Nick Ziglings has been dubbed a hero after he singlehandedly stopped an arm robbery at a 7-Eleven. Mr Ziglings, a Melbourne local, recounted to Channel 9 recently how he was able to foil the attack. He reportedly “rushed up to the woman, threw her against the front counter and managed to wrestle the gun off […]
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Chrish considers himself lucky (yet doesn’t make it an integral part of his plan)
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Reckitt Benckiser has reportedly poached a PepsiCo executive to fill a role within the company. PepsiCo global chief commercial officer Laxman Narasimhan will be appointed as the next chief executive at Reckitt. According to InsideFMCG, Mr. Narasimhan is the first CEO to be appointed from outside the company since it was formed in 1999. Mr
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A twenty-eight-year-old petrol station attendant in the South African city of Cape Town, has been rewarded more than R500,000 (around $10,400AUD). Nkosikho Mbele had previously paid for a woman’s petrol out of his own pocket after realising she had left all her bank cards at home. Mr Mbele, who works at a Shell-branded station gave
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Viva Energy Australia (“Viva Energy”) announced today that Andrew Egan has been appointed as General Manager Marketing. Egan has most recently held senior marketing, brand and consumer roles at Myer. This appointment signals Viva Energy’s renewed focus on retail customers, and in using market-driven insights to drive strong brand and value perception of the retail
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In the lead-up to C&I 2019, C&I will be sharing supplier profiles from some of the companies exhibiting at the show. To experience the latest in convenience products, services and merchandising keep reading! Tom & Luke What is the main business of the company? Tom & Luke create great tasting healthy snacks using whole food
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A syndicate that allegedly stole from supermarkets and re-sold the goods through convenience store has faced court. Seven people were charged over their involvement, with police alleging the property was stolen from supermarkets and resold in a convenience store in Darlinghurst, Nine News reported. Police allegedly seized more than $100,000 worth of product including pharmaceuticals, vitamins,
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Written by AACS CEO Jeff Rogut Our industry is unfortunately all too familiar with issues such as petrol theft and robberies occurring on our businesses. There is certainly a direct financial loss, but importantly there is the trauma experienced by operators, their staff and at times, even customers. It is unacceptable that people going about
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Tony Venema was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia as the oldest of three children. Growing up, Tony knew he didn’t want to ‘work for the man’ and instead dreamed of being in charge of his own destiny and business career. He went to school at Guildford Grammar and Perth Modern where sports and
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A newly released budget by the Morrison government has upset the Greens political party. The Morrison government allocated $400,000 for a national electric vehicle strategy, which the Greens said is ‘an absolute joke’. The Greens party said the move was a joke, especially when it was compared with an allocation 25 times as much in
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In the last two years we have seen the majors fuel retailers including 7/11, Caltex and United audited and found to be underpaying staff. Last week we saw Westside Petroleum a large independent fuel retailer targeted by Fair Work for underpaying staff. The award for petrol station owners is very confusing and many fuel retailers
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SodaStream partnered with American astronaut Scott Kelly to introduce a revolutionary fake technology that turns excess CO2 into sparkling water
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The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has begun legal action against Westside Petroleum Retail 1 Pty Ltd. The major service station is reportedly under investigation for underpaying 22 employees up to $62,393 at sites in both NSW and VIC. Westside Petrolum Retail and three of its management staff- general manager Patrick Riad, company accountant Francesco Ieraci and area manager
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