Grand Opening Day on 24th August 1977. Photo Supplied by 7-Eleven From one store in Oakleigh, Victoria that officially opened on August 24, 1977, 7-Eleven celebrated its 45-year milestone on Wednesday as a network of more than 720 franchised and corporate stores, with a team of more than 8,800 people. 7-Eleven in Australia has been an Australian owned and operated business since the beginning. In 1976, the Withers and Barlow family invested in one of the earliest global license agreements to take the 7-Eleven brand outside of the USA. As a result, 7-Eleven changed the face of convenience in Australia. These early stores provided local customers with the products they needed, when and where they needed them in their local area. They had easy parking out front and extended trading hours of 7am to 11pm, including weekends. 7-Eleven opened its first 24-hour store six months after the first store opened.…

On Tuesday we held our 2nd Women in Convenience Panel in Melbourne. Thankyou to the more than 100 members that attended to hear from our industry expert panelists sharing there career journey & personal experiences with the audience. The event, sponsored by UCB, hosted by Theo Foukkare, CEO of AACS, and moderated by Corinne Barclay from CMA, featured a knowledgeable and experienced panel offering insights into women working in the convenience channel. Panellists included Felicity Needham from Coca-Cola EuroPacific Partners, Skye Jackson from Ampol Australia, Cath Fifoot from Bega Dairy & Drinks, Joanna Graham from BP Australia & Alexia Horley from PepsiCo. The panelists discussed strategies & practical applications to continue developing in your role sharing from their past experiences. Diversity is not just about gender equality, it includes having the right mix of relevant age profiles & cultural background diversity among others. The importance of networking & profile building…

09/08/22; Daily News Grocery shopping is getting easier for Southern California consumers. Amazon announced Tuesday that more than 65 Whole Food Markets across the Golden State will soon offer Amazon One, a palm-recognition service that allows customers to pay by hovering their palm over an Amazon One device at checkout. In the company’s first broad rollout following successful launches in Seattle, Austin and certain stores in Los Angeles and New York, the service became available Tuesday at three local Whole Foods locations: 23401 Civic Center Way, Malibu 1425 Montana Ave., Santa Monica 2201 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica To use Amazon One, a customer must enroll their palm (or both palms) with the Amazon One service, which is then linked to their credit/debit card. That process takes less than a minute. The technology works much like a fingerprint system. When a shopper holds their hand over the Amazon One device, it evaluates…

12/08/22; CSP News New non-gas location combines snackles with the cashierless experience TULSA, Okla. — QuikTrip Corp. is opening a non-gasoline convenience store with Amazon’s no-checkout “just walk out” technology in the BOK Tower at One Williams Center in Tulsa, Okla. “We are excited to expand our presence in Tulsa with our second non-gas location nationwide, and we look forward to introducing this new innovative store experience to the downtown Tulsa community,” said Aisha Jefferson-Smith, QuikTrip’s corporate communications manager. Amazon’s ‘just walk out’ technology is designed to eliminate checkout lines, enabling guests to enjoy a frictionless shopping experience and get what they need quickly.” BOK Tower customers can enjoy QT snackles, including the Nitro Coffee Station with freshly brewed coffee, as well as its complete menu of grab-and-go items like fresh doughnuts, salads, wraps and QT’s pizza by the slice. QT Kitchens customer favorites include mac and cheese, breakfast tacos, hardwood smoked BBQ sandwiches and much more.…

16/08/22; Global Convenience Store Focus Interstore | Schweitzer, the retail design agency headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is on a mission – to identify new, innovative ways of selling. It’s no easy task, given the global labour shortage. But Interstore | Schweitzer is able to draw on its considerable industry expertise in food retail to help retailers, both large and small, create experiences but also drive efficiencies in-store. Food retail expertise The company’s roots are in Schweitzer, a 100-year old family-run company from Northern Italy, which originated in refrigeration manufacture and has developed into a global leader in the shopfitting industry. Interstore – the design arm of the business – has been developing concepts for the retail sector since 1987 and is uniquely, although not exclusively, focused on food retail design and build. Over the last 20+ years, Interstore | Schweitzer has worked with most of the big food retailers in…