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Fuel

Viva Energy posts modest convenience sales growth, but tobacco remains a drag 
Convenience sales, excluding tobacco, increased 1.3 per cent in H1.

Viva Energy posts modest convenience sales growth, but tobacco remains a drag 

Viva Energy recorded an uptick in convenience sales for the first half, but the steep drop in tobacco sales still weighed down the overall number. For the six months ended June 30, convenience sales, exclud...
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Fuel Archives

Blue luxury SUV car fueling at gas station. Refuel fill up with petrol gasoline.

ACCC unusually divulges probe into fuel retailers due to its ‘significance’

Ampol, BP, Mobil Oil, and Viva Energy are all under investigation.
Fuel pumps

Petrol retailers challenged in first ACCC price review

“We urge petrol retailers to explain their positions to the Australian community.”
sold out sign at gas station

Panic buying just makes shortages worse. Why do people do it anyway?

Panic buying is driven less by selfishness and more by how people perceive risk and decide what feels reasonable during ...
Viva Energy C&M

Viva Energy taps former Myer exec Teresa Sando as retail CEO

Rendo has worked at the likes of Big W and Woolworths, most recently serving as MD of Myer’s Apparel Brands.
Image of Viva Energy petrol station.

Viva Energy’s convenience sales continue to decline

The company said that the reduction in convenience sales was largely caused by a 33.6 per cent fall in tobacco sales.
EG Ampol fuel site

Ampol, EG Australia merger faces ACCC roadblock

The regulator has identified 115 sites where the deal could lessen competition in the relevant market.
Ampol Foodary Eastern Creek

Ampol opens Foodary Eastern Creek on Sydney’s M4

The Eastern Creek opening marks Soul Origin’s first entry into an Ampol service centre.
Image of Viva Energy petrol station.

Viva Energy reports convenience sales decline in third quarter

Convenience sales dropped 12.5 per cent to $392 million from $448 million a year earlier.
Image of Jevan Bouzo.

Viva Energy’s retail chief to depart

Group COO Jennifer Gray will take on the role of interim C&M CEO during the company's search process.
Ampol sign

Ampol to acquire EG’s Australian service station network for $1.1bn

The company plans to divest approximately 20 sites part of its application to the ACCC.
EG Ampol service station

Ampol tipped to buy out service station network bearing its name

EG Group is reportedly in talks to sell the chain for about $1 billion.
Local Hub concept

Lowes Petroleum expands the Local Hub concept store

The first location was launched at the Lauderdale service station on the outskirts of Hobart.
People walk in front of 7-Eleven store in New York

Couche-Tard updates on store divestiture plan to enable merger with Seven & I

The company is willing to divest a specific base number of stores to facilitate the deal and has reached out to potentia...
OTR fuel and convenience site

Viva Energy reports convenience sales decline amid cost, tobacco challenges

Viva Energy’s convenience sales dropped 4.1 per cent as inflation and illegal tobacco hurt demand.
Liberty sign and logo at a fuel retail site

Viva Energy cleared to buy 100 retail sites – with a catch

The ACCC will not oppose the acquisition after Viva agreed to divest over a dozen locations.