A LEADING vaping company in Blackburn has become the latest to announce plans to open up a range of concessions.

Marketing chiefs at Vape Dinner Lady have teamed up with petrol station giants EG for the new outlets.

An initial 14 locations will carry their range of premium vape e-liquids, devices and accessories, it has been confirmed.

Their new disposable e-cigarette, the first to carry their brands of e-liquid, will also feature as part of the promotion.

John Taylor, the Shadsworth company's chief marketing officer, said: "Opening a range of concession stores in forecourt services stations makes sense for both retailers and consumers alike.

"Demand for quality vape products has grown significantly in recent years as consumers switch from cigarettes to vaping, which is regarded by Public Health England as being 95 per cent less harmful than smoking tobacco.

"Our new concession store formats bring first mover advantage for retailers.

"They fill the gap left by reducing sales of cigarettes and make it easy for consumers to shop a wide range of products in both vape and CBD."

He says each concession will be offering a full vaping range, from products designed to appeal everyone from cigarette smokers looking to switch, to experienced vapers wanting to buy the latest e-liquids and devices.

The firm, which is part of the GM Group, says the deal has been possible due to changing patterns in consumer behaviour, with shoppers said to be switching from cigarettes to vaping in significant numbers.

In East Lancashire, the new Euro Garages site near the Barracks roundabout and their location in Stubbins Lane, Ramsbottom, will host the concessions.

Further forecourts in Bolton, Warren, Stevenage, Three Arches, Snowhill, Cannock, Oval and Weld Blundell are also on board with the new concept. More service stations are expected to follow suit in time.

The firm, first set up in 2016. has invested several million pounds in developing its range and its Wilkinson Way home.

The launch is part of a new partnership with EG Group, the world’s leading independent fuel station chain, which saw the new concession store formats open at forecourts in Burnley, Bolton, Warren, Stevenage, Ramsbottom, Three Arches, Snowhill, Cannock, Oval and Weld Blundell and many more rolled out thereafter.

Vape Dinner Lady, the UK’s leading premium quality vape brand, has opened its first chain of concession stores inside EG Group forecourt service stations up and down the country.

The first phase of the new store formats have opened in more than 14 different locations and provide consumers with a full range of premium vape e-liquids, devices and accessories, including the company’s new disposable e-cigarette, the first e-cigarette to be pre-filled with Dinner Lady e-liquid.

Changing consumer behaviour has seen consumers switch from cigarettes to vaping in huge numbers and the vape category has become increasingly important for leading convenience and grocery retailers.

Vape Dinner Lady chief marketing officer John Taylor said: "Opening a range of concession stores in forecourt services stations makes sense for both retailers and consumers alike.

"Demand for quality vape products has grown significantly in recent years as consumers switch from cigarettes to vaping, which is regarded by Public Health England as being 95% less harmful than smoking tobacco.”

“Our new concession store formats bring first mover advantage for retailers. They fill the gap left by reducing sales of cigarettes and make it easy for consumers to shop a wide range of products in both Vape and CBD”.

Vape Dinner Lady’s new concession stores have been designed to provide a quality shopping experience in a premium Dinner Lady branded retail environment.

Each concession offers a full solution of vaping products designed to appeal to the widest range of consumers from cigarette smokers looking to switch, to experienced vapers wanting to buy the latest e-liquids and devices.

The launch is part of a new partnership with EG Group, the world’s leading independent fuel station chain, which saw the new concession store formats open at forecourts in Burnley, Bolton, Warren, Stevenage, Ramsbottom, Three Arches, Snowhill, Cannock, Oval and Weld Blundell and many more rolled out thereafter.

Vape Dinner Lady is a category leader and has won more than 22 awards with distribution deals in 96 countries around the world.