NightOwl Convenience Stores is a
franchised system of convenience stores operating in
Australia - predominantly in the state of
Queensland
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History
The NightOwl, established by Don Halliwell and Rod Craig, opened in 1975 in the
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
suburb of
Auchenflower. The store pre-dated
7-Eleven opening in Australia by 12 months. The store traded 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, offering an extensive range of traditional supermarket grocery items-together with fresh fruit, vegetables and hot bbq chickens. The store was popular with the growing student and
yuppy
Yuppie, short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional", is a term coined in the early 1980s for a young professional person working in a city. The term is first attested in 1980, when it was used as a fairly neu ...
community in the district. The business concept was franchised in 1987.
In 1995, NightOwl was floated on the
stock exchange and was bought out by
Retail Services Limited in 1996. RSL is a diversified holdings group mainly based in the retail sector, this helped take NightOwl nationwide
The NightOwl business was purchased by David Hodge in September 2001. The companies Senior Management was changed and the business was re-aligned with a new focus being placed upon growth. Store livery was modernised, multiple-site franchisees were encouraged within the business and investment in training was increased. Taking up the Chair of the 'Australasian Association of Convenience Stores' (AACS) for 2003 and 2004, NightOwl increased its profile within the industry and played host to regular AACS functions within Queensland.
In 2007, the Franchise business was sold to Adam Adams and his company Think Convenience.
Adam and his wife Katrina are also the owners of six NightOwl stores in Cairns and North Queensland. As part of a strategy to increase growth dynamically, Think Convenience has re-introduced the company store method of expansion used extensively by Retail Services and discontinued by David Hodge. In order to facilitate the development of new regions and states, company-owned and operated stores were established. In regions like
Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...
in Queensland, this has ensured new growth where initially franchisees were not available. Once established in this new area, NightOwl can then encourage franchising using company stores as examples of the business system.
See also
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List of franchises
This is a list of franchised businesses.
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* 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, junk removal
* 241 Pizza, pizza
* 7-Eleven, convenience store
* 2001 Club, former disco nightclubs
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* A&W Restaurants, fast food
* AAMCO Transmissions, automotive
* Aaron's, I ...
References
External links
The NightOwlOfficial website
{{Convenience stores
Australian companies established in 1975
Retail companies established in 1975
Convenience stores of Australia
Companies based in Brisbane