Associations and Supporters
Principal Sponsor
Principal Sponsor: Palmer and Harvey
Palmer and Harvey is proud to once again be the principal sponsor for Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards. As a key event in the Palmer and Harvey calendar, the awards provide a much-needed opportunity to reward retailers who work day in, day out to achieve exceptional standards.As the UK's largest wholesaler, Palmer and Harvey delivers to 70% of UK forecourt retailers, helping customers increase their profitability and achieve award winning standards with the right product range, promotions and business development advice.
www.palmerharvey.co.uk/Category Sponsors
Burger King - Best Food-to-Go Outlet
BURGER KING® have been franchising the BURGER KING® brand since 1957 so they're pretty confident that they've got the expertise to help potential franchisees find the right site for the right price. BURGER KING® started with one restaurant in Miami in 1954 and has now grown to 12,000 restaurants worldwide.
BURGER KING® are actively seeking strategic partners who are existing multi-site forecourt operators, keen to open a number of BURGER KING® units within their existing or growing estate to enhance their current offers.
BURGER KING® a World Class Franchise Opportunity.
www.burgerking.co.uk/franchise-operationsCoca-Cola Enterprises - Best Soft Drinks Outlet
Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd is proud to be supporting the Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards for 2010 and to be sponsoring the Best Soft Drinks Outlet category. One in every ten pounds is spent on soft drinks in forecourts, making it the third biggest category in the channel and vitally important to forecourt retailers. As a leading soft drinks supplier in forecourts, Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd is committed to offering the best advice and merchandising solutions. This year we will continue to work closely with forecourt retailers to offer them best practice advice and to encourage excellence in soft drinks retailing. Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd would like to wish all entrants into the Forecourt Trader of the Year Awards 2010 the best of luck!
www.cokecce.co.ukCDG - Best Car Care & Lubricants Outlet
The Convenience Distribution Group is proud to sponsor the Best Car Care & Lubricants Outlet as part the Forecourt Trader Awards. Car Care is a very important sector in Forecourts but at times does not get the prominence it deserves. However, Retailers should give it greater importance for two main reasons:- Profit as the sector can generate margins of 40% plus. Satisfying customer expectations: - Customer expects to see car care products and will be very disappointed if they cannot find a petrol can or bulb that they need there and then.Through the sponsorship of the awards we believe we can help retailers maximise the potential of this profitable area.
www.cdgltd.co.uk
Dresser Wayne - Best Forecourt Facilities
A global innovator of retail fuel dispensers and technologies, Dresser Wayne is leading the way with technological advances on multiple fronts, from eco-fuel solutions, and regulation-compliant pay-at-the-pump security, to multimedia marketing and groundbreaking site control systems.
Modern high volume throughput filling stations, as well as smaller local garages, are everyday features in the world of petrol retailing, and Dresser Wayne is proud to be the retail solutions provider for both.
Known for our cutting-edge technologies, exceptional customer focus, and win-win industry partnerships, we have the solutions to bring any petrol filling station to the frontline of your community.
www.dresserwayne.comGinsters - Best Display of Chilled Food
Ginsters is the market leader in savoury pastry sales in forecourts and also the leading branded sandwich supplier in food-to-go outlets. We were one of the very first brands to recognise the importance of impulse food sales in forecourts, and over the past ten years we have led the way in new techniques to improve availability and rate of sale through forecourt fixtures.
We are delighted to be sponsoring the award for Best Display of Chilled Food, and hope that this will help to encourage further improvements in food merchandising in this dynamic market.
www.ginsters.co.ukImperial Tobacco - Best Tobacco Retailer
Forecourts are vitally important outlets to the UK tobacco category as currently over 11% of total cigarette sales are in forecourts. As the market leader it is entirely appropriate for Imperial Tobacco to continue its longstanding support for the Forecourt Trader Awards as it remains gratifying to reward retail excellence. We very much look forward to congratulating the winners at this year's Award Ceremony.
www.imperial-trade.comNestlé - Best Confectionery Outlet
As one of the UK's leading confectionery manufacturers, Nestlé Confectionery is delighted to be supporting the 'Best Confectionery Outlet' at this years Forecourt Trader Awards.With more than 70% of confectionery bought on impulse, forecourt retailers can fuel sales by merchandising effectively. It is more important than ever, that retailers take a shopper based approach to managing their categories. By operating shopper and category focused plans forecourt retailers can develop their business even further.
Nestlé UK would like to wish all entrants the best of luck in the Forecourt Trader Awards 2010.
www.nestle.co.ukRS Sales - Best Customer Service
RS Sales is proud to sponsor the Award for 'Best Customer Service' at this years Forecourt Trader Awards. We welcome the opportunity to, once again, help bring to light the outstanding contribution of so many Petrol Forecourt retailers to delivering excellent customer service.
Commitment to superior customer service has helped us reach our position, as the UK's leading independently owned, provider of shop and forecourt consumables. We specialise in the supply of General Forecourt, HSE/PPE, POS, Back Office, Shop, Janitorial Equipment & Chemicals, Carwash Chemicals & Catering Supplies and Equipment.
For details of how we can help reduce your costs in these areas, many of which are key to helping you deliver 'Premium Customer Service', call us on 01580 893 100
Torex - Best Use of Retail Technology
Torex(tm), the leading European-based global provider of software and solutions to the extended retail marketplace, is pleased to be sponsoring the 'Best Use of Retail Technology Award' at the Forecourt Trader Awards. With over 20 years experience in the Petroleum and Convenience market, Torex understands the importance of solution-based technology and systems to enhance and define the customer experience. Torex has worked hand-in-hand with forecourt owners and convenience retailers to develop an unrivalled understanding of their business drivers, and recognises the need for solutions to allow them to better meet their customers' expectations.www.torexretail.com
Walkers (PepsiCo) - Best Crisps & Snacks Outlet
Our core brands are Walkers, Quaker and Tropicana.
Walkers are the UK's favourite crisps brand and have a range of crisps and snacks including Walkers Sensations, Doritos and Quavers.
Walkers make around 10 million bags of crisps a day and our snacks are enjoyed by over 10 million people in the UK every day.
Tropicana is the UK's Number 1 juice brand. In the UK, we are the fourth best-selling soft drinks brand. Quaker is the UK's favourite oats company. Based in Scotland, Quaker's UK market-leading products include Quaker Oats, Quaker OatSo Simple.
www.walkers.co.ukWilcomatic - Best Eco-Friendly Outlet
We are the UK market leaders in vehicle washing technology and can usually offer a solution to any washing requirement however big or small.
Go to our web site to find out more information on some of our products.
