Adeel Khan, the owner of a Rozelle convenience store destroyed by an explosion and fire on September 4, was too ill to appear in court this week. Mr Khan has been charged with three counts of murder and two of attempted murder, three counts of manslaughter and 17 other charges including setting fire for a […]
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched additional legal proceedings against Coles Supermarkets and alleged that Coles took advantage of its superior bargaining position by demanding money from suppliers that it was not lawfully entitled to, and was, in all the circumstances, unconscionable. “The ACCC has commenced these proceedings because it considers the alleged
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Support Small Business Day, held in Victoria this year on October 4, is a welcome addition to other recent SME event campaigns the American Express-led ‘Shop Small’ and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Small Business ‘Too Big to Ignore’. Victoria’s second Support Small Business Day attracted 3,387 small business and 2,523 shopper registrations
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With more than 350 stores and annual sales around $5.3 billion, Aldi sales account for approximately 10% of the grocery market on Australia’s eastern seaboard. The chain is now planning a $700 million expansion into Western Australia and South Australia. Aldi managing director, Tom Daunt, has confirmed plans to invest between $400 million and $450
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NCR Corporation has announced that it is upgrading Coles Supermarkets’ NCR FastLane SelfServ™ Checkout lanes with NCR Note Recycling capability. The Note Recycling solution will assist Coles to lower cash floats and reduce replenishment cycles as it recycles cash notes accepted in self-checkout machines, dispensing them as change in subsequent transactions. In addition, the Note
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Following the Fair Work Ombudsman’s August call to national supermarket chains and shopping centres, Coles is the first major chain to publicly declare it has an “ethical and moral responsibility” to join with the Ombudsman and stamp out exploitation of vulnerable trolley collectors. Some trolley collectors are being paid as little as $5 an hour,
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For the third year running, Australia’s entrants have enjoyed prestigious wins at the international convenience industry awards, which are part of the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Show in the US. As the 2014 winners of the Peter Jowett Scholarship Award, administered by the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS), Callum MacKay of 7-Eleven
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37 years after the first store opened, 7-Eleven celebrated the opening of its 600th store at Gumdale in Queensland on Thursday 2 October 2014 .
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BP has today renewed its commitment to raise funds for the McGrath Foundation by going pink to launch a national social fundraising initiative, #BPPinkPledge. The dynamic move by BP sees flagship Sydney service station, BP Rozelle, transform from the signature BP green into McGrath Foundation pink – from pillars to pumps, with a bright pink
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The Chairman of the Australian National Retailers Association (ANRA), Mr Grant O’Brien, announced the appointment of Ms Anna McPhee as the new Chief Executive Officer of Australia’s peak retail group this week. Ms McPhee has over 20 years’ experience in retail businesses, representative groups and politics, and policy advocacy, with her most recent role being
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With Costco to open its fourth petrol station and first in Canberra next to its Majura Park store, some Canberra petrol retailers may be set for a major shock, including a Woolworths-operated Caltex petrol station a few hundred metres from the Costco site. Costco, which is a major petrol retailer in the United States, now
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Sydney convenience store owner, Adeel Khan, was arrested and charged this week, over the deaths of three people in a fire and explosion at Rozelle in Sydney’s inner west. At 4am on Thursday 4 September, emergency services were called to Darling Street, Rozelle, where they found the convenience store well alight and the building extensively
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The release of the half year AACS State of the Industry report into the performance of the Australian convenience industry demonstrates the resilience of the convenience sector and the value proposition that stores continue to offer their customers. The report, from the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS), shows the convenience channel recorded a strong
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