Things that p*** you off/bug you/annoy you

[vc commodore]

Perigrine owned OTR and sold it to Viva, but retained Yasser Shahin to oversee things.

Viva also purchased Coles Express but I guess in SA ACCC said no due to market share. hence the change to Caltex

Can only go by a google search, which mentions Yasser Shahin work as a consultant to convenience and mobility CEO Jevan Bouzo for 2 years with a focus on the expansion of the OTR offer across Viva's network....

The thing with Yasser Shahin is, he won't have as much clout as he did have when the rest of the family owned the chain....So the treatment of people the Shahins were infamous for will stop...(Or should)

Funny thing about Caltex is, I saw Ampol taking over their sites and now Caltex are taking over the Shell sites.

 

[hademall]

We have one Ampol servo left in Launceston that still does that. You can still fill your own but it is nice to have him come and fill it for you, like it was 40 years ago. Some people buy their petrol from there just because of driveway service.

A guy in Ulverstone does it at the top of town. I think all the other servos were self-serve. I was there on a Sunday and needed air in one of my tyres as it had a slow puncture. Every servo I went in was self-serve with no attendant and no airline.

 

[NORTI]

Shahins sold OTR to Viva and then became a Viva shareholder.

So they are still in the game, instead of owning a huge amount of SA servos and few interstate they now part own hundreds of servos all over the country.

 

[DavesSV6Tonner]

What has happened to Caltex service stations?


That licence is no longer exclusive and from 2023 the Caltex brand will be solely used by Chevron. In 2020, Chevron purchased the Puma Energy fuel business in Australia and has started rebranding many of the Puma service stations to Caltex.

 

[NORTI]

What has happened to Caltex service stations?


That licence is no longer exclusive and from 2023 the Caltex brand will be solely used by Chevron. In 2020, Chevron purchased the Puma Energy fuel business in Australia and has started rebranding many of the Puma service stations to Caltex.

Most rebranded to Ampol here in SA. Believe they are Puma in NT and some other places.

 

[losh1971]

I don't know of any Caltex in Tasmania. AFAIK they all became Ampol, where many were originally Ampol anyway but at some point they became Caltex.

 

[losh1971]

We've run out of Duck River butter and I now have to use margarine. Gee that annoys me, life is tough, so unfair.

 

[Immortality]

Bloody chinesium!

Changing a old security light to a new modern LED unit. Start putting in a new screw and it bloody snaps off 3/4 of the way in. Fortunately there was a bit sticking out so I could get some vice grips on it.

Changed out the screws for something slightly better quality and I guess I should drill pilot holes in the old wood.

 

[Lex]

I should drill pilot holes in the old wood.

Especially if hard wood!

 

[keith reed]

Especially if hard wood!

NZ hardwood is nothing like Australian hardwood. Much softer.