Unstaffed, fuel-only stations are proving a success, petrol retailer Ampol says. The company converted 27 of its Australian petrol stations to its unmanned U-Go sites in 2025, taking its portfolio to 46, out of 622 company-operated Australian sites as of December 31.
U-Go sites operating for at least 12 months were showing a 50 per cent uplift in fuel volumes and an average of $350,000 earnings improvement, Ampol chief executive Matt Halliday told analysts on Monday. “We’re really pleased with it,” he said.
“We are seeing that it’s taking about six months for the local market to settle on that operating model, but we’re really pleased with the success we’re seeing once it takes hold.”
The unstaffed sites were open around the clock and designed to compete in the “second franchise operator” end of the market, Mr Halliday said. He said Ampol’s high-end convenience Foodary stations were also going “from strength to strength”.
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