All articles by Tracy West – Page 5
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Product news: Crazy new addition
A new addition to the Maoam range is Crazy Roxx a bag full of irregular shapes in blue raspberry, strawberry, orange, lemon and apple flavours. Maoam brand manager, Vicky Forshaw, said: “Crazy Roxx is an exciting new addition to the chew category. The combination of Maoam’s unique, soft texture and ...
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Circle K boosts its European presence
Canadian convenience and forecourt operator Alimentation Couche- Tard (known as Couche-Tard) has bought 23 sites comprising 11 full-service fuel stations with convenience stores and 12 automated fuel stations from Sevenoil Est OÜ and its affiliates in Estonia. The deal via Couche-Tard’s wholly-owned indirect subsidiary Circle K Eesti AS, is expected ...
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Planning committee to visit proposed Asda forecourt site
Asda’s plans to add a forecourt to its Tonypandy supermarket in the Rhondda have so far attracted three letters of objection and a petition with 229 signatures. According to Walesonline.co.uk, this has led to members of Rhondda Cynon Taf council’s planning committee deciding to do a site visit on Monday, ...
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Truck’s cooling runs on thin air
Sainsbury’s says it has become the first company in the world to introduce a refrigerated delivery truck cooled by a liquid nitrogen powered engine, which will eliminate all emissions associated with refrigeration. Supplied by cooling technology specialists, Dearman, and its partners, the zero-emission cooling unit replaces the traditional diesel engine ...
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Payback time for tobacco smuggler
A Lancashire man caught smuggling cigarettes and tobacco into the UK has been ordered to pay back £240,000, of which £90,000 must be paid within three months, or he will face a further 18 months in jail. Peter Robinson and his son, Adam, both of Rossendale, were jailed in ...
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Oh what a night!
On June 14, Phillips 66 and Jet proudly sponsored a ground-breaking children’s concert at the Royal Albert Hall, where 2,000 children from mainstream and special needs schools united to perform on stage for a night to remember. The ‘AC Academy Does the Royal Albert Hall’ was organised by ...
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Space to Change ‘first’ for Cornwall Services
One of Britain’s newest forecourts has become the first location of its type in the UK to install a new concept in disabled toilets. Cornwall Services, on the busy A30 trunk road near Bodmin, has opened a Space to Change assisted wheelchair-accessible toilet in its main building. Visitors needing ...
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NewsBusiness as usual after Brexit
As the dust settles after the EU Referendum, forecourt retailers have been taking stock – and most seem to be taking a ‘business as usual’ approach. Jonathan Tout, managing director of award winning Tout’s Budgens, said his company had ambitious growth plans and Brexit would not alter those. “In the ...
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ACS wants more from Ofgem
ACS is calling on Ofgem to introduce a TPI (third party intermediaries) Code of Practice following publication of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) final report on reforms to the energy market. The CMA’s two-year investigation recommended a range of changes to make both the domestic and non-domestic energy markets ...
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Londis invests in forecourts
Londis has recognised the importance of forecourts and their differences to standalone convenience stores by forming a new forecourt retail team. The team’s aim is to make Londis best-in-class for forecourts. The move was announced at the symbol group’s conference, which was recently held in London. Other changes announced included ...
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Fuel thief spared jail
A criminal who took almost £150-worth of fuel from a forecourt has avoided jail and instead been given a 12-month community order with a supervision requirement for the duration and has been ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work. According to the Cumberland News & Star, 25-year old ...
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Forecourt’s fuel reward for fuel theft info
A forecourt in Alrewas, Staffordshire is so fed up with fuel theft that it’s put up a reward of £100-worth of fuel for the first person who comes forward with information that leads to an arrest. The reward relates specifically to two recent fuel thefts by one man. The first ...
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DJ’s costly mistake
Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans was late for his breakfast show last week after putting diesel instead of petrol in his car. According to the Daily Express, Evans was filling up on his way to work. He only realised the mistake when there were ‘huge flashes from the bonnet and ...
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Man arrested over Soham stabbing
A man has been charged in connection with the stabbing at the BP service station in Downfields near Soham, Cambridgeshire, owned by Top 50 Indie MRH. The 48-year-old from Soham has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent. The victim, a 23-year-old man, had suffered a serious but ...
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Tracy West: Shop Talk
While travelling through France recently, I purchased a fabulous product called Nutella & Go! That exclamation is theirs, not mine, but it deserves it because it is so good. Remember those KP dips that were all the rage years ago? Pots of chocolate with biscuit fingers to dip in well ...
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Police seek forecourt tobacco raiders
Police are hunting for a gang which is believed to be behind a series of early morning forecourt and supermarket raids across Doncaster. According to The Star, the latest took place early on June 10 at the Tesco Extra superstore in Balby. The forecourt shop was attacked just before 2.45am ...
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New BP/M&S Simply Food in Rutland
Work is under way on a new £1m BP forecourt and M&S Simply Food outlet in Oakham, Rutland, which is set to open this autumn. According to The Rutland Times, the development got the go ahead back in 2012 but the developer BBE Corby Ltd wanted to wait until the ...
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Kay Group hit by ATM raid
Two ATMs have been tampered with at Top 50 Indie, The Kay Group’s Kitchens Service Station in Burnley. According to the This is Lancashire website, police were called to the forecourt on Monday night (June 9) after customers noticed two men who were acting suspiciously outside the shop. Officers discovered ...
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Wales wants restrictions on e-cigs
The Welsh government has published a White Paper which includes plans to restrict the use of e-cigarettes in public places. Marking the seventh anniversary of the introduction of the smoking-in-public-places ban in Wales, Health Minister Professor Mark Drakeford, said: “I have concerns about the impact of e-cigarettes on the enforcement ...
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Electric charge point corridor created
Gulf site W Ganderton & Son in Buckingham is included in a newly-created corridor of quick-charge points for electric vehicles across the centre of the country. Known as the Milton Keynes Crosslink and operated by Chargemaster, the 14 points are capable of charging an electric vehicle in around 20 minutes. ...