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Caltex acquires Milemaker

Caltex Australia has agreed to acquire Milemaker Petroleum’s retail fuel business assets in Victoria for $95 million. Under the transaction, Caltex will acquire the business assets and take over operation of 46 service...

FoodWorks celebrates store excellence

Outstanding FoodWorks retailers were honoured at the FoodWorks Conference 2016 held at Jomtien Beach in Thailand last month.The FoodWorks National Large Store of the Year award went to Agnes Water FoodWorks in Queensland for...

NT to introduce half-day holidays

The Northern Territory Government will seek to introduce half-day public holidays from 7pm to midnight on the evening before Christmas and the evening before New Year’s Day. Chief Minister Michael Gunner says the...

Caltex responds to wage fraud claims

In response to allegations raised by Fairfax Media this week, Caltex Australia said it does not tolerate any unlawful activity – including deliberate underpayment of workers – anywhere in its network.  Fairfax Media reported that...

Fruit juice brands fighting for shrinking market

Consumption of packaged fruit juice in Australia has been in freefall in recent years, according to the latest findings from Roy Morgan Research. In June 2012, 6.6 million survey respondents in Australia aged...

Financial stress costing Australian businesses

According to new research from AMP, one in four surveyed Australian workers has low confidence in their financial position and struggles to make ends meet. The research, undertaken for AMP’s ‘2016 Financial Wellness’...

US consumers recognise healthy convenience trend

A national consumer survey conducted on behalf of the US National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) has indicated that consumers are more aware of the industry’s efforts to provide fresh, healthy food. Six...

Prepared food: the key to future convenience

The direction of the convenience store industry is becoming increasingly uncertain as margins on traditional impulse items are progressively squeezed by competition from the small-format stores introduced by a range of non-traditional...
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