All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2013 – Page 4
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Rolling out new packs
Imperial Tobacco has unveiled a new pack design for its Drum roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco.The new Drum original and gold pack redesign has a ’clean, modern’ look that brings the range into the 21st century. Drum is available in 12.5g, 25g and 50g packs.Imperial Tobacco’s Drum brand manager, Gary Mitchell, commented: ...
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Mid-week Magnums
Magnum has three new snacking lines designed for an indulgent mid-week treat or as something to share with friends and family at weekends.Magnum After Dinner comprises vanilla ice cream bites covered in Magnum milk chocolate. They come in boxes of 10 with a recommended retail price (rrp) of £3.49. Magnum ...
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James Lowman
At the start of September, we published the Local Shop Report 2013. When we launched the report last year, our primary intention was to inform MPs and government departments about the contribution that local shops make to the economy. We didn’t expect that the report would have such a positive ...
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MRH Retail rolls out Hursts
MRH Retail’s new store brand Hursts has been rolled out to 35 stores since three pilot stores were successfully launched in March, managing director John Lynn has told Forecourt Trader, with 100 sites expected by spring 2014.The stores feature a new external fascia, intended to visually demonstrate core store offerings, ...
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GB Oils renamed to reflect growth plans
GB Oils, the UK’s largest independent fuels and lubricant distributor, is to be called Certas Energy UK Ltd.Certas Energy currently delivers over six billion litres of fuel nationwide and serves around 1,000 independent petrol retailers with a workforce of 2,500 people."This represents a significant landmark in the development of our ...
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Pussy’s petrol gains
Pussy Drinks has said it has made "significant progress" in the forecourt sector so far this year, with new listings in Motor Fuel Group, Park Garages, Penny Petroleum and Aleef. Both Penny Petroleum and Aleef have taken the new £1 price-marked can. In addition, the company has a promotional programme ...
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Forecourts pick up for John Lewis
Petrol stations will be acting as collection points for online customers of John Lewis as part of a trial it is running.It is offering the service through CollectPlus, which enables customers to pick up online purchases at local convenience stores and petrol forecourts, and the trial will initially launch in ...
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Analysis
Time for feedback
A new study looking at the attitudes of fuel customers and why they choose particular brands, has underlined the growing dominance of the supermarkets. Customer intelligence specialist Market Force Information, surveyed more than 1,500 consumers across the UK in an effort to understand the choices made when purchasing fuel.The finding ...
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Strepsils’ extrasupport
A new £2.5m campaign for Strepsils rolls out this month which includes giving consumers the chance to win tickets to The X-Factor Live final.Activity will run on TV as well as online and on point of sale, and will focus on educating consumers about the benefits of Strepsils over sweets ...
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Euro winners
Euro Garages staff took to the stage again this year as they lifted the top trophy for the second time. The company’s commercial director Ilyas Munshi (pictured centre left) and head of operations Salim Hasan (centre right), were presented with the Forecourt Trader of the Year award by editor Merril ...
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Drinks system tested
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is investing in a national trial of BevTrac a spring-loaded shelf management system designed to drive on-the-go soft drinks sales as part of a programme that will target 3,000 convenience retailers. CCE says BevTrac offers retailers a number of benefits. The product lanes always ’look full’ due ...
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Mountain Dew promo
Britvic Soft Drinks and PepsiCo UK have joined forces with Microsoft for an on-pack promotion to support the launch of Xbox One.The promotion on Mountain Dew gives consumers the chance to get their hands on an Xbox One console. The activity has been created to drive further awareness of Mountain ...
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Murco extends its deal with Costcutter
Murco Petroleum and Costcutter Supermarkets Group are to continue their partnership with a new three-year contract to supply Murco’s 230 company-owned forecourts across the UK. This further extends the relationship between the two companies that began in 1996 and covers both the Murco full supermarket and smaller ’Express’ store formats.Costcutter’s ...
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Istobal wins contract
Car wash equipment manufacturer Istobal has announced that it has been awarded a three-year extension to its supply contract with Morrisons. This includes the installation during the rest of 2013 of 15 M’Start roll-over washes. Istobal managing director, Steven Dunne, said: "We have worked extremely hard with Morrisons over several ...
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Nestlé Professional launches new generation coffee maker
Nestlé Professional has launched Nescafé Milano Lounge, a new touchscreen self-serve coffee machine that can deliver up to 400 drink varieties for the on-the-go coffee market. Catering for the growing consumer demand for quality and customised coffee ’any time, anywhere’, the machine is capable of producing up to 400 drink ...
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Codax exhibits wares
PSD Codax, the developer of token-free control systems for car care equipment, will be demonstrating its new generation of payment solutions at the Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration (APEA) annual exhibition in Coventry on November 7. Motorists now have the option of buying a barcode ticket from the forecourt ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on a duty rebate that doesn’t work and a case where common sense prevails
What’s the real price of petrol? The price of petrol is a perennial headline grabber. You would think, by now, enough journalists reporting on the subject would have ’got to the bottom of it’; ie the public would know that the retailers have nowt to do with the price at ...
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Caps keep water out
Petroman Environmental Services is launching a simple-to-fit new device that prevents atmospheric water getting into fuel storage tanks and aggravating biofuel problems. Water often gets into even modern, well-maintained fuel storage tanks, and the reason, according to Rodney Carter, managing director of Petroman, is rain and other atmospheric moisture entering ...
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Healthy growth in profits for Brobot
A strong focus on non-fuel sales has contributed to a healthy growth in profits for Top 50 Indie, Brobot Petroleum Ltd (BPL), part of the Brobot Group Ltd (BGL). It reported an increase in pre-tax profits to £375,215 on sales up 2.9% to £113.9m for the year ending March 31, ...
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in brief
Costco wins consentCostco has won planning permission for its first UK petrol station. It has been granted consent for a petrol filling station at its Liverpool site, and said it will open within 12 months.Price comparison appThe AA is launching a smartphone price comparison app which it claims will enable ...