In today’s fast-paced ecommerce driven world, speed is everything. It’s one of the reason convenience store franchises have circumnavigated the often-challenging retail landscape. Unlike other countries that operate on a seemingly 24-hour basis, Australian retail has a firm approach to trading hours, but not when it comes to convenience offerings. Convenience store franchises have the option to trade early in the morning until late at night, capturing a key market segment. When all other stores

Firies have been kept busy overnight with a spate of fires – with the most serious being a suspicious truck fire in Adelaide’s west. Police and MFS were called to Mulga St at Brooklyn Park about 11:30pm last night to find the truck on fire. The blaze was quickly extinguished but the vehicle was extensively damaged. Police say the fire – which started in the cabin of the truck- was deliberately lit. The truck was

Police hunt man after Marsh Street service station held up at knifepoint, About 4am on Saturday, a man armed with two large knives entered a service station on Marsh Street. Police said two staff members observed the offender approaching the console area and immediately moved to a nearby office where their manager was located and barricaded themselves in. Watch the footage here:

News that a military strike in Iraq by US forces killed a top Iranian general sent crude oil prices soaring on Friday and lead analysts to warn it could lead to direct conflict between Tehran and Washington this year and further price increases. General Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was killed by US drone strike at Baghdad’s international airport on Friday, a decision the US Department of Defence said was approved by

The last time Australians filled their cars up at Ampol service stations more than 20 years ago, petrol prices were around 70 cents a litre, about half the price they are now. But now there are plans to bring back the Ampol brand after US oil giant Chevron terminated permission for Caltex Australia to use the Caltex name. The Ampol brand was phased out after it merged with Caltex in 1995. Caltex said it would