All Forecourt Trader articles in September 2012 – Page 4
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Nestlé will find you
Nestlé Confectionery is using GPS technology to find the winners for its ’We Will Find You with £10,000’ promotion. There are six top prizes of £10,000 each up for grabs, as part of £80,000-worth of prizes. The activity features on special packs of KitKat four finger, KitKat Chunky, Aero peppermint ...
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WashTech goes Dutch
WashTec UK has teamed up with Dutch forecourt security specialist, BigBrother, to offer state-of-the-art video monitoring capabilities tailored to the needs of UK forecourts.BigBrother’s PumpWatch system, which is widely used in Europe, records forecourt activities and attaches links to transactions such as fuel authorisations, shop sales and car wash purchases.Commenting ...
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Driving sales
The Sakura New Driver Starter Pack, available from Saxon, contains a collection of goodies for drivers who are taking to the road on their own for the first time.Packed in a neat bag, the kit includes: Sakura’s magnetic ’P plates’; 500ml screen wash; a Sakura tax disc holder; a selection ...
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Inaccurate pumps give drivers fuel ’gift’
An AA dip-check of a handful of petrol stations found some pumps giving up to 4.4% more fuel than shown on the pump effectively a 6ppl gift to drivers.According to the new research from the AA, problems with an EU move to harmonise fuel measuring on forecourts mean that ...
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Drive-off prevention guide
A guide produced by the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) is supporting a successful crime reduction training initiative in Rossendale, Lancashire.Bob Ormerod, a community volunteer with Lancashire Constabulary, developed the drive-off prevention training which he has been delivering at local forecourts this year."The training is based on the practical advice ...
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Vodka downsizes
Eristoff vodka is now available in a 35cl format for the convenience channel. Rrp is £7.49. It is expected to appeal to the brand’s target audience of 18- to 24-year-old men.
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Design upgrade
n just five years, BAT UK’s Pall Mall brand has become one of the top 10 cigarette brands in the UK. Having now broken 4% market share (Nielsen data), Pall Mall is celebrating its on-going success by upgrading its packaging.Carla-Maria Streit, brand executive for Pall Mall UK & Ireland, said: ...
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OPW and Petroman strike global licensing deal
OPW Fueling Components EMEA has signed a new global licensing agreement with Petroman in which OPW will produce and market all components of the Total Vapour Solution (TVS) vapour-recovery system under the OPW brand.The TVS recovers lost petroleum vapours for conversion back into sellable fuel to increase fuels margins and ...
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More Crunch
The latest limited editions from Müller Crunch Corner are cookies & cream and orange chocolate crunch, which will be available until next summer. Rrp is 64p per pot.
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New contract for Fairbanks
Fairbanks, in partnership with Tokheim, has a new three-year contract to deliver wet-stock management services to more than 3,000 Shell sites worldwide.A combination of hardware and software applications will provide automatic, real-time data to a team of Fairbanks analysts, which will provide detailed statistical inventory reconciliation (SIR) analysis of wet-stock ...
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GB Oils sets standards in new contest
GB Oils has launched ’Superstation’, a competition designed to improve forecourt standards and presentation while adding some fun and reward to day-to-day housekeeping.Open to Gulf, Total, Pace and all other GB-supplied dealers across the UK, Superstation will culminate with a Gala Awards Dinner on October 25 at The Belfry hotel ...
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Focus on Confectionery: Scare tactics
Halloween is big business in the UK. According to retail intelligence firm Planet Retail, sales rose 12.5% last year to reach £315m. Retail analyst Lisa Byfield-Green says the occasion has continued to grow consistently since Planet Retail began tracking figures in 2001. "This has been driven by a growing ...
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Day in the Life: Clive Sheppard
What a difference a week makes! The Sunday before I wrote this, I was savouring the atmosphere in the Olympic Park after having had the privilege of witnessing Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Mo Farrah win three gold medals in the athletics. We were all punch drunk after watching one ...
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Three for Christmas
Cuisine de France is launching three new lines for Christmas: mincemeat, cranberry & almond slice; and two flowerpot muffins (orange & cranberry and chocolate & orange).
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Christmas with Mars
New to Mars Chocolate’s Christmas range is the Galaxy luxury selection which features Galaxy Gift For You. Separately, Galaxy Gift For You has a new truffle variant so one half of the product comprises solid Galaxy chocolate while the other half is filled with either caramel or truffle.Meanwhile, Celebrations has ...
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Equipment column: David Charman
What an interesting year it is turning out to be for car washing. Firstly, we had severe drought conditions, then a deluge of rain. Next the heatwave gave way to a short shower, sprinkling tons of Saharan sand all over our customers’ cars. What next locusts or frogs? Not sure ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper looks at two-tier pricing and who is willing to lend money
Texaco deal fuels debate My caller, accusing Texaco of two-tier pricing, requested anonymity because he still has some time to run on his contract. He says that he had high hopes for Texaco when it was taken over by Valero last year but he has since become very ...
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Camel goes curvy
TI is launching what it claims is the world’s first curved pack design for its premium cigarette brand, Camel. The pack will be rolled out across all Camel Blue 20s packs. The move forms part of a complete range modernisation which will also see Camel Blue 10s packs receive ...
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Two new Cadbury lines hit the choccie shelves
Following the successful launch of Cadbury Dairy Milk (CDM) Bubbly earlier this year, Kraft Foods is launching a self-eat 90g bar with a rrp of 59p.According to Nielsen data, CDM Bubbly is already worth £10.1m. It is particularly popular with women, who account for 74% of purchasers.The launch of CDM ...
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New transport secretary emerges from cabinet reshuffle
A new Secretary of State for Transport has been appointed following today’s cabinet reshuffle. Justine Greening, who only took over as transport secretary from Philip Hammond in October, has been replaced by Patrick McLoughlin, former Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip. Greening now becomes international development secretary in ...