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NewsEurospar’s Kilkeel forecourt doubles shop size in £4.7m refit
An in-store kitchen for meal prep, a made from scratch in-store bakery, and six larger trolley self-checkouts are among the features of Eurospar’s Kilkeel forecourt shop which has undergone a £4.7 million refit.
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NewsPlatinum Retail extends reach to east of England with Suffolk site
Top 50 Indie Platinum Retail is nearing 60 sites with the acquisition of its first forecourt in the east of England: Stanton Self Serve in Suffolk.
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Industry FeatureCharman’s Parkfoot site charms customers with £900,000 shop refit
Pioneering BP forecourt operator David Charman says customers shopping at his refurbished Parkfoot Garage store in West Malling, Kent, are likening it to Fortnum & Mason. But those in the industry would most likely consider it more akin to some of the leading petrol stations in Northern Ireland, known for excelling with in-house food preparation.
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NewsTop 50 Indie Jos Richardson opens its first new to industry forecourt
Joseph Richardson has succeeded in his long-held ambition of opening his first new to industry forecourt – the £3.5 million Eden Service Station in Malton, North Yorkshire.
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NewsPlatinum Retail launches first new to industry site in over five years
Top 50 Indie Platinum Retail has opened its first new to industry site in over five years, as part of a busy 2025 which will include three rebuilds and nine shop refits.
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NewsJoseph Richardson spends £150,000 on valeting template
Top 50 Indie Jos Richardson & Son has upgraded its valeting at its Longs Corner Service Station in Howden, East Yorkshire, which will include a bore hole in the next few weeks, and will be used as a template for its other sites.
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NewsMaxol prioritises pay at pump and parking in forecourt relaunch
Maxol has completed a £1.9 million re-development of its Fortwilliam Service Station on the main arterial route into Belfast city centre, with pay at pump, more parking and a larger shop.
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NewsOasis Services motors ahead with Jet Ultra 99 Octane trial
Oasis Services is the first dealer forecourt operator to stock Jet’s premium Ultra 99 Octane fuel, in a trial at the Hull petrol station that the owners say is going down well with motoring enthusiasts.
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NewsTikToker travels 110 miles to visit Valli Forecourts’ Sheffield petrol station
A Valli Forecourts petrol station is receiving unexpected publicity from a TikToker who travelled 110 miles to Sheffield to take a look at the site which she says has received “millions of views online”.
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NewsCharman plans for “wow” factor in £750,000-plus renovation of Parkfoot Spar
Trailblazing forecourt operator David Charman is investing more than £750,000 to reintroduce the “wow” factor at his Parkfoot Spar store.
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NewsAY&Y Patel Dewsbury spends £1.5 million on compact Rochdale site
Family forecourt business AY&Y Patel Dewsbury has reconfigured its compact Ceylon service station in Rochdale with a £1.5 million knockdown rebuild.
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NewsMoore family switch forecourt supermarket to Eurospar
The Moore family, who have served the local community in Cloughmills, Ballymena for 45 years, have switched their forecourt supermarket to Henderson Group’s Eurospar in a milestone year for the brand which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Northern Ireland.
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NewsRam-raid dents Dant’s development plans
Tom Dant believes that not everyone in the area got the message about him making Ulceby Cross Filling Station a 24-hour operation last October, as a gang of five ram-raided its Spar shop in the early hours of Saturday morning (January 11), presumably expecting the premises to be closed.
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NewsMurco dealer sees off repeat shoplifters with Chirp-protect tags
Murco dealer Veer Patel is preventing up to £200 a month of stock being stolen by fitting Chirp-protect alarmed security tags onto high value items in his family’s Spar store.
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NewsMaxol and Henderson sign £625 million two-way supply deal
Northern Ireland forecourt retailer Maxol has signed a £625 million, five-year contract with grocery giant Henderson, which owns the Spar franchise in the province.
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NewsJames Hall introduces outdoor forecourt vending machine to churn up milk sales
Spar wholesaler James Hall & Co has introduced an outdoor 24-hour vending machine for fresh milk and milkshakes at its company-owned forecourt Spar Milnthorpe.
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NewsOasis Services donates £8,000 to charity close to its heart
Family business Oasis Services has donated £8,000 to a children’s charity which provides free open heart surgery in developing countries – an operation which the forecourt operator’s managing director Oliver Blake has now benefited from twice.
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NewsSpar appoints former Nisa Wholesale boss Michael Fletcher managing director
Michael Fletcher will become Spar’s managing director in November, after more than two decades of experience in the convenience and grocery sectors.
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NewsSpar announces death of Bill Capper CBE
Bill Capper, the former chairman of Spar wholesaler Capper & Co and prominent figure in the Welsh business community, has died.
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NewsMaxol Belvoir re-development hailed as “blueprint for roadside retail”
Maxol, Northern Ireland’s family-owned forecourt and convenience retailer, says that it has created a “blueprint for modern day roadside retail” with its £3.6 million redevelopment of its Belvoir Service Station in Belfast.