All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2017 – Page 5
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product news: Kerry Group majors on Halloween
Kerry Group’s Mattessons Fridge Raiders brand has joined with Thorpe Park Resort to give shoppers the chance to win a short break at the theme park during its Fright Nights event. At the same time kids’ snack Cheestrings is launching a Halloween pack ’takeover’ across its entire range, while Yollies ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Roughton Service Station, Norwich Road, Roughton, Norfolk
LOCATION: This site is on the A140 Norwich-to-Cromer road. Coming from the Norwich direction, unless you know it’s there, you could over-run and pass the forecourt as the signage seems to be better from the Cromer direction. FORECOURT: This is a Gulf forecourt with a McColl’s store. Fuel prices are ...
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New Snickers packs deliver hunger symptons
Mars Chocolate UK is launching Who are you?, a new on-pack promotion which gives consumers a fun way to tell their friends how they’re feeling. New packaging builds on the Snickers ’You’re Not You’ campaign, with the brand flag on Snickers’ packaging changed to 21 different hunger symptoms including ’cranky’, ...
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Jeroen de Gruijter is new Dover Fueling Solutions’ MD
Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS) has appointed a managing director of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).Jeroen de Gruijter will report directly to David Crouse, the president of DFS, and will be based in the DFS manufacturing centre in Dundee.This appointment comes after brands such as Tokheim, Wayne Fueling Systems, Fairbanks, ...
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Rubicon partners with England cricket teams
Rubicon has become the Official Soft Drink of the England Cricket Team. The three-year deal involves partnerships with England Men’s, England Women’s and England Disability teams across Test, One-Day and T20 matches.01204 664295www.agbarr.co.ukTelephone number web site adress
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Jacob’s Creek’s French-inspired Le Petit Rosé
Australian wine brand Jacob’s Creek is launching a new French-inspired premium rosé.Le Petit Rosé (rrp £8) is made from Australian-grown grapes but reflects the savoury style of rosé that is common in the Southern French countryside, and taps into the rapid growth of Provençal rosé (+30.5% Nielsen data).020 8538 ...
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product news: Crabbie’s kicks off rugby promotion
To coincide with the start of the new Rugby Union season and the autumn internationals, Crabbie’s alcoholic ginger beer is kicking off a raft of activity on the back of its long-term sponsorship and commitment to championing the sport, at an international level and through local clubs. This month an ...
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Essar UK plans co-owned site but slows growth
Essar UK has put the target for expansion of its retail network to 400 outlets back to five years. The news came shortly after the company revealed plans to open its first company-owned site. A spokesman said the company-owned site was a former Gulf forecourt which had been closed for ...
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Softmints make their debut in convenient pots
Trebor Softmints are now available in a new pot format. The convenient 100g pots (rrp £1.70) in peppermint and spearmint flavours have been created for consumers on-the-go, making them ideal for desktops at work, in a bag for the daily commute or in the car for long journeys.Oliver ...
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Valero continues with its Supreme fuel promotion
Following the relaunch of Supreme fuel in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, Valero is now running its "Save 10p per litre on Supreme Fuel" promotion across the remaining areas of its network (Wales, the South West and the South East) for six weeks. Customers who buy Supreme receive ...
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Oasis marketing spend handed out to consumers
Coca-Cola European Partners is running a ’Win a Cut of Our Remaining Marketing Budget’ promotion on Oasis. Active until November 5, it gives consumers the chance to win between £17.61 and £661.48 of the brand’s £34,672 marketing budget. One lucky person will also receive a bonus prize of £1,515.58.Consumers must ...
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Free movies with crisps and confectionery
Two of the biggest names in impulse products are running promotions that give consumers access to free films. Nestlé Confectionery has teamed up with Sky Store for its promotion where consumers will receive a £5.99 Sky Store Buy & Keep movie voucher in return for collecting four promotional packs from ...
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Countdown to Christmas
Would you like to guess how much was spent on Christmas confectionery last year? Well, if you said around £800m you would be right because, according to IRI data, we in the UK spent £824m on chocolate and sweets last Christmas. A lot of that spend goes on gifting and ...
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The spirits of Christmas
Most people enjoy a tipple at Christmas, with many keen to have a range of booze on offer to impress their friends and family, which is why volume sales of spirits double over the Christmas period increasing from 3.4% to 7.2% (Nielsen).Faith Holland, head of category development at Diageo ...
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Christie helps with funds for Notts forecourt deal
Christie Finance has helped a returning client with funding to acquire their latest petrol station, located in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire.Longdale Service Station is a long-established business with a loyal local customer base and was sold through Christie & Co. The new owners, Mr and Mrs Navanathan, already own Carter Lane Service ...
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Crisp ’n’ Fin joins Fish ’n’ Chips snacks line up
Burton’s Biscuit Company has added Crisp ’n’ Fin to the Fish ’n’ Chips range. Described as a thinner, crispier variant targeting sharing occasions, it is available in Salt & Vinegar and Sour Cream & Chive varieties in 150g bags, rrp £1.59.The launch also marks the introduction of a packaging refresh ...
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PRA urges Chancellor not to raise fuel duty levels
The PRA has warned that the price differential between diesel and petrol is set to increase and urged the Chancellor not to penalise diesel drivers with higher duty levels in November’s Budget.PRA chairman Brian Madderson said: "The outlook for UK pump prices remains uncertain with changes to crude oil prices ...
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Service centre: Jac Roper on fuel supply woes; epos help; and contactless feedback
I got an email from Trevor Griffiths, (Overbrook Recovery Services, Gloucestershire) which said: "We are a small garage who opened in 1969. We were first of all with BP and then changed to Butler Fuels in around 1981. They were eventually bought out by Power then Certas. The end of ...
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NewsSales of new diesel cars decline for sixth month
Plummeting sales of new diesel cars helped push the UK new car market to its sixth consecutive monthly decline in September, down 9.3% to 426,170 new units registered, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Diesel car sales were down 21.7%, while petrol cars ...
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product news: Cofresh unveils Diwali campaign
Indian snack brand Cofresh is this year supporting Diwali, the festival of lights, with a wide range of in-store and consumer-focused promotional activity during its first ever ‘Share the Light’ campaign. The campaign’s theme reflects the Diwali tradition of light, celebration and family, and includes consumer gift promotions across the ...