All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2015
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Roadchef opens second motorway Spar store
Roadchef’s Northampton motorway services area on the M1/A43, has become the second of its sites to open Spar store, following the launch of the concept at Strensham on the M5 in July.It offers motoring customers grocery items and a selection of artisan products, and has also has created 20 new ...
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NewsChartman Group gets behind ’honk if you’re hairy’ Movember campaign
’Movember’, the men’s health fundraising campaign, which hopes to make November the ’hairiest month of the year’, is being supported once again by the Exeter-based Chartman Group, which is always keen to put itself on the map with its various publicity and fundraising campaigns. This year it is attracting ...
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Police approval for BOSS reporting system
The BOSS Electronic Reporting System (ERS) has secured accreditation from Secured by Design, to demonstrate that it has been successfully tested to the highest standards and meets Police Preferred Specification.The BOSS ERS enables forecourt retailers to report and send details of incidents to police online, including vital supporting evidence from ...
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Phillips 66 upgrades mobile app for wholesale collect customers
Phillips 66 has upgraded its mobile app to incorporate a lifting limits function – which it claims is the first of its kind in the UK. The upgrade follows the successful launch of its ‘My Phillips 66’ upgraded extranet portal and pricing app in 2014. The upgraded app went live ...
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Welcome Break CEO plans 24-hour endurance challenge for Children in Need
Welcome Break CEO Rod McKie, is planning to undertake a 24 hour endurance challenge to raise money for BBC Children in Need. He will travel across the country, visiting all 27 Welcome Break service stations and completing a series of individual tasks along the way.Welcome Break is an official partner ...
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NewsMorrisons to pilot shops on MFG sites
Top 50 Indie Motor Fuel Group (MFG) is to partner Morrisons with a pilot a convenience food offer in five of its forecourts.The pilot will start by the end of the year and will involve Morrisons supplying branded and own-brand food to the forecourt stores.The shops, all above 1,200 sq.ft, ...
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Cash box stolen from security man on forecourt
Merseyside Police are appealing for information after a robber made off with a cash box taken from a security guard during a raid at a Liverpool petrol station. Police were called to the Shell garage in Smithdown Road, Wavertree, at around 11.40am on Friday October 23. A member of staff ...
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Attempted theft of ATM fails
Officers from Police Scotland in Aberdeenshire have appealed for witnesses following the attempted theft of an ATM at the Aboyne Filling Station, Deeside, Aberdeenshire. The ATM was targeted at around 1:45am on Sunday 25 October 2015. The attempt was unsuccessful and the thieves fled the scene without any cash. Detective ...
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NewsAsda cuts fuel prices to five-year low
Asda has cut its fuel prices to the lowest level in five years, taking 2ppl off unleaded petrol and 1ppl on diesel from today (Monday 26th October) – meaning its national ceiling on prices is 103.7ppl on unleaded and 106.7ppl on diesel.Coinciding with the cut the retailer has called on ...
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Tobacco smuggler jailed after extradition
A former County Durham milkman, who masterminded a plot to smuggle ten million illicit cigarettes into the UK, has been jailed after being extradited from Thailand by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to face justice.Paul Joyce, 41, originally from Consett, fled to the Far East in 2008, only hours before ...
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NewsSupermarkets gaining market share says AA
The AA has praised the supermarkets for keeping fuel prices low and says their policy has helped them win market share from other fuel retailers. In its latest monthly fuel price update it says average unleaded petrol prices fell for the fourth month in a row, dropping from 111.16ppl in ...
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Wilcomatic launches multi-function tower
Wilcomatic has launched the high quality stainless steel Mercur quad multi-function tower, comprising a vehicle vacuum, screen-wash water, air and car-fresh fragrance. The efficient vacuum comes in a choice of a powerful three-phase motor or a power saving single-phase turbine motor. There is also a choice of three ...
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product news: Guinness unveils new lager
Guinness has launched Hop House 13 lager in Great Britain, the latest beer from The Brewer’s Project at St James’s Gate, Dublin. Following its February launch in Ireland, Hop House 13 now accounts for 2.8% of lager in Ireland, reaching one third of potential stockists after just six months. ...
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Minister predicts low emission era
Transport minister Andrew Jones has told fleet managers he wants the next five years to be remembered as the dawn of the ultra low emission vehicle (ULEV) era. He told the Go Ultra Low Fleet Managers Summit that the UK was the fastest growing market for electric vehicles in ...
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product news: Chupa Chups goes with the force
Chupa Chups is introducing a brand new collection to retailers in time for Christmas. The Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens drinking cups and ‘Best of’ sharing bags, are timed for the launch of the latest film this December. The new collectible drinking cups each house ten iconic ...
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NewsForecourt CCTV clip is YouTube hit
CCTV of a customer who managed to tip her car onto two wheels while exiting a petrol station is approaching a million views on YouTube after going viral. The incident took place at Forecourt Trader award winning Brian Llewelyn a’l ferched, in Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire, earlier this week, and was ...
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product news: Smirnoff unleashes global campaign
Smirnoff has partnered with Kiesza and Djemba Djemba making their latest song Give It To The Moment, the music for the #WhatWeBring movement. Everyone around the world is now being invited to contribute, collaborate and bring whatever it is they bring to make good times better. The Give It To ...
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RAC calls for greater price cuts
The RAC has criticised retailers for not making bigger cuts in prices after the three supermarkets groups cut 1ppl from their fuel prices earlier in the week. RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “While this is more good news for motorists, we would like retailers to make bigger cuts ...
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product news: Highland Spring adopts festive shrinkwrap
Highland Spring is launching a limited edition festive shrinkwrap on its sparkling water multipacks within retail, available from the start of November. The festive design will appear on the shrinkwrap of 6x500ml, 12x500ml and 4x1.5ltr Highland Spring Sparkling packs. The festive shrinkwrap depicts a view of the Scottish ...
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product news: Diary Crest adds to Frijj range
Diary Crest’s FRijj flavoured milk brand has launched an extension of its premium milkshake range, FRijj Supreme, to include new flavour variant Strawberry Cheesecake. Developed in line with Dairy Crest consumer research, FRijj Supreme Strawberry Cheesecake capitalises on the popularity of exciting and sophisticated flavour profiles that consumers seek. The ...