7-Eleven Australia opens 600th store
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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Union helps Woolworths casuals become permanent
Next week 13 previously casual workers at the Woolworths supermarket warehouse in Yennora will become permanent employees after fighting for greater job security and certainty in working hours and entitlements. The National Union of Workers helped the 13 casual positions become permanent through a Memorandum of Understanding with the company. According to Mark Ptolemy of
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Stock Box to Advantage The Distributors Members
The Distributors have taken advantage of the Stock Box program by promoting it to their Advantage loyalty program customers nationally, as an added service to promote new lines and product launches and to test new product concepts. “The reality is that there are many new lines that are launched into the market each and every
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Fresh vending idea to shake up P and C channel
Demand for healthy and better-for-you products in convenience has never been stronger. A fact demonstrated by the enormous response received to a new fruit-vending machine, FruitBar™. FruitBar’s™ Mike Evans told C&I that enquiries about Fruit Bar™ vending machines have recently “gone bananas”! FruitBar™ is in negotiations with a major Australian petrol supplier, impressed by the
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The Distributors support Ride to Conquer Cancer
The Distributors are proud to announce their support of the Ride to Conquer Cancer® events being held across Australia this month. Rides are being held in Sydney on 11-12 October, Perth on 18-19 October and in Melbourne on 25-26 October 2014. Each Ride is held over 2 days and 200 kilometres and is for anyone
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Local convenience leaders shine on international stage
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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BP Goes Pink in Pledge for McGrath Foundation
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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Mars named as one of Australias best places to work
At the BRW Best Places to Work 2014 Study awards ceremony held in Sydney on the 11 September, Mars Australia was the only food manufacturing business to be listed in the top 25, ranking twentieth in the list. The Mars Australia entry represented over 2,000 Mars Associates employed across four segments for: Mars Chocolate in
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Rozelle convenience store owner charged with three counts of murder
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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Slush Puppie creator dies at 74
William Radcliff, the creator of the Slush Puppie brand of Frozen Carbonated Drinks has died in Cincinnati earlier this week, aged 74. Back in 1970 at a Chicago trade show, Mr Radcliff was inspecting a slush-making machine when the idea “I could sell a drink for 10 cents, and make 7 cents” on each sale,
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Supermarket bread wars
On Thursday 18 September, Woolworths announced it had dropped the price of its Homebrand white to 85¢ per loaf. The following day Coles followed suit with its Smart Buy white bread and ALDI lowered its price on Saturday. Canberra-based Independent supermarket, Supabarn, has since entered the fray, pricing its bread at 80¢ a loaf. According
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Sports, energy drinks on growth track, health claims an issue?
With IBISWorld predicting that sports drink sales are set for longer-term growth, public health group the Obesity Policy Coalition warned that proposed changes to food regulations could allow popular sports drinks with nearly as much sugar as soft drink to carry health claims, and mislead the public into thinking they were healthier choices than water.
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Stock Box set for success as Intermedia take stake in new product delivery model
Stock Box has attracted considerable interest since the service was announced last month. Over 1,000 retailers have already registered to receive the first Stock Box which is expected to be released in circulation until November. The Intermedia Group – one of the most comprehensive and targeted B2B advertising networks in Australia – has entered into
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