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EG on the Move plans double drive-thru at newest forecourt
EG On the Move has opened its 47th forecourt – Elmswell Services – on the A14 between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket in Suffolk.
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EG On The Move on track to operate 55 forecourts by spring 2025
Zuber Issa is set to be running 55 forecourts by next spring, with his 46th site – Birmingham Airport Services – opening on Thursday last week (November 14).
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EG On The Move motors ahead with 45th site opening
EG On The Move opened a new build at Colne in Lancashire yesterday, bringing owner Zuber Issa’s burgeoning forecourt estate to 45 sites.
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Zuber completes on purchase of EG Group’s UK forecourts
Zuber Issa has completed on the purchase of the remaining 34 UK forecourts and certain foodservice locations of EG Group, the business which he set up with his brother Mohsin 23 years ago.
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EG On The Move opens new build in Suffolk, its seventh with the Co-op
Zuber Issa has opened a new build forecourt in Wherstead, Suffolk, this week – his seventh EG On the Move site in partnership with the Co-op.
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Zuber moves closer to acquiring EG Group forecourts next month
Zuber Issa’s acquisition of EG Group’s remaining 34 UK forecourts is due to complete next month, it was announced this week.
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Zuber rolls out his new build formula for site six of seven Co-op franchised locations
Zuber Issa is this Friday launching his sixth of seven forecourts he has signed up to the Co-op franchise, using a new build formula which includes EV charging and a Starbucks drive-thru.
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Zuber on track to complete purchase of EG Group forecourts by final quarter of 2024
Zuber Issa is set to complete by the final quarter his £228 million purchase of the 34 UK forecourts still owned by the group he founded with his brother Mohsin.
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Zuber opens his third site in Scotland
Zuber Issa has this week opened his third site in Scotland under his EG On The Move banner, a new to industry forecourt on the A1 Gladsmuir junction in East Lothian.
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RAC says supermarkets should follow lead of price-cutting independents
The RAC has praised a number of independent forecourts for setting an example by cutting fuel prices in line with reductions in wholesale costs, but argues that petrol and diesel in most of the UK remains too expensive.
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Zuber Issa opens his second site in Scotland
The second EG On The Move site in Scotland launches today with four ultra-fast electric vehicle chargepoints, dedicated HGV lanes, and 10 company-branded fuel pumps.
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AWARDS: Your last chance to vote for one of five Special Recognition Award contenders
This is your last chance to vote for one of five industry personalities who have been shortlisted for our Special Recognition Award, which will be announced at the Forecourt Trader Awards on October 10.
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Zuber takes burgeoning forecourt empire to 40 sites, from Sussex to Scotland
Ambitious Zuber Issa continues to expand with a new build forecourt launching in Scotland this week – his first north of the border and part of the franchise agreement he revealed this summer with the Co-op.
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Unpacking the ‘Co-op in a box’ franchise
The Co-op wants to roll out its convenience franchise into forecourts to re-build a strong presence in the sector after selling its 129 company-owned petrol sites to Asda in 2022. But what has this to offer potential fuel retailer recruits Forecourt Trader asks director of partnership development Martin Rogers.
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Zuber Issa eyes land in Watford for new site
Zuber Issa’s EG Corporate Services has been named as the ‘preferred partner’ to lease a piece of council-owned land near Watford, to build a new petrol station and drive-thru.
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Co-op reveals ambitious forecourt plans as it signs franchise deal with Zuber Issa
The Co-op has signed a franchise agreement with Zuber Issa’s EG On The Move chain to put the convenience brand into an initial seven sites, as part of ambitious plans by the grocery operator to have recruited around 165 independent forecourts by 2030.
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PIT STOP: EG On The Move Saddle Inn Services, Preston
Our mystery shopper, on a mission to find lunch, visited one of Zuber Issa’s EG On The Move’s newest two sites, a knockdown rebuild on land occupied by a former pub, on a busy roundabout on a recently opened stretch of Preston’s Western Distributor road, Edith Rigby Way.
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Zuber Issa embarks on acquisition spree for over 120 UK sites
Zuber Issa has announced today ambitious plans to build his own forecourt empire, by appointing a commercial real estate firm to acquire more than 120 new UK sites in the next three years.
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Zuber Issa returns to his roots with £228m acquisition of 34 forecourts
Zuber Issa is selling his shares in Asda to buy the remaining 34 forecourts owned by his family’s EG Group in a £228m deal, which includes certain standalone foodservice locations and is expected to complete the second half of 2024.
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Issas move up Sunday Times Rich List
EG Group and Asda bosses Mohsin and Zuber Issa have moved up one place on The Sunday Times’ Rich List 2024 from number 40, last year to number 39 this year.