All Forecourt Trader articles in September 2014 – Page 4
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News
Wayne and Intel develop new payment system
Wayne Fueling Systems has announced the launch of a next-generation electronic payment system (EPS) solution in collaboration with Intel Services using its ’Platform for Retail’ software for operators in the US. The cloud-based solution processes electronic payment transactions with additional payment security via tokenisation – a secure encryption process – ...
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Kent petrol station robber jailed
A man who robbed a Shell service station in Kent has been jailed for almost two years. Rodney Grannum, 48, of Hayle Road, Maidstone snatched cash from the tills of the petrol garage and a Co-op store on April 25. Grannum first targeted the petrol station on the A229 in ...
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Display aids delivery
Fafnir has recently launched a new addition to the VISY-X range of tank level gauges the VISY-TD display. This has been designed to sit outside the forecourt building to provide the fuel delivery truck driver with full visibility and the most up-to-date information about clearances of individual tanks, any warnings ...
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Money Talk: Counting the cost of handling all that cash
It was interesting to read the feature in July’s edition of FT ’Change on the Cards’, which highlighted the growing frustration of many dealers with fuel cards. As we’ve pointed out on these pages previously, the real problem with the terms under which most retailers work with those cards is ...
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Day in the Life: Amanda Barber
Like all working mothers, I wake up in the morning with a whole list of things that I need to do before the day is over. I have twin girls, so mornings are usually a manic rush getting ready for school you can imagine three females in the house, all ...
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Barmy banger promo
Cadbury is giving consumers the chance to take part in the road trip of a lifetime this autumn, with its Win a Banger promotion.One winner will receive a banger to take part in the ’Barmy to Barcelona’ Wacky Rally, driving from Lille to Barcelona. The promotion also has more than ...
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Beacon makes a Nisa hat trick for Kenworth
Kenworth Ltd, which already operates two Nisa-branded forecourts in the North East of England, is moving its third site to Nisa after seeing "staggering increases" in fuel and shop sales at its other two sites. Located at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire, Beacon Service Station has undergone major alteration over ...
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Big deal at Woolley Edge
The largest single asset investment transaction in the forecourt sector has just been completed, according to real estate specialist Knight Frank. Its specialist property investment team and newly formed automotive team have advised a leading fund manager on the acquisition of Woolley Edge Services for over £35m. The facility, run ...
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Butterkist’s birthday
To celebrate its 100th birthday, Butterkist is hiding golden birthday cards inside selected promotional bags of its 100g and 200g toffee, 85g and 120g cinema sweet, 100g sweet & salted, 80g salted and 150g sweet popcorn.Those consumers who find a gold card have to enter the code inside on the ...
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Analysis
Merril Boulton: Murco sold at last
Well thank goodness for that. The Murco network has been sold at last (see News, page 4) after four years on the market. It got to the stage where it seemed like it was never going to happen, and as in a ’whodunnit’ that runs for too long, people seemed ...
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Xmo upgrades at BP
Xmo Strata has won a contract to upgrade 40 BP dealer sites to the company’s latest visual standards. The work includes painting, upgrading price signs to LED displays (in situ), refurbishment of existing signs, and replacement of those that are damaged. One of the first upgrades was carried out on ...
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Analysis
Brian Madderson: chairman PRA
The recent news that the Klesch Group will acquire the UK refinery and terminal assets of Murphy Oil Company and that, around the same time, Motor Fuel Group will acquire its retail assets plus marketing and distribution to the dealers is welcome on several fronts. Firstly, the beleaguered Murco employees ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Broadway Garage, Broadstairs, Kent
LOCATION: Just outside Broadstairs on the A255 are two large retail parks both part of the Westwood Gateway complex including major superstores offering fuel at highly competitive prices. They provide fierce competition for my target site the Broadway Garage trading as Morrison’s Budgens of Broadstairs. FORECOURT: The forecourt is ...
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Kit-Kat Chunky doubles up on caramel filling
Nestlé Confectionery has announced what it describes as its most significant launch for the Chunky format of its flagship brand Kit Kat in 15 years Kit Kat Chunky double caramel.The new bar offers consumers a unique concept in chocolate singles, claims Nestlé Confectionery two halves, each containing a ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper on scratchcards in the Shetlands, off-spec fuel and a fiery tale
Scratching the surface I know I often write about Scott and Phoebe Preston’s various sagas on Shetland that’s because they’re always interesting and possibly because, rather than in spite of, Tagon Stores being so remote. And possibly because Scott keeps me informed of events (hint, hint, if you ever want ...
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Analysis
David Charman: chairman CWA
Well, the summer seems to have come and gone all too quickly, but this year has seen car wash revenues increase for the first time in many years. Is it just the weather, or are we winning the battle against the rogue hand washes? Perhaps it is just that the ...
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Social climbers
If you’re not posting or tweeting, uploading or linking you could be missing a promotional trick. That’s because more and more forecourt retailers are using the likes of Facebook and Twitter to boost their profile in their community and promote what they do. Take Amanda Manchett, group marketing manager at ...
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Analysis
Driving crime down
The concept of pre-payment for fuel as a way to prevent drive-offs has been around for a long time, and in some countries it is mandatory, but it has always been resisted by the majority of the trade in the UK. Indeed, as forecourt shops have become ever more important ...
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Tokheim now has its Eye on customer and staff theft
New software developed to work with the Tokheim Eye system can detect many different types of theft and will assist forecourt owners and managers to reduce losses, according to the equipment’s UK distributor Metro Security. Metro’s managing director Trevor Wallace said that Tokheim Eye’s Shrinkage Analysis software exploits the system’s ...
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Diesel in doubt
With electric vehicle charge points springing up in city centres and motorway service stations, and falling road fuel sales, you could be excused for fearing the days of petrol and diesel as the main fuel for cars were nearly over, but most experts agree both will have a strong presence ...