The infamous convenience store in hit-show ‘The Simpsons’ has been opened in real life. Myrtle Beach in South Carolina is now home to the full-service Kwik-E-Mart. The store is filled with products that have appeared on the show of the 29 seasons including Squishee frozen drinks, Heat Lamp Hot Dog and Lard Lad donuts. The […]
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GM Global Solutions was proud to attend last C&I EXPO in Melbourne. Throughout the exhibition, we showed some of our automated tobacco sales solutions (vending and dispensing) and also had the opportunity to see what is happening in the retail industry “down under”. As a European company, which has been manufacturing and supplying automated tobacco systems since 1996
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7-Eleven Australia celebrated outstanding achievements by its franchisees and corporate store managers at its spirit awards. The awards were presented as part of the company’s store leader conferences held in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne recently. According to 7-Eleven Chief Executive Officer, Angus McKay, award winners recognised at the event live the company’s values in
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The husband of famous singer PINK, and motorcross star Carey Heart was recently caught up in a confrontation with a petrol station in Brisbane. Mr Hart posted a video to his Instagram page in which he wrote a caption explaining what happened when he was approached by an employee from the petrol station. “I just
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Nestlé Australia today announced its commitment to introduce the Australasian Recycling Label across all of its locally made products by 2020 to help consumers recycle their packaging correctly. Nestlé has started to implement the new label, which will first come on to Allen’s lollies from today, beginning with Strawberries & Cream and Snakes Alive. Allen’s
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Pepsi Max Raspberry is the fresh new flavour joining the brand. It is an innovative and bold product that provides consumers with an exciting flavour experience that delivers on maximum taste without the sugar. The new addition to the Pepsi Max brand was developed following the success of Pepsi Max Vanilla which has been a
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released it’s latest petrol monitoring report, stating that the average cost of petrol has increased by seven percent over the last three months. According to the report, prices have hit a four-year high across Australia’s largest cities, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The report stated that
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7-Eleven CEO Angus McKay presented a keynote speech at the 2018 AACS Summit in Melbourne this week and challenged the convenience industry to continue changing to remain relevant to consumers. “Out of the gate, you might question my credentials after all I am a relative newcomer to this industry, with only two and a half
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Over 650 leading lights in the Australian convenience industry came together at Crown in Melbourne last night to celebrate the inspiring achievements of the top retailers, suppliers, stores and up-and-coming talent in convenience at the AACS Gala & Awards dinner. The first award given out was a special celebratory award for Keith Berg and Safa
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Moccona has released it’s newest innovation, Single Shot Ice Brew. Available in a 390ml bottle, there are two variants to choose from- Single Shot Ice Brew and Single Shot Ice Brew with Coconut. This new direction from Moccona has been in development for two years, lead by a global team and so far has had
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Quality food offer hits the spot The rapid emergence of a dramatically improved fresh food and sandwich offer in convenience is increasingly seeing hungry customers embrace the channel as a ‘destination shop’ rather than a ‘desperation shop’. In the face of challenges to traditional powerhouse categories such as tobacco, many stores looking for ways to
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