EG Group has revealed its gross profit on fuel in the first quarter of 2022 increased by 16% to $481m compared with the same period last year, but gross profit margins reduced slightly compared with the quarter ending December 21, 2021, partially driven by increased market volatility in wholesale oil prices and demand.
BP launched its new Wild Bean Café Express machine at the Forecourt Show, featuring self-serve Wild Bean coffee, integrated payments, QR scanner for loyalty purposes, plus syrup stations.
Such is the UK population’s love of pizza that during the first Covid outbreak in January to April 2020, the most searched food and drink term on Google was ‘pizza’, closely followed by ‘takeaway near me’ then ‘takeaways (Pi Datametrics).
Breakfast drink, Weetabix On The Go, is bringing back its £1 price-marked packs (PMPs) across its 250ml core range. The Weetabix On The Go brand is now worth £2.1m within the impulse channel, accounting for 86% of breakfast drink sales (Nielsen).
BP and Uber have agreed a new global convenience delivery partnership, extending their existing local arrangements, with 120 UK sites due to be added to the Uber Eats app by the end of June.
Motorway service area operator Roadchef is partnering with McDonald’s UK to launch a range of 6ft tall litter bins designed to be within easy reach for truck drivers.
EG Group commercial director Ilyas Munshi stressed the importance of foodservice in forecourts, in a pre-recorded film featuring the company’s flagship Frontier Park site.
Microwave manufacturer Panasonic is giving foodservice operators the option to trial its SCV2 speed convection oven free of charge for four weeks.
Gregg’s has replaced McDonald’s as the dominating brand in the food to go sector, with a 10.7% share of occasions, according to the Lumina Intelligence UK Food to Go market report 2021.
Whether it’s a slice of pizza or a savoury slice, food-to-go sales are back – washed down with a drink of course.
EG Group has announced a new franchising partnership with Pizza Hut and aims to open eight new Pizza Hut trial stores on its forecourts by the end of the year.