All articles by Tracy West – Page 65
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Product NewsSnickers Ice Cream on TV
Mars Chocolate Drinks & Treats has launched a new £1.26m marketing campaign to drive increased awareness and sales of its Snickers Ice Cream products during peak ice cream season.
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Product NewsAscona chooses Riverside Greetings
Riverside Greetings is partnering with Top 50 Indie Ascona to help develop the greeting card business in each of the group’s 62 forecourts.
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Product News
Dole partners with Jumbo Visma cycling team
The Dole Sunshine Company has announced an official partnership with leading Dutch cycling team Jumbo Visma. Dole will provide the athletes, including the UK’s Thomas Gloag and Anna Henderson, with a selection of healthy snacks to be enjoyed as part of their training and nutrition regime or as an on-the-go snack during race days on the road. The team headquarters will also be fully stocked with sun-ripened fruit snacks for staff and athletes to enjoy 365 days of the year.
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Product NewsPukka launches single pack frozen pie
Pukka, the nation’s number one pie brand (Kantar), is launching its first-ever single pack frozen pie. Specially-developed for the convenience channel, the Chicken Pie is available in a £1.49 price-marked pack (PMP).
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Product NewsConsumers and retailers can win with Costa Coffee
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced the launch of the first-ever on-pack promotion for its Costa Coffee ready-to-drink (RTD) chilled coffee Latte range. And to celebrate this landmark, the company is giving independent convenience retailers the chance to win a share of £7,500 in cash for themselves and for a local good cause or charity in their community.
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Product NewsLunchables become Lunchers
Mondelēz is launching new, improved recipes for its Dairylea Lunchables range under the new name Lunchers, to align the product with the rest of the portfolio which includes Dunkers, Snackers and Filled Crackers. The company said It’s the same great taste that shoppers love, just with a new name.
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Product NewsNew Crunchy Hazelnut Butterkist flavour
KP Snacks is expanding its Butterkist range with the launch of Crunchy Hazelnut Chocolate flavour toffee popcorn. Rolling into stores this month, the new flavour is available in both a sharing and a £1.25 price-marked pack (PMP) format.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON wet-stock management: there’s no one size fits all
How well fuel retailers manage their wet stock over the next 10 years will be a defining benchmark for whether their retail operation grows or is forced to leave the marketplace. So says Jeroen van Pelt, Dover Fueling Solutions’ wet stock business unit global sales director. “We’re on a mission to help fuel retailers understand what inaction could really cost them or what it’s already costing them,” he explains.
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Equipment NewsToyota and Hyundai ads banned over misleading EV charging times
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has banned two EV ads from Toyota and Hyundai over misleading claims on charging times and charger availability.
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Equipment NewsUnitas launches EchoPay payment method with reward scheme for retailers
Retailers ordering from Unitas Wholesalers will soon benefit from faster, more secure and more convenient payment methods as Unitas members partner with EchoPay.
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Equipment NewsTECH TALK: OPW introduces updated QuickFire SureShot Wrap Around model
OPW Vehicle Solutions has launched its new QuickFire SureShot model, an extension of its QuickFire Wrap Around technology.
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News7.6 million Brits set to hit the road for summer holidays
New research from Kwik Fit has found that 17.6 million Brits will be going on holiday by car this summer. And although the average summer holiday trip is 400 miles, some 3.6 million Brits will be covering more than 500 miles.
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NewsCall to ban sales of new plug-in hybrids from 2030
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has recommended that the government ban the sale of plug-in hybrids (PHEV) at the same time as fossil-fuel cars – in 2030 instead of 2035.
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NewsModern slavery Summit focuses on hand car washing
Leaders from politics, policing, law enforcement and civic society, including two former Prime Ministers, grappled with issues around modern slavery at the joint Police Scotland and Santa Marta Group anti-trafficking summit in Glasgow earlier this month.
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NewsFirst Bus to build Cornwall EV charging hub
First Bus is to develop a new purpose-built consumer EV charging hub at its Summercourt depot on the main A30 tourist route into Cornwall.
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NewsThe Kay Group’s turnover up by more than 35%
Top 50 Indie The Kay Group saw its turnover jump a massive 35.2% from £144.9m to £195.9m in the year ending October 31, 2022. At the same time, gross profit was up just over 17% to £16.35m.
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NewsSurvey finds drivers keen to switch to EVs
Nearly half of UK motorists will be making the switch to an EV in the next five years, despite heightened concerns about charging point infrastructure and range anxiety.
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Focus On FeatureFOCUS ON SUGAR CONFECTIONERY: Sweet treats
Confectionery made the headlines for all the wrong reasons last week when the Association of Convenience Stores released its 2023 Crime Report. Among all the interesting facts and figures, the report highlighted the fact that confectionery was the third most commonly stolen item – behind meat and alcohol. It might appear, from that, that confectionery is not the affordable treat it once was. Indeed, sugar prices have rocketed over the past year or so – apparently sugar production is very labour intensive. However, despite challenging economic times, the sugar confectionery market has grown by 9.9% over the past year, according to Circana data.
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NewsKnockdown rebuild plans for Rotherham site
Canklow Bridge Ltd has lodged a planning application for a knockdown rebuild of its Canklow Service Station in Rotherham.
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NewsForecourt raises funds for defibrillator
A fundraising effort by Peggy Whites filling station in Newhouse, Motherwell to pay for a community defibrillator has smashed its target and will be used to pay for even more equipment.