All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2016 – Page 8
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Midlands: 4mlpa plus
Awards host Brian Conley (left), and Ramsay MacDonald, Gulf retail director (right), present Salim Hasan with the award for Best Site in the Midlands (4mlpa-plus). Euro Garages’ Markham Vale site is a £2.3m new-to-industry forecourt site located on a 200-acre business park at Junction 29a on the M1, serving business ...
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Forecourt Trader of the Year 2016
S ewell on the go South Cave takes forecourt convenience to a new level. The site was completely reimagined last year during a £1.5m redevelopment, creating improved access and new facilities which make full use of the land. The drive onto the spacious forecourt is impressive, with its many facilities ...
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Tesco facing unlimited fine after 10-mile river pollution
Tesco is facing an unlimited fine after it admitted in court that it was responsible for a leak of thousands of litres of fuel that polluted a 10-mile stretch of river in Lancashire. Petrol from the supermarket’s Haslingden filling station leaked underground into Langwood Brook, a tributary to the River ...
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Wayne introduces new pay-at-pump terminal
Wayne Fueling Systems has launched its new iX Pay T7 pay-at-pump terminal for fuel retailers.The iX Pay T7 terminal can be used to bring legacy fuel dispensers into EMV-compliance regardless of original equipment manufacturer. To be compliant with payment network EMV requirements which helps reduce counterfeit fraud, US fuel retailers ...
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product news: Horlicks launches new promotion
Horlicks, the hot malted milky drink from GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK), is introducing a new on-pack promotion in collaboration with British lifestyle brand Emma Bridgewater. The promotion will run until the end of February 2017, and is intended to help retailers tap into the £141m hot milky drinks category ...
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Leak forces Valero to shutdown major pipeline
Valero has moved to reassure its customers that it is working to maintain supplies after a leak in Carmarthen, Wales, forced it to shut down one of the main pipelines from its Pembroke Refinery. The pipeline supplies fuel to its terminals at Kingsbury, Warwickshire, and in Manchester. In a statement ...
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product news: Walkers Shortbread extends range
Walkers Shortbread is extending its pure butter shortbread range with the addition of a new luxury Chocolate Shortbread collection that will add an indulgent chocolatey twist to tea breaks. The Chocolate Shortbread range combines Belgian chocolate with added orange, spicy ginger and zingy raspberry to provide six varieties: ...
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Leighton O’Brien sets up European partnership
Leighton O’Brien has formed a strategic partnership with Wolftank Adisa Group to introduce and market its technology suite throughout Western Europe. Australia-based Leighton O’Brien already operates in 19 countries through 57 distributors offering its Wetstock Live software and field technologies such as tank and line testing, fuel polishing and tank ...
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product news: Milk Tray Man makes comeback
The new Cadbury Milk Tray campaign launched on Saturday, October 8, with an epic film that premiered during the first of the ITV X-Factor live shows.Featuring new Milk Tray Man, fire fighter Patrick McBride who was awarded the role over 20,000 other hopefuls, the ad was introduced as part of ...
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product news: Foster’s offers chance of trip down under
Australian lager brand Foster’s is offering the chance to win a “smashing’ trip to Oz” in a new on-pack promotion for Foster’s. As the Official Lager of the England and Wales Cricket Board, the cricket-themed packs also feature a raft of other prizes including cricket shirts and cricket sets. Craig ...
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product news: Little Trees celebrates heritage
Little Trees air fresheners has launched the “Keeping your car fresh since 1952” campaign focusing on the various designs of Little Trees, which can be seen in many nationwide retail outlets, while also recognising the heritage of the brand since its establishment in that year. The initial nationwide campaign will ...
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Greenergy rolls out contactless card scheme
Fuel supplier Greenergy is rolling out a new contactless card scheme to its independent retail customers following the completion of a 10-week trial. Replacing the legacy Esso system, Greenergy said its scheme delivers significantly lower transactional costs combined with greater functionality and improved service levels. Territory manager Ronald Skimming, who ...
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Tesco car wash workers paid half minimum wage
A car wash at a Tesco store was found using Romanian workers who were paid half the minimum wage, according to a report by the BBC. The premises in Congleton, Cheshire, was operated by Waves Car Wash, which manages about 180 Tesco car washes. Waves said it closed the franchise ...
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product news: Britvic relaunches mixers and juices
Britvic is unveiling a re-launch of its Britvic Mixers and Juices range. In response to evolving consumer tastes and the demand for authentic and quality drinking experiences, Britvic’s Indian Tonic Water has been refreshed. The new tonic has been reformulated and now beats Schweppes in blind taste tests.Britvic’s tonic water, ...
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Attempted robbery on Blackburn forecourt foiled
Lancashire Police are investigating an attempted cash in transit robbery which took place at a petrol station in Blackburn on Wednesday October 5. Police were called at about 7.30am to the Three Arches Service Station on Preston Old Road, to reports two offenders armed with a crowbar and a sledgehammer ...
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product news: Razorwire offers alternative energy source
Razorwire Energy has been launched to provide consumers with a more convenient alternative to energy drinks. It is a capsule including caffeine, green tea and B vitamins among its ingredients to create energy. Creator of Razorwire Matt Hickman said that a major feature for retailers was how little shelf space ...
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Blakemore initiatives aim to drive retail excellence
Retail excellence was the theme at this year’s Blakemore Trade Partners Spar Retail Show where the company announced a number of initiatives, including a £4m investment in AF Blakemore’s IT strategy, and a further £1.6m investment in the company’s Retail Partners Scheme. A further initiative is the creation of a ...
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Police probe aggravated burglary
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following an aggravated burglary at a Reading forecourt.The incident occurred on October 3 at the BP Garage on the A33 at about 10.30pm.Four masked men, described as being in their mid twenties, entered the garage and took an amount of cigarettes and money ...
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NewsFuel prices set to rise after Sterling plunges
A sharp fall in the value of sterling could lead to further increases of prices at the pumps, according to the RAC. During Thursday night (October 6) Sterling plunged from just over $1.26 to $1.18 before recovering to around $1.23. RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams said: “The unexpectedly sharp fall ...
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product news: Premier Foods adds Christmas cakes
Premier Foods is aiming to drive incremental sales during the Christmas period by launching several new products through its Cadbury Cakes and Mr Kipling brands. Cadbury Cakes’ new product addition for 2016 will include a new bite called “Silent Bites” a double blended brownie, with raspberry flavouring, covered in ...