BAC FUEL

need to balance job creation and the bottom line

BAC Fuel sells fuel, basic groceries and snacks every day of the week, and now opens till 8pm three nights of the week. This service ensures customers are able to buy the essentials when the supermarkets are closed. BAC Fuel's market in snacks and basic food lines had been eroded over the last few years with the decision by both supermarkets to extend their hours and the opening of a new hot snack service which operates similar hours. In response to this, BAC Fuel has redefined the shop's market, extended the trading hours and is adjusting the stock lines accordingly. This has successfully reversed some of the market decline suffered last year with turnover in 2006 $2,871,541 (2005 $2,420,578).

BAC Fuel is a major employer of CDEP staff with 12 currently employed and a further two now moved to full time salaried positions. One has been promoted to the position of supervisor for the after hours trade. CDEP participation is booming: $103,611 was paid in top up, more than double the amount paid the previous year. The desire to encourage Aboriginal employment must be balanced with the need to ensure the business remains profitable. Consequently BAC Fuel management will work to ensure staffing is kept at an acceptable level and is adjusted to the peaks and troughs of customer demand.