All Forecourt Trader articles in October 2017 – Page 6
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Certas Energy buys its first three forecourts in England
Certas Energy has bought forecourt sites in England for the first time in a deal that will see 13mlpa of retail volume moving to Gulf from Texaco.It has struck a deal with Petromex Forecourt Services to acquire two sites, Millbrook Way in Preston and Canal Head in Ulverston, with a ...
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New Nut Butter duo from Nature Valley
Nature Valley is capitalising on the popularity of nut butters with the launch of the first cereal bars with a filling made with real nut butter. There are two varieties: Peanut and Almond. They are made with 100% wholegrain oats and barley and contain a smooth filling made with real ...
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in brief
human trafficking campaignA campaign by the Scottish Government against human trafficking and modern slavery is highlighting that many unscrupulous hand car wash operations are involved. In Aberdeen screen cleans were offered at the Golden Square Car Park as part of the campaign to draw attention to the different industries in ...
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Halloween takeover for Kerry Foods’ brands
Mattessons Fridge Raiders 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 feature exclusive glow-in-the-dark character ...
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NewsBP reappoints DHL Supply Chain to manage logistics
DHL Supply Chain has been reappointed by BP to manage its UK logistics operations for its shops for an additional three years, making in excess of 92,000 deliveries a year to BP’s company owned forecourts across the country. The contract extension will see DHL continue to support BP’s UK fuels ...
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Bounty, Galaxy and M&M’s now in cookies
Mars Chocolate Drinks and Treats has launched a three-strong range of chocolate cookies. There are three variants: Galaxy Chocolate Chunk Cookies with real Galaxy pieces, Bounty Soft Baked Cookies with flakes of coconut and chocolate chunks and M&M’s Chocolate Cookies with real chocolate M&M’s inclusions.Rrp is £1.99 and the cookies ...
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Analysis
Merril Boulton: editor
Editor It’s been a very mixed month full of excitement about the Forecourt Trader Awards; but also filled with such shock and sadness at the sudden death of Nick Lloyd, a genuinely all-round great guy, known particularly in the forecourt sector for the seven years he worked with Jeremy Symonds ...
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Kevin Eastwood: BOSS - executive director
When I meet with forecourt retailers it is not uncommon to be told that they feel the police do not respond when they report incidents. Admittedly how each police force reacts to a report depends on each chief constable who determines how his or her force deploys their resources. Some ...
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NewsWholesalers urge CMA to block Tesco-Booker deal
Seven of the UK’s leading wholesalers have written a joint letter to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) urging it to block the Tesco-Booker merger. The managing directors of Bestway, Bidfood, Confex, Landmark, Spar, Sugro and Today’s co-signed a letter, which was submitted to the CMA as part of its ...
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The two biggest indies buy out smaller groups
The two biggest companies in the Top 50 Indies both acquired other groups during September.Motor Fuel Group (MFG) expanded its network to 422 stations with the completed acquisition of four stations each from FW Kerridge and Burns & Co, and an exchange of contracts with fellow Top 50 Indie Manor ...
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Best Car Care and Lubricants Outlet
Jet Abbeyside Service Station Selby, North Yorkshire Awards host Myleene Klass, and Graham Tissiman, sales and marketing manager of the Convenience Distribution Group (far left), present Nick Baker with the award for Best Car Care and Lubricants Outlet. Abbeyside’s dedicated car care display consists of two one-metre-long horizontal bays of ...
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Best community engagement
Eurospar Glenwell Newtownabbey County AntrimAwards host Myleene Klass, and Paresh Patel, HTEC’s director of Forecourt Sales (left), present Adele Brown with the award for Best Community Engagement.Eurospar Glenwell is a worthy winner of this award with its heavy involvement in the local community, particularly with its charity work, continually raising ...
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Best Customer Service
Budgens Three Mile Cross Berkshire Awards host Myleene Klass, and Steve Dyas, JTI’s head of key multiple grocers (far left), present Jonathan (right) and Nick Fraser with the award for Best Customer Service. Being engaged with and an asset to the communities it serves has always been a key part ...
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Best Food-to-go Outlet
Applegreen M1 SouthboundLisburnCounty Down Awards host Myleene Klass, and Ashley Fletcher, Rollover’s commercial director, present John Diviney with the award for Best Food-to-go Outlet. As well as fuel and shop services, Applegreen M1 Lisburn is home to six food offers: Greggs, Lavazza, Burger King, Subway, Chopstix and The Bakewell which ...
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Best Forecourt Innovation
Jet Abbeyside Service Station, Selby, North Yorkshire Awards host Myleene Klass, and Martin Swadling, brand director at Londis (far left), present Nick Baker with the award for Best Forecourt Innovation. Nick Baker has transformed Abbeyside from a 600sqft Mace store and Jet forecourt with its small and crazily-shaped triangular footprint ...
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Best Forecourt Loo
Jet Penny Sadberge Service Station Darlington Awards host Myleene Klass, and Tracey Stirling, Fast Trak’s national sales manager (far left), present Vicky Hennessy and David Penny with the award for Best Forecourt Loo. Penny Petroleum has been developing its ’ultimate convenience’ concept during the past year and believes that a ...
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Best Forecourt Team
Bodmin Moor ServicesLauncestonCornwall Awards host Myleene Klass, and Jonathan Daniels, managing partner at HiStreet Digital Media (far left), present Matt Westlake (left) and Clive Sheppard with the award for Best Forecourt Team. The team at Bodmin Moor Services believes it has the best level of customer service going, with involvement ...
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Best Hot Beverages Outlet
MFG Glasgow Airport, Paisley RenfrewshireAwards host Myleene Klass, and Tim Warner, sales director of Costa Express (far left), present Ranjan Sinnathamby with the award for Best Hot Beverages Outlet.As part of MFG Glasgow Airport’s extensive refit project the site really embraced the store-within-a-store concept and now its two Costa machines ...
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Best Site Manager
Eurospar Carrowdore County Down Awards host Myleene Klass, and Stuart Cufflin, transport manager at Jet, present Joanne Walker with the award for Best Site Manager. Joanne believes in leading by example. She doesn’t expect any team member to do something she wouldn’t do and similarly she expects them to mirror ...
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Best Soft Drinks Outlet
Woodman Service Station, Leeds West YorkshireAwards host Myleene Klass, and Amy Burgess, trade communications manager at Coca-Cola European Partners, present Idris Patel with the award for Best Soft Drinks Outlet.Woodman Service Station is a state-of-the art 24-hour site on a busy dual carriageway en route to the centre of Leeds. ...