All Forecourt Trader articles in September 2018 – Page 5
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Maynards Bassetts appeals to young adults
Maynards Bassetts has identified an opportunity to recruit younger adults without children into the jelly market. Its response to this is the launch of Soft Jellies Wild Safari, a 160g bag of fruit-flavoured sweets. Rrp is £1.32. 0870 191 7343 www.deliciousdisplay.co.uk
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Walkers airs regional favourites ad campaign
Walkers is screening a new TV ad to highlight its more unusual flavours and the regions where they’re loved and sell more than the national average. Pickled Onion is very popular in Scotland, Tomato Ketchup in the North, Smoky Bacon in the Midlands, Worcester Sauce in the South East, Marmite ...
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New look Welcome Break M3 Fleet Services reopens
Welcome Break has reopened Fleet Services South at junction4a/5 on the M3 following a £20m investment project.The new service station replaces the temporary structure that was installed following a major fire in 2016, when the building was destroyed.The service station houses major high street brands, such as Starbucks, Little Waitrose ...
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Cornwall Garage Group’s 17 sites are up for sale
Top 50 Indie Cornwall Garage Group has appointed Christie & Co to market the business, a portfolio of 17 petrol filling stations, located across the Midlands, Home Counties and South West.The portfolio comprises 14 freehold and three leasehold sites, situated in a variety of locations in residential areas or on ...
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Lincolnshire Co-op gets £1m redevelopment boost
A Lincolnshire Co-op filling station has reopened with a new food store after a £990,000 redevelopment. Work at the Gibbet Nook Food Store and Filling Station on the junction of the A153 and B1192 near Coningsby included new fuel pumps, improvements to the forecourt and a purpose-built food store to ...
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Yara expands its Air1 AdBlue capacity in the UK
Yara UK has expanded its Air1 AdBlue plant capacity to meet increasing demand. Up until now, Yara had Air1 AdBlue storage capacity of eight million litres at terminals located at Immingham and Dagenham. Now, as the AdBlue market continues to develop, capacity has been expanded to 15 million litres including ...
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product news: Halls reveals new look
Halls will unveil a new look, plus new price-marked packs, ahead of this winter season to help retailers drive relief candy sales. Available from October 2018, the new designs will champion the different roles of both the Mentholyptus and Soothers products to help educate consumers on the different functions of ...
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product news: Ginsters unveils new look for sandwiches
Ginsters of Cornwall has unveiled its new-look sandwich range with a contemporary design inspired by the latest food-to-go trends.Design cues have been taken from the master brand re-design and evolved consumer proposition revealed in June and celebrate heritage, craft and dedication with hand drawn illustrations and traditional wood carving artwork.A ...
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NewsFood to go losing relevance for forecourts says new HIM report
Fuel and food to go missions are continuing to lose relevance for forecourt stores, according to exclusive research from the shopper insights agency HIM. The insight, from HIM’s Winning In Forecourts 2018 report, highlights a consistent decline in the relevance of fuel and food to go (FTG) to a forecourt ...
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NewsMFG offers to sell off sites to finalise takeover of MRH
MFG’s takeover of MRH looks set to clear its final hurdle after it offered to sell off a number of sites which were causing competition concerns. Two weeks ago the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was satisfied that competition provided by other major petrol retailers and supermarkets ...
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NewsNorthern Irish site is crowned Forecourt Trader of the Year
Maxol A26 Tannaghmore Services in Northern Ireland has been crowned Forecourt Trader of the Year at last night’s annual awards ceremony at the London Hilton on Park Lane.Kimberley Walsh, the TV presenter, singer, songwriter, model, Strictly Come Dancing runner-up and theatre star, was the host for the event which was ...
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product news: Coca-Cola partners Premier League
Premier League and Coca-Cola Great Britain have announced a new three-and-a-half-year partnership, starting in January 2019. It is the first sponsorship Coca-Cola Great Britain will activate across multiple brands within its portfolio, showcasing a range of drinks including sparkling soft drinks, water and fruit-based drinks, with low and no-sugar options. ...
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product news: Imperial Tobacco launches RYO brand
Imperial Tobacco has launched a new roll-your-own tobacco brand, Riverstone, to the UK market. Riverstone is intended to offer a high quality, easy-to-roll blend at an affordable price, and is cut using an innovative manufacturing technique that Imperial believes makes it one of the easiest RYO products on the market ...
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product news: Big Bear plans heritage selection box
Big Bear Confectionery, owner of the Fox’s Glacier brand, will launch a retro heritage selection box this month to help retailers cash in on the trend for retro sweets in the run up to Christmas. With kidulting (treats and sweets geared towards adult consumers who are looking for ways to ...
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product news: Fulfil introduces smaller bars
Vitamin and protein bar Fulfil has expanded its offering with the launch of a new 40g bar that contains 15g of protein, less than 2g of sugar and nine vitamins. The new range also introduces two new flavours, Chocolate Salted Caramel and Chocolate Hazelnut Whip. The new smaller sized range ...
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NewsAttempt to steal ATM causes major damage to service station
A BP service station in Berkshire has suffered extensive damage after thieves tried to rip an ATM out of the building using a stolen telehandler. The incident began at 2.12am on Wednesday September 12 when the telehandler was stolen by a group of around four offenders from a business property ...
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NewsNew electric battery to power Aston Martin Rapide E
A new company to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles has been set up by Unipart Manufacturing Group and Williams Advanced Engineering, an offshoot of the Formula 1 racing team. The joint venture is called Hyperbat and its new factory in Coventry is set to begin production in early 2019. The ...
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NewsLondon trials announced for new electric van
A maker of electric taxis, LEVC (London EV Company), has announced that it is due to start trials with potential customers of its new electric van in London in the second half of 2019. The business is currently in discussion with a number of major public-sector fleets about joining the ...
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NewsBP fuel card deal extended to Esso Tesco Alliance sites
BP’s reciprocal fuel card acceptance agreement with Esso has now expanded to include Esso Tesco Alliance sites. BP Fuelcard customers can now fill up at all Esso Tesco Alliance stations displaying the new BP acceptance logo. The expansion means BP Plus Fuel Cards are now accepted at more than 3,600 ...
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NewsJTI secures conviction against illegal tobacco seller
Japan Tobacco International working in partnership with TM EYE has secured another conviction against a seller of illegal tobacco. At Camberwell Magistrates’ Court on 6 September, Wen Xin Han pleaded guilty to selling tobacco products that broke UK labelling and packaging laws. Han received a custodial sentence of 1 year ...