The two Berchem service stations are among the biggest turnovers in Europe, and it is Q8 which takes the cake. The Kuwaiti group confirms the information from The essentials and thus wins the concessions which were until now held by Shell towards Luxembourg and Aral towards France. The concession is valid for four years, from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2029, i.e. a duration of four years.
The two stations represent a real national issue, with each of them selling around 100 million liters per year, an income for the State of almost two million euros. To which are added the fees for the shop and the restaurant, or around ten million euros per year per station.
As part of the call for tenders launched by the State, the Ministries of the Economy, Mobility and Finance had drawn up very detailed specifications of 38 pages.
The first of these, which seems self-evident, is that the call for tenders must include a service station, a shop and a restaurant. The rest area must operate 24 hours a day, with parking spaces, play areas and sanitary facilities with showers and changing tables accessible 24 hours a day.
Then, in accordance with the government program aimed at ultimately developing multi-energy hubs at motorway service stations, operators will have to install photovoltaic panels on all technically usable roof surfaces.
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