfaction survey of 5,712 UK shoppers revealed that only 0.8% of shoppers felt they got good service at forecourts. Furthermore, 92% confirmed they had left an ...
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Are you concerned that half the refineries in the UK are up for sale?
Yes 71% No 29% Not surprisingly, there’s a lot of concern over the refinery sales in the UK. Who will buy them and what this will mean for the industry, are the questions everyone’s asking... watch this space!
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The taxman cometh?
Hard on the heels of recent moves by HMRC (Revenue and Customs) affecting several million PAYE taxpayers who had innocently believed that they’d already paid all their tax, only to find some unwelcome brown envelopes arriving in their post, come rumours from some tax specialists that the taxman’s next target ...
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NewsVarta charges to the rescue
Varta has announced an addition to its rechargeables range with the introduction of the Back-up Charger. With a rrp of £14.99, the versatile new charger can power two AA or AAA batteries or it can charge devices directly via six charging adaptors. The six adaptors include ...
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Premium rice cakes
Kallo Foods is launching a range of premium flavoured rice cakes. They come in jumbo and mini sizes for eat-at-home and impulse occasions. Rrp is £1.59 and 59p respectively.
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Business as usual
It’s been a couple of months now since the Arkansas-based Murphy Oil Corporation announced board-of-director approval for plans to exit the refining business. Two American refineries and one in the UK at Milford Haven, Wales along with what was described as the "retail system" were put up for ...
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in brief
New site for Flogas Flogas has opened a new 24-hour LPG service station in Leicester to replace its old site following soaring sales and long queues. The company has invested £130,000 to install two pumps at the Ravensbridge Drive forecourt, providing round-the-clock gas. Customers ...
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Bishop converts to Harvest
Top 50 independent Bishop Retail is converting all its nine forecourts from BP to Harvest Energy. North East-based Bishop Retail group operations director, Darren MacDonald, said that while he expected fuel volumes to fall by 15-16% without the BP name on the pole sign, value sales were likely to stay ...
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Bueno’s big break
To tie in with the DVD launch of Sex & The City 2, Kinder Bueno is running an on-pack promotion giving consumers the chance to win the ultimate girls’ night out in London. Designed to boost sales of Kinder Bueno Classic and Kinder Bueno White, the on-pack promotion runs on ...
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NewsSickleholme Service Station, Bamford, Derbyshire
GENERAL APPEARANCE: The Sickleholme Service Station near Bamford occupies a dominant corner site at the junction of the A625 and A6013 in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District. FORECOURT: The building and canopy are built from materials in-keeping with those used throughout the Peak District National Park. The unbranded ...
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P&H Local backed by big sales force
Palmer & Harvey has added a 60-strong sales force for the launch of its P&H Local wholesale offer to retailers. The new wholesale service is aimed at retailers who are using the cash and carry more frequently and topping up more often in a bid to find the ...
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Animal bar in impulse
Nestlé Confectionery is launching its Animal Bar in an impulse format after a successful trial earlier this year. The launch, on November 1, is said to be in response to increasing consumer demand for small portions. And according to IRI data, Animal Bar in an impulse format has helped the ...
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Smoke alarm
Up to 17% of cigarettes and 54% of handrolling tobacco used in the UK is smuggled. That’s one of the headline messages to retailers from tobacco firm JTI’s new Tobacco Smuggling report.The report says that "persistently high tobacco taxation levels" have helped the illicit trade in tobacco flourish over the ...
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Help and advice from Jac Roper
Where’s the compensation? Despite the fact that we live in a risk adverse/compensation culture for example, large lady falls over in store because she cannot see her feet and watch out for a just-as-large claim. It doesn’t quite work that way for retailers ...
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Plenty to talk about
Well done to all the winners at last month’s Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards ceremony, particularly Bhupa, Lata and Jay Gohil, who took the top prize this year (see full report from page 43). It takes a lot of hard work, courage and determination to create and, more importantly, ...
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Automechanika 2010: a showcase of technology
A mind-boggling array of the latest developments in service station and car wash technology was featured at Automechanika 2010, which took place last month in Frankfurt, Germany. It is a mammoth exhibition which describes itself as "the leading international trade fair for the automotive industry". It claims to beat the ...
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