Petit Bistro

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Under the brand name PetitBistro , Aral offers cold and warm snacks and hot drinks at 1,084 petrol stations (as of December 31, 2012). Among the system restaurateurs, Aral ranks 10th with the PetitBistro brand in Germany and 4th among the transport restaurateurs. Aral AG is a company of the BP Group in Germany and with around 2,400 street petrol stations is the market leader in the German petrol station business. At the approximately 1,100 company-owned Aral stations, the shop is by far the most important source of income for petrol station operators at 62 percent.

Turnover and sales

Before the PetitBistro brand was launched in 2004, sales of snacks and hot drinks were still 132 million euros, according to Aral. In 2012 it was 175.8 million euros. With hot beverages, Aral's PetitBistros achieved sales of around 42 million euros in 2012, doubling hot beverage sales within six years. Around 80,000 Aral customers consume a black coffee , a cappuccino or another warm drink every day . More than 29 million hot drinks sold annually make the company the largest coffee-to-go provider in Germany.

At the 1,084 PetitBistros in Germany, cold and warm snacks are also on offer. These include the "Crossinos", which were introduced in February 2013 and which have replaced the SuperSnacks available until 2012. According to information from Aral, an average of around 200,000 Crossinos were sold per week in February 2013 - an increase of more than 30 percent compared to the SuperSnacks. In addition to crossinos, the PetitBistros also offer croissants , donuts and pretzels . The baked goods (PetitBistro Crossino Natur, PetitBistro Crossino Mehrkorn, PetitBistro Crossino rye) were awarded gold by the German Agricultural Society (DLG) in 2013 .

sustainability

Since 2009, only sustainable coffee has been processed in the PetitBistros. The 300 tons of coffee beans required annually bear the UTZ Certified seal. The seal guarantees sustainable cultivation and control of the specifications throughout the entire production process.

Coffee study

Since 2011, Aral has been investigating trends in the coffee business and coffee consumption among German citizens aged 18 and over in an annual nationwide representative coffee study with the PetitBistro brand. The study shows, among other things, the increasing popularity of coffee-to-go and shows the changing preferences of coffee drinkers, for example when it comes to preparation. The third edition published in June 2013 also contains results on the subject of on-the-go care.

Web links

• Website for Petit Bistro on aral.de
• Aral Coffee Studies 2011-2013 for download at aral.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Aral is planning 120 new filling stations. (No longer available online.) Tankstelle-magazin.de, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 13, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ↑ Top 30 System Gastronomy 2013. (No longer available online.) Food newspaper.net, archived from the original on December 22, 2013 ; accessed on January 13, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Number of petrol stations since 1965. adac.de, accessed on January 13, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Aral continues ahead with a blue and white flag. auto.de, accessed on January 13, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Aral relies on hunger and thirst as buying motives. (No longer available online.) Aral press release, June 13, 2013, archived from the original on January 14, 2014 ; accessed on January 13, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ "Who is the largest coffee-to-go retailer in the country?" , on blog.wiwo.de, February 5, 2013.
7. ^ "Aral: Crossinos and coffee provide food service plus" , on cafe-future.net, June 19, 2013.
8. ↑ "Hearty and sweet snacks , on aral.de, accessed on January 27, 2014.
9. ↑ DLG test results for bread and baked goods 2013 , accessed on January 27, 2014.
10. ^ "Aral Germany serves UTZ coffee" , on www.utzcertified.org.
11. ↑ "Hot drink with milk and sugar the clear favorite" ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release on aral.de, July 10, 2013.