
The AACS Gala Awards Dinner 2011
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What a fantastic evening!
Our thanks to all of you who attended and congratulations to all the prizewinners, in particular Rick Colella of BAT and Chris Centra of 7-Eleven our Peter Jowett Industry Award…

An Inconvenient Tax – Carbon Tax ignores Convenience Industry
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Dear Members,
There has been much spoken and written about in recent days regarding the new carbon tax. From a small business perspective there was little relief evident. AACS supports sustainability…

Tales of Fresh
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By Renée M. Covino
Perishables and produce are no longer short stories for C-store retailers
Convenience stores are writing more exciting chapters in fresh food these days – not only in foodservice,…

Et voila! Baguettes from a vending machine
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From: AP - August 09, 2011 7:25AM
Hungry? After hours? Soon Parisians and maybe most of Europe will be able to buy a freshly baked baguette from their local vending machine. FRANCE is the home of the…

Australia retail sales in surprise fall
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From: Dow Jones Newswires W - August 03, 2011 12:11PM
AUSTRALIAN retail sales fell 0.1 per cent to a seasonally adjusted $20.54 billion in June from $20.57bn in May and rose from $20.26bn a year earlier,…