All Forecourts articles – Page 5
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EG Group to offer 500 apprenticeships over three years
There are already around 200 apprentices signed up to the business for this year,
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BP and M&S extend convenience agreement until 2030
M&S Food is now available at almost 300 BP-operated sites, with some stocking up to 1,300 products
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MFG to invest £50m in 60 new electric vehicle charging hubs this year
The new hubs will be a mixture of EV charging hubs added to existing MFG sites as well as new standalone ones
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EG Group hails performance of foodservice brands in Q3
Revenues at EG Group soared more than 20% in the third quarter thanks to its growing foodservice business
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EG Group partners with Pizza Hut for convenience offer at eight forecourts
The first ‘hut’ to open will be at an EG Group-operated forecourt in Hartlepool over the coming weeks
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Ascona Group hires Ian Richards as construction and infrastructure director
The newly created role will support the forecort operator’s growth strategy of reaching 300 sites across the UK in five years
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EG Group expands US empire with Sprint acquisition
The deal – for a reported $300m – pushes the Blackburn-headquartered group into two new states taking its presence in the US to more than 1,750 sites across 33 states.
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Competition watchdog opens investigation into £7.1bn CD&R takeover of Morrisons
Any issues for the CMA are likely to centre around Morrisons’ forecourt operations and the CD&R-owned Motor Fuel Group
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Ascona Group to install self-serve tills across a third of estate
The solution was first installed at its Anker Service Station in July
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Analysis and Features
Sourced Market, Leeds: bringing the farmers’ market to motorway services
A retail and dining site at the M1’s Leeds Skelton Lakes Services champions quality local produce
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Sale of Asda forecourts to EG Group terminated
Asda said the sharing of commercial information had resulted in several changes to the financial evaluation of the deal
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EG sells 27 petrol filling station sites to Park Garage Group
Deal is part of the understakings to ensure CMA approval of the Issa’s Asda takeover
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EG Group buys bakery chain Cooplands
UK forecourt giant EG Group has expanded its foodservice portfolio with the acquisition of bakery business Cooplands.
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Exelby Services takes home top prize at Forecourt Trader Awards
The Northallerton-based services on the A19 were victorious thanks to the “great deal of thought put into its design and function
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EG Group gives pay rise to 10,500 employees
Colleagues aged 18 and above will now be paid a minimum of £9.50 per hour. More experienced colleagues, such as team leaders and supervisors, will be paid a minimum of £10 per hour
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EG Group expands KFC portfolio with 52 new sites in UK
The acquired network means EG Group now operates more than 1,700 foodservice concessions globally
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EG Group to continue opening Spar stores despite ‘Asda on the Move’ rollout
The forecourt giant opened a new Spar store in Scotland earlier this month in Coxton Park, Elgin
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Uber Eats takes Shell forecourt partnership from Deliveroo
Uber Eats is adding more than 340 Shell forecourt grocery store
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Analysis and Features
The contenders to buy EG Group if the Issas sell to focus on Asda
Reports suggest the brothers are exploring a £10bn-plus sale. EG Group has long been seen as an IPO contender, but a sale jars with the synergies attained via the Issa brothers’ purchase of Asda this year
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Analysis and Features
Why Asda’s convenience ‘move’ to supply EG Group sites is not a piece of cake
Asda’s new c-store format is rolling out to hundreds of EG Group forecourts. But a potentially steep learning curve is ahead