People dont challenge him because of his size/background.(04-16-2019 02:48 PM)kosko Wrote: I just made the mistake of buying Vegan Donuts...
They have all the bight colours and indeed make it look appetizing but you take a bite and realize this shit food is just fundamentally wrong.
(04-17-2019 01:44 AM)Ruslan Wrote: Octopus as a pet anyone? I guess, octopus game could be really powerful.
Quote:The new Netflix show Our Planet has quickly become very controversial. The focus of concern has been a sequence in which Pacific walruses fall from cliffs in the Siberian Arctic to their deaths. This, Sir David Attenborough claimed in his narration, was down to climate change, which had melted the sea ice and forced the walruses ashore.
But it wasn’t long before some fairly large holes began to appear in the story. One commentator pointed out a newspaper report of polar bears driving hundreds of walruses over the cliffs at a Siberian site called Cape Kozhenikova, a tiny peninsula around half a square kilometre in area, near the village of Ryrkaypiy. When it was subsequently shown beyond doubt that this was the location where the Netflix team had obtained their footage, alarm bells started to sound.
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Quote:New Delhi: The world’s largest chain of convenience stores, 7-Eleven, will make its India debut later this year.
Mumbai-based Future Group-owned Future Retail said on Thursday it has signed a master franchise agreement through its subsidiary, SHME Food Brands, with 7-Eleven Inc. to develop and operate 7-Eleven stores in Asia’s third-largest economy.
“7-Eleven stores could open over the next few months, starting with Mumbai," said Kishore Biyani, founder and group chief executive officer, Future Group.
This will make India the company’s 18th market.
Biyani declined to give details on number of stores, but added that the company is targeting revenues of $1 billion over the next 7-8 years.
Under the agreement, 7-Eleven will support Future Retail in implementing and localizing the unique 7-Eleven business model, the two companies said in a stock exchange filing. Future Group will add new stores and even convert some of its existing ones to 7-Elevens, they said.
Future Retail will be allowed to do sub-franchising as part of the agreement.
Japanese-owned and US-headquartered 7-Eleven has a network of over 67,000 stores the world over. The chain runs small-format convenience stores that stock an assortment of fresh and packaged foods, beverages and items of daily use, and has a presence in markets such as Thailand, the US, and Japan.
The stores in India will focus on fresh and packaged food tailored to Indian tastes, Biyani said. “It will be more food-driven and a very urban- centric format. We will be open 24 hours wherever we can," he said. “I think the urban markets are ready for a format where customers can get their lunch, breakfast, dinner, a lot of food and convenience items."
For now, the chain will focus only on urban areas, he said. “The aim is to go deeper in big cities. We will target busy areas. We have identified corporate parks, educational institutes, bus stops, colleges, and airports."
Future Group is among the largest retailers in India with a presence across supermarkets, grocery stores, electronics, apparel, and other formats. It operates 1,440 stores in more than 400 cities across its Big Bazaar, Easy Day, Nilgiri’s, Fashion at Big Bazaar, and Central formats, among others.
India’s $795 billion retail trade is still dominated by mom-and-pop stores. The share of modern retail trade here was pegged at 9% of the overall retail trade as of 2017. By 2021, the share of modern trade is expected to go up to 18%, driven by a consumer shift towards convenience formats, according to estimates from a February report by Deloitte.
The country has a handful local players such as Modi Enterprises-owned Twenty Four Seven, RJ Corp-owned J-Mart, and In&Out, which operate in the modern convenience store format.
“The organised convenience store format has seen no large, national players," said Ankur Bisen, vice president, retail and consumer products, at consulting firm Technopak. “However, the format can see demand from select urban pockets given the supply of quality real-estate," said Bisen.
“In our view, cracking the convenience store format will be difficult and may include long gestation period in a sharp expansion phase. 7-Eleven, however, will have a higher chance of success given offerings of beverages and food and hence acting as quasi QSR player," financial services firm Jefferies said in a note on Thursday.
(04-18-2019 02:16 PM)RoastBeefCurtains4Me Wrote:(04-18-2019 02:04 PM)kaotic Wrote: ^^The Irony of the first 7/11 opening in India in 2019
I don't get it. 7 ÷ 11 = 0.63636363. How does that relate to the current year? It's irrational.
(04-18-2019 07:46 AM)Richard Turpin Wrote: Anyone seen the now infamous Walrus scene in the new Our Planet series on Netflix? Walruses climbing a high mountain, getting stuck and then falling one by one to their deaths below.
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Attenborough doing the commentary (naturally) preached solemnly about it being a consequence of climate change.
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To cut a long story short, they are basically saying that 1) This has always happened 2) In this instance it was due to the proximity of the humans filming them/nearby polar bears stalking them/camera drones spooking them.
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(04-18-2019 01:35 PM)WalterBlack Wrote:
First 7-Eleven store in India to open this year, pact signed with Future Retail
Quote:New Delhi: The world’s largest chain of convenience stores, 7-Eleven, will make its India debut later this year.
Mumbai-based Future Group-owned Future Retail said on Thursday it has signed a master franchise agreement through its subsidiary, SHME Food Brands, with 7-Eleven Inc. to develop and operate 7-Eleven stores in Asia’s third-largest economy.
“7-Eleven stores could open over the next few months, starting with Mumbai," said Kishore Biyani, founder and group chief executive officer, Future Group.
This will make India the company’s 18th market.
Biyani declined to give details on number of stores, but added that the company is targeting revenues of $1 billion over the next 7-8 years.
Under the agreement, 7-Eleven will support Future Retail in implementing and localizing the unique 7-Eleven business model, the two companies said in a stock exchange filing. Future Group will add new stores and even convert some of its existing ones to 7-Elevens, they said.
Future Retail will be allowed to do sub-franchising as part of the agreement.c
Japanese-owned and US-headquartered 7-Eleven has a network of over 67,000 stores the world over. The chain runs small-format convenience stores that stock an assortment of fresh and packaged foods, beverages and items of daily use, and has a presence in markets such as Thailand, the US, and Japan.
The stores in India will focus on fresh and packaged food tailored to Indian tastes, Biyani said. “It will be more food-driven and a very urban- centric format. We will be open 24 hours wherever we can," he said. “I think the urban markets are ready for a format where customers can get their lunch, breakfast, dinner, a lot of food and convenience items."
For now, the chain will focus only on urban areas, he said. “The aim is to go deeper in big cities. We will target busy areas. We have identified corporate parks, educational institutes, bus stops, colleges, and airports."
Future Group is among the largest retailers in India with a presence across supermarkets, grocery stores, electronics, apparel, and other formats. It operates 1,440 stores in more than 400 cities across its Big Bazaar, Easy Day, Nilgiri’s, Fashion at Big Bazaar, and Central formats, among others.
India’s $795 billion retail trade is still dominated by mom-and-pop stores. The share of modern retail trade here was pegged at 9% of the overall retail trade as of 2017. By 2021, the share of modern trade is expected to go up to 18%, driven by a consumer shift towards convenience formats, according to estimates from a February report by Deloitte.
The country has a handful local players such as Modi Enterprises-owned Twenty Four Seven, RJ Corp-owned J-Mart, and In&Out, which operate in the modern convenience store format.
“The organised convenience store format has seen no large, national players," said Ankur Bisen, vice president, retail and consumer products, at consulting firm Technopak. “However, the format can see demand from select urban pockets given the supply of quality real-estate," said Bisen.
“In our view, cracking the convenience store format will be difficult and may include long gestation period in a sharp expansion phase. 7-Eleven, however, will have a higher chance of success given offerings of beverages and food and hence acting as quasi QSR player," financial services firm Jefferies said in a note on Thursday.
