[ convenience & impulse retailing ]
CELEBRATING THE VALUE OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE
Deb Jackson, Managing Editor, C&I NZ
Welcome to the first edition of Convenience & Impulse Retailing New Zealand (C&I NZ), created proudly in partnership with the New Zealand Association of Convenience Stores (NZACS). Through this partnership we will showcase the outstanding achievements of the retailers and suppliers within New Zealand’s convenience retailing industry, along with profiling board members of NZACS, the industry association supporting them. My name is Deb Jackson, Managing Editor of C&I NZ and alongside NZACS and FMCG Business we are excited to launch the first trade publication dedicated to the needs of New Zealand’s owners and operators of service stations, convenience stores, dairies, corner stores, newsagents, mini marts and take-aways. For the first instalment, NZACS Executive Director, Dave Hooker talks about the value of the local convenience store in the wider FMCG community, providing 2021 prospects from NZACS members.
Shine+ Drink on display at the inaugural C&I NZ Expo in 2019
“Over the past year we have been inspired by the strength and resilience shown by our members – from retailers, to suppliers and our management committee. As the peak industry body for convenience retailers, we are proud to partner with C&I NZ and FMCG Business to shine a spotlight on our members and continue to represent the interests of all convenience retailers in New Zealand,” said Mr Hooker. In this issue we catch up with the 2020 Peter Jowett award winner, Rowan Lowe from British American Tobacco (BAT) and Matthew Lane, General Manager of Night ‘n Day Foodstores. Mr Lane took the reigns of the family business not too long before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. He shares with C&I NZ the challenges of navigating a path through 2020 and provides an overview of Night ‘n Day’s outlook for the year ahead. In 2021, C&I NZ in partnership with NZACS is looking forward to bringing the industry back together to reconnect, renew and rebuild. We can confirm that the second biannual C&I NZ Expo will be going ahead on 8-9 September 2021 for two days of education, networking, and business building. In the lead up, C&I NZ will be shining a spotlight on some of our fantastic Expo exhibitors beginning with Mark Scott, National Key Account Manager Petrol & Convenience, Bluebird Foods NZ/PepsiCo. We would like to thank Dave Hooker, Rowan Lowe, Matthew Lane and Mark Scott for their contributions to the first edition of C&I NZ. And we would like to wish all of our readers the best for a safe, healthy and prosperous 2021.
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FMCG BUSINESS - FEBRUARY 2021
