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Supermarkets take on newsagencies in the high street

Australia’s two major supermarket chains are reportedly set to open more than five hundred high-street based convenience shops which will offer the 200 top selling magazines, 200 top selling stationery items, 200 top selling greeting cards, transport tickets and ready to eat food items.

These small format convenience stores will also offer lotto products sold direct from their Point of Sale registers. Each store is to employ only local staff and will operate from 5am to 10pm.

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  1. Niall

    Hahahaha. Yes I opened the link.

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  2. Mark Fletcher

    Phew. Good. Two people didn’t and called.

    We need to think of what this would mean for us if it did happen.

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  3. BruceH

    Good one!! Thank heavens I clicked on the link – otherwise I might have spent the day worrying about something over which I have no control!!

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  4. Paul

    Brilliant Mark !

    You had me there for a second !

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  5. eric

    Mark
    you are giving a business strategy for free for those 2 giants

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  6. Brendan

    You wicked, warped, evil, b@#*&^d

    got us good!!!!….LOL

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  7. Shauns

    Yep got me . I never have a look at the link

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  8. Mark Fletcher

    Eric I think they have this. They would know what has been done in the UK.

    I did four April Fools blog posts today in different places. Lots of fun.

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  9. Paul Smith

    Brilliant ! Just when I thought everyone had forgotten it was April fools.
    However it’s somthing to be mindful of when you consider Coles & Woolworths are taking over everything else from booze to petrol and have been fighting a legal battle for over 20 years to get medictions, I wonder how long before they really do go after our business!

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  10. helen

    Hilarious. Hang on, there are some signs it is happening.

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  11. June

    Mark, TD said it was such a brilliant idea
    that ALL OF US SHOULD DO IT.
    Don’t know about the hours though.
    You got me too!!!!!!!!

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