All Forecourt Trader articles in September 2015 – Page 5
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product news: Shloer sparkling drinks get makeover
Shloer Celebration Pink Fizz and White Bubbly, the sparkling no-alcohol grape juice-based adult soft drinks from SHS Drinks, are both getting a makeover in the lead up to the festive party season. A new bottle shape takes its cues from the style associated with Prosecco sparkling wines, and is intended ...
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product news: Camel packaging modernised
The Camel Blue cigarette brand is getting a new look on its king size 10s and 20s pack formats. Available from 1st October, the new look is designed to help reinforce Camel’s position in the premium cigarette category. While maintaining the same tasting American tobacco blend that has become synonymous ...
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Shell boss cannot see when low prices will end
Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden has told the BBC that a recovery in the price of oil is hard to foresee. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said: “It is a very, very volatile business in terms of supply and demand. The oil price ...
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product news: Bonds highlights halloween potential
Bonds Confectionery claims it has all bases covered for retailers looking for Halloween treats. It is highlighting its Retro Mixed Bag as the ideal product to meet the increasing demand from retailers buying in stock to cater for consumers looking to stock up on spooky confectionery and trick-or-treat goodies. Philip ...
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Two men jailed for armed robbery at petrol station
Two men have been jailed for taking part in an armed robbery at a Bradford petrol station, but a cashier who was accused of being part of the plot was cleared. Former soldier Kane Harrison, 22, and 23-year-old Anthony Davey, were involved in a plot to steal £30,000 from ...
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First public access hydrogen refuelling station opens
The UK’s first public access hydrogen refuelling station has been opened by energy storage and clean fuel company ITM Power at the Advanced Manufacturing Park, just off the M1, Junction 33 in South Yorkshire, funded by InnovateUK. During the event ITM Power also announced an agreement to deploy a ...
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Shop Talk - Tracy West
How pro-active are you at providing what your shoppers want? I ask because I spoke to a convenience store retailer recently who told me he had just started stocking low-salt and low-sugar lines. But the interesting bit was that he was not responding to demand, he was trying to create ...
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Research undermines Sunday trading plans
Research conducted for the Association of Convenience Stores by independent think tank the Social Market Foundation has found that the Government has failed to apply the family test to its plans to liberalise Sunday trading regulations. The family test was introduced in 2014 by the Prime Minister, who launched guidance ...
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Perseus protection
An innovation that significantly enhances card payment security for shoppers and reduces compliance complexity for retailers has been unveiled by HTEC. Named after the first Greek hero Perseus, the new encryption solution adds an additional level of security at the till for customers, with HTEC being one of the first ...
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Pair raid Wrexham service station
North Wales Police are appealing for information after a service station near Wrexham was robbed in the early hours of Saturday morning (September 12). The incident happened at around 3.30am at the Esso Service Station in Rhostyllen. Two men in their late twenties, one armed with a hammer, made off ...
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Rugby-inspired packs
Mattessons is aiming to drive new sales opportunities this autumn by adding a limited-edition flavour Scrum’my chargrilled chicken to its Fridge Raiders range. The new flavour is designed to drive footfall and sales during the autumn of sporting events, as research demonstrates that snacking sales increase during big events."Our new ...
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Motorway services safety slammed
Too many motorway service areas are a mess of conflicting signs, worn-away road markings and bewildering road layouts, according to a survey by the Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA). The survey assessed the external layout of 85 motorway service areas, including two criteria for pedestrians: amenity (are walkways in place); ...
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Meet the Minions
Retroscents has launched a new range of Minions in-car air fresheners under licence from Universal. In the 2D-card Minions line up there is King Bob, Stuart, Kevin and Bob. Rrp is £1.49. Meanwhile, the 3D gel air fresheners have rrps of £3.99. Retroscents says these are the first car air ...
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Winning legacy
Winning Forecourt Trader of the Year was amazing," says Jay Gohil, managing director of the Gohil family business, centred in Cosford, Albrighton, Wolverhampton. "It opened a lot of doors for us. The fact we won the award meant people like the Lakeside Group asked us to join. That changed a ...
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LED lighting success for Highway Stops Retail
Top 50 Indie Highway Stops Retail is considering introducing LED lighting at more of its sites after a successful pilot at its Belgrave service station at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.Development director Tony Head said the company began investigating new lighting options because it was not satisfied with existing equipment. He explained: "Light ...
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Ghoulish gains
This year Halloween falls on a Saturday (October 31), which can mean only one thing that it’s likely to be a bigger event than ever. You can expect families up and down the country to be carving pumpkins, going trick-or-treating and generally having a ghoulishly good time. Some might think ...
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A fusion of flavours
Lucozade Energy has a new variant reduced sugar tropical fusion. A blend of pineapple and kiwi fruit, brand owner Lucozade Ribena Suntory says it’s a flavour combination that builds on the trend for tropical flavours while meeting consumer demand for reduced sugar energy drinks. It is available in 380ml, ...
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Duo pots of pasta
Heinz has launched Duo Pots of its pasta in response to growing consumer demand for quick and easy meal solutions.The Duo Pots are two individual portion-sized pots which can be microwaved in just one minute. Each one provides consumers with one of their ’five a day’. There are five varieties: ...
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Ups and downs
The past year has been a high-profile one for fuel, with volatile petrol and diesel prices often making headlines, including claims in January that average petrol prices might even fall below £1 per litre.From a peak in July last year of 131.6ppl for unleaded petrol and 136.1ppl for diesel, plummeting ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Grand Stand Service Station, Fairmoor, near Morpeth, Northumberland
LOCATION: Just off the A1, at the junction with the A192 to Morpeth, is the Penny Petroleum-owned Grand Stand Service Station. Last year it was refurbished and the off licence, now promoted with the theme ’Penny Black’, was extended and won the Forecourt Trader of the Year Award for the ...