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…

18/08/22; NACS Online There will be more than 200 individual ultra-fast chargers at IKEA retail locations in 18 states. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—IKEA U.S. announced a collaboration with Electrify America and Electrify Commercial to bring ultra-fast public charging stations and delivery fleet electric vehicle (EV) charging to over 25 IKEA retail locations throughout the U.S. The partnership will quadruple IKEA U.S.’s total number of EV chargers, which supports its goal of achieving zero-emission home deliveries by 2025 and halving relative emissions from customer and coworker travel by 2030. “At IKEA, we believe that we must work together with our partners to tackle climate change and create solutions for a greener future. This collaboration with Electrify America will not only bring ultra-fast public chargers to our stores for the first time but it will also help us take a big leap as we work towards our targets to become circular and climate positive,” said Javier…

09/09/22; Roy Morgan New research from Roy Morgan shows over 7 million Australians aged 14+ (33.4%) now use a meal delivery services in an average three months, up from 3.6 million (16.9%) in early 2020. Uber Eats is again the clear market leader used by 3.5 million Australians, up from 2.3 million in early 2020. The use of meal delivery services such as Uber Eats, Menulog, DoorDash, HelloFresh and Deliveroo grew rapidly over the last two years of extended lockdowns around much of the country – and especially in the two largest States of New South Wales and Victoria. A look at the different generations shows Millennials (born 1976-1990) and now aged from 31-46 years old, are the most likely to use a meal delivery service. Now 45.8% of Millennials use a meal delivery service in an average three months, more than doubling their usage since early 2020 (+24% points).…

15/08/22; Lightsource BP Lightsource bp will reach financial close on its Wellington North and Wunghnu Solar Farms by the end of 2022, making it the largest solar developer and owner in Australia. Construction through early work arrangements has begun on its Wellington North and Wunghnu projects and it has entered into Power Purchase Agreements with companies ENGIE, Orica and Mars Australia. Lightsource bp is exploring other investment opportunities in the sector to complement solar, including battery storage, co-location of wind, and integration with green hydrogen production.  Lightsource bp, a global solar leader and 50:50 joint venture between Lightsource and bp, today announces it will reach financial close on its Wellington North and Wunghnu Solar Farms later this year, which will make the company the largest solar developer and owner in Australia*. Lightsource bp has commenced construction on Wellington North and Wunghnu through early work arrangements with engineering, procurement, and construction…

19/08/22; Sydney Morning Herald A surge in illegal tobacco imports has prompted the states to focus on the other end of the supply chain by targeting the Australians who are seeking a cheaper alternative to heavily taxed cigarettes. Last financial year, the Australian Border Force detected more than 150,000 illegal shipments of tobacco, including more than 1.1 billion illegal cigarettes – an 86 per cent increase on the year before – and 897 tonnes of loose-leaf tobacco (an 8 per cent increase). Documents obtained under freedom of information laws show the ABF warned the Albanese government the rising number of illicit tobacco seizures was “a success but also a significant burden on our cargo and mail screening operations”. Commander Greg Linsdell, from ABF Special Investigations, told Brisbane Times the seizures deprived organised crime syndicates of an estimated $2.68 billion dollars – the current street value of that quantity of illicit tobacco. Linsdell said…