All Forecourt Trader articles in September 2014 – Page 5
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The Kay Group launches most energy efficient site
Top 50 indie The Kay Group believes it has launched the most energy-efficient fuel station and convenience store in the UK. The one-acre, 24-hour Texaco site based on Rossendale Road in Burnley, Lancashire, comprises a 2,500sqft Spar convenience store with 23 metres of refrigeration, eight fuelling positions and a five-unit ...
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Euro Garages opens even more Subways
Euro Garages has undertaken a cluster of Subway store openings with the latest one in Mackworth, Derbyshire, taking it to nine in the past fortnight, and 61 in total. The company said it was this level of investment that enabled Euro Garages to secure the ’Developer of the Year’ award ...
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Febreze freshens up
P&G aircare brand Febreze is rolling out a product upgrade and packaging refresh across its premium car range.The changes include an improved shelf life from the current 60 days to 70 days, while a switch to blister packs is designed to create better impact on-shelf and allow consumers to easily ...
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Franklin hose recall
Franklin Fueling Systems has issued a product recall notice for its one-inch Flex-ing-branded hose. The hoses affected are one-inch diameter but could be of varying lengths and have fixed or swivel fittings. They have date codes M1014 to M3014, and the affected hose models are FLHFR30X XXX and FLXHW30X XXX. ...
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Gilbarco and VeriFone partner up in the US
Gilbarco Veeder-Root and VeriFone Systems, the secure electronic payment solutions provider, have announced that they are partnering in the US to offer "next generation forecourt payment solutions" and to create the largest at-pump interactive digital media network worldwide. The two companies will collaborate on future fuel dispenser payment platforms to ...
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Teesside upgrade includes petrol
Greenergy has completed the first significant milestone in the regeneration of a former refinery on Teesside, now called Greenergy North Tees, as part of its programme of investment in fuel infrastructure. This phase of regeneration has seen the facility, a top tier COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) site, upgraded ...
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Kinder’s new Surprise
Ferrero’s Kinder Surprise pink and blue eggs were so successful last year that they are back. Over 81 million Kinder Surprise eggs were sold in 2013, and since the September 2013 launch of pink and blue eggs Kinder has delivered 72% in value growth. The latest pink and blue eggs ...
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Super L&B launch
Imperial Tobacco is launching Lambert & Butler (L&B) blue superkings 19s in both full flavour and smooth variants from mid-September. This follows the launch of L&B blue king size cigarettes earlier this year. L&B blue superkings, with a recommended retail price of £6.79, are intended to provide value to consumers ...
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Tic Tac onto a winner
Ferrero has launched its biggest ever campaign on Tic Tac. Called Find a Fiver, the text-to-win promotion rewards every single purchase of the sweets with either £5 or a voucher for £5 off a minimum spend at Topman, Dorothy Perkins, Cineworld, Nails Inc, National Express or takeaway.com.It is backed by ...
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Oreo’s single serve
Following the huge success of the Cadbury Dairy Milk (CDM) Oreo tablet, a single countline format is now available. The 41bg bar has a creamy filling with crunchy pieces of Oreo cookie. Recommended retail price is 61p.The new bar is part of a growing range of co-branded products including CDM ...
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Shop Talk with Tracy West
I’ve a smelly spaniel and a husband who smokes get them both in the car at the same time, and you need an air freshener. I’m quite happy to splash out on one but there are so many it’s hard to choose. All I want is one that works. I ...
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Sound vision
Falcon Garage is an amazing new development that displays great vision. And so will its customers when plans to open an opticians on the forecourt reach fruition later on this year. The site, in Tadley, Hampshire, is owned by Suresh Patel and his wife Usha, and has been totally transformed ...
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Xmas stars
Seasonal impulse confectionery should be the key focus for convenience retailers at Christmas. Nestlé UK & Ireland spokesperson, James Maxton, explains: "With 66% of sales incremental to all-year-round singles confectionery, it is the novelty of these products that attracts shoppers. They also act as a signpost for the Christmas season ...
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Vaper trail
You know the e-cigarette industry’s really come of age when the traditional tobacco companies get busy acquiring e-cig firms. So you have JTI with Zandera, which is responsible for E-Lites; Philip Morris International with Nicocigs, the firm behind Nicolites; and BAT with Nicoventures which produces Vype.Meanwhile, Imperial Tobacco has bought ...
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Winter wrapped up
Reckitt Benckiser reckons that with its Nurofen, Lemsip and Strepsils brands it has winter ’all wrapped up’ for retailers as these are leading brands that customers want. In addition they are being backed to the tune of £12m over the key cold and flu season. TV, online, social media and ...
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NewsShell planning to sell up to 250 company owned sites
Shell has announced plans to sell up to 250 of its company owned sites to independent dealers. Retailers have been told that while the UK market is important to Shell and that it willl continue to grow its business in the UK to ensure it remains a leading retailer this ...
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ACS urges politicians not to skew minimum wage
The ACS (Association of Convenience Stores) is calling for politicians not to undermine the decision making process of the Low Pay Commission after recent announcements on the minimum wage. At the Labour Party’s annual conference, Labour leader Ed Miliband pledged that the minimum wage would rise to £8.00 an hour ...
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PRODUCT NEWS: Volvic launches advertising campaign
Volvic has launched a TV-led advertising campaign focusing on the natural power and force of the volcano at Volvic’s source, under the strapline ‘Unstoppable Volcanicity’. The campaign leads with a 60-second TV advert, ‘The Giant’, showing the nature and strength of the Volvic volcano as it endures from the beginning ...
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Esso apologises after fuel error causes breakdowns
Esso has apologised to customers at the Tesco Express store at Harpenden in Hertfordshire after their cars broke down because of contaminated fuel. An Esso spokesman said: “Unfortunately on 10 September around 30 customers purchased contaminated fuel following a delivery error which resulted in a quantity of diesel being placed ...
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Philip Morris launches campaign against illicit tobacco
An educational campaign for retailers to counter the illicit trade in tobacco has been launched by Philip Morris Limited (PML). In a pilot for the campaign the tobacco company will use its newly created national field force to meet with 250 independent retailers in and around the Manchester area over ...