All Forecourt Trader articles in September 2014
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Hentri Winterman’s cigars sealed and barcoded for single sale
Market-leading cigar producer STG (UK) has announced that its Henri Wintermans cigars are now available in individual hygro-foil packaging with barcodes on Half Corona and Slims. The hygro-foil preserves the humidity of the cigar, and the barcodes mean retailers can sell the cigars singly - Half Corona 5s rrp £9.17; ...
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Neil Turton to leave Nisa
Convenience retailer Nisa has announced that its chief executive, Neil Turton, will leave the organisation in the spring 2015, after 23 years with the business. Turton has accepted a senior position in a non-competing business, but over the coming months the company says he will be integral to recruiting a ...
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Men jailed for 68 fuel thefts worth £6,000
Two men responsible for the theft of nearly £6,000 of fuel in 68 offences against service stations across the West Midlands have been jailed. The men used three vehicles and stole more than 3,700 litres of fuel by filling up tanks and containers in the back of vehicles and then ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: £4m campaign to back Ribena go ahead
Lucozade Ribena Suntory is supporting its Ribena core range with a £2.5m media spend and a return to TV this September. The Blackcurrant characters will be back for the first time in three years with the aim to engage consumers, and generating sales for retailers. The TV adverts will run ...
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HMRC seizes illicit tobacco and alcohol from Luton shops
An operation to disrupt the sale and supply of illegal tobacco and alcohol in Luton has uncovered more than 33,000 illegal cigarettes, 27 kilos of hand-rolling tobacco and 524 litres of alcohol. Twenty four officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), with support from Luton Trading Standards, the International Federation ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: JTI updates Holborn brand
JTI is updating its Holborn Smooth Taste Roll Your Own (RYO) brand with new formats, a reduced price and the inclusion of papers in all packs, to offer existing adult smokers greater value. Holborn Smooth Taste 10g packs will be reduced to 9g, price-marked at £2.89. The updated 20g packs ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: Kärcher makeover for valeting centre
A forecourt business in North Wales has revamped its car wash facilities with a new Kärcher makeover. Stavros Williams and John Cunnah operate a number of diverse businesses in North Wales, as well as running Threeways Garage, a Shell and Spar branded forecourt and convenience store in Abergele. In addition ...
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Cigarette smugglers handed prison sentences
Two men and a woman have been jailed for attempting to smuggle more than two tonnes of tobacco into the UK hidden inside a lorry load of felt-tip pens. HGV driver Mark Sneidr, 26, was stopped by Border Force officers at Dover in February 2014 as he disembarked a ferry ...
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Operator praises Gulf commitment to rural retailers
Over the past 12 months the Gulf network has grown to over 425 sites and the average annual volume of recent conversions is more than 3 million litres, but one of the latest conversions says Gulf is also showing a strong commitment to small rural forecourts. Pexall Service Station, situated ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Galaxy partners (RED)
Galaxy has launched a new partnership with (RED), the foundation set up to fight AIDS, supported by three new celebrity ambassadors. The partnership will raise money to help prevent transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies in Africa. Mollie King, member of girl-group The Saturdays, Alesha Dixon, music and ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Hall’s unveils on-pack promotion
Halls is teaming up with EA Games for a new on-pack promotion. On-pack codes will give consumers the chance to logon to a website and win a Samsung Galaxy S4 16GB smartphone – or one of one million free EA Games Android downloads worth £5 from the Google Play Store. ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Marlboro moves into RYO
Philip Morris Limited (PML) has released its first Marlboro roll your own (RYO) product for the UK market. It has introduced Marlboro Gold Original rolling tobacco, which is presented in a premium quality tactile pouch, triple layered for freshness, with an RRP of £4.40 for the 12.5g format and £6.90 ...
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Tobacco smugglers sentenced for £1.7m fraud
Three people from the West Midlands have been sentenced for their role in a £1.7m tobacco smuggling ring. Jian Ning Yang, from Dudley, and Alan Nesbeth and Renna Graham, both from Bilston, were arrested after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) seized more than nine tonnes of non-duty paid tobacco concealed ...
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Three arrested over cigarette plot
Three men have been arrested, and illicit cigarettes and tobacco seized, after a raid by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) into a suspected tobacco smuggling plot worth an estimated £2.4m. Officers from HMRC, Essex Police and the National Crime Agency, seized 8.5 million cigarettes and 30kg of shisha tobacco as ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Energizer launches ’no leak’ batteries
Energizer is adding a ‘No Leaks’ promise across its best-selling lines, in response to research showing how three out of four consumers are left frustrated by leaking batteries. The promise – a category first – is designed to highlight the point of difference over competitors and make the brand stand ...
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Man stabbed in Cambridgeshire forecourt shop
A man is seriously ill in hospital after being stabbed at a BP service station in Downfields, near Soham, Cambridgeshire, owned by MRH. Police were called to the service station in Fordham Road at around 2.20pm on Thursday September 5, after receiving reports that a man had been stabbed inside ...
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SHOP PRODUCT NEWS: Campaign for Coca-Cola Life unveiled
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has unveiled a marketing support campaign which includes OOH, print, digital and experiential to support the launch of Coca-Cola Life as it seeks to build consumer awareness of its new brand. Coca-Cola Life is aimed at adults looking for a new lower calorie option – and the ...
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New car registrations continue upward trend
New car registrations in August were up 9.4% on the same month last year at 72,163 and year-to-date registrations has exceeded 1.5 million, up 10.1% on the previous year’s figure. Mike Hawes, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), said: “New car registrations reached two-and-a-half years ...
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New international research consultancy set up
Former him! chief Tom Fender, Nisa chief executive Neil Turton and Forecourt Trader’s publisher William Reed Business Media have announced the incorporation and launch of him! International, a new and autonomous sister company to him! research & consulting UK. him! international will provide clients with sector, shopper and retailer insights ...