Q3 2021 Global Convenience Store Focus Shop Talk Live In this Shop Talk LIVE ‘Special’ we interview IIyas Munshi, Group Commercial Director for leading international forecourt convenience retail operator, EG Group at Mill Farm Services, one of the latest, highly innovative sites located in the North West of the UK featuring multiple branded food offers and drive thrus. Ilyas provides us with a global update and we discuss EG Group’s journey so far with commentary from NCR’s David Hodgson, Shopworks MD Craig Phillipson and NACS Global Director Mark Wohltmann. These are some of the points we covered in the interview. EG work with 60 brands globally, tell us about them? Have these brands partnerships been key to EG’s expansion? Tell us about plans going forward working with Asda? Did you see the pandemic as an opportunity to move even faster? How? There are many retailer success stories in National markets,…

16/09/21 PV Magazine Australia AGL is expanding its Electric Vehicle (EV) subscription service to Adelaide, giving South Australians the opportunity to take the wheel of an EV without committing to ownership. Since piloting in 2020, AGL’s EV subscriptions have been successfully launched in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. AGL executive general manager future business & technology, John Chambers said AGL is committed to making EVs more accessible, breaking down the common barriers of cost and charging installation. “We are excited to launch in Adelaide and help customers make the switch to EVs, enabling South Australians to be in the driver’s seat today,” Chambers said. “As a state generated largely by renewable sources, we know South Australians are embracing new technologies and developments that support a cleaner energy future. “With plans for the SA government to increase the uptake of EVs and smart charging by 2025, we believe now is a great…

More than 200 stores are coming to EG Group-owned fueling locations. September 08, 2021www.convenience.org LONDON—Asda on the Move convenience stores, owned by British supermarket Asda, are coming to nearly 230 petrol station forecourts owned by brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa, according to Reuters and BBC. The c-stores will be located at petrol stations controlled by EG Group, the brothers’ business. “Our plans to roll out Asda on the Move will bring Asda to new customers, enabling them to pick up food-to-go, essentials for an evening meal or treat themselves to premium Extra Special products from a range of convenient locations,” the Issa brothers said. The c-stores will be no more than 3,000 square feet and sell as many as 2,500 products, and EG Group will receive the products from Asda at a wholesale cost. In October 2020, NACS Daily reported that Walmart agreed to sell its stake in U.K. grocer Asda to Mohsin and Zuber…

New feature lets shoppers buy from multiple nearby stores for single delivery By Jennifer Strailey on Aug. 06, 2021cspdailynews.com Photograph courtesy of DoorDash SAN FRANCISCO —  DoorDash may prove a triple threat to convenience stores and other retailers with its new DoubleDash. The new feature lets customers add their favorite items from nearby stores to an original order from select stores and, in some cases, restaurants for no additional delivery fee or order minimum. Both orders will arrive together and with the same Dasher, the company said of the service currently available with 7-Eleven, Wawa, QuickChek, Walgreens, The Ice Cream Shop and DashMart, as well as local restaurants in certain markets.  Here’s how it works: Customers place their restaurant order on DoorDash and after checkout, look for the DoubleDash option on the map to add items from nearby stores. From the store page, they can select drinks, snacks and a variety of grocery items. Shoppers then add all items to their cart and…

csnews.com The measure helps create a competitive market for electric vehicle charging infrastructure that will benefit convenience retailers. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate voted 69-30 Tuesday to approve the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The legislation allocates nearly $550 billion in new spending above what Congress was already planning to allocate for infrastructure over the next eight years. Lawmakers set aside the largest share of the money, $110 billion, for roads and bridges. The infrastructure bill also includes roughly: $73 billion for electric grid and power infrastructure $66 billion for passenger and freight rail $65 billion for broadband investments $55 billion for water systems and infrastructure $50 billion for western water storage $39 billion for public transit $25 billion for airports $21 billion for environmental remediation projects $17 billion for ports and waterways $15 billion for electric vehicles $11 billion for road safety It also includes an alternative…