Why are 7-11 stores in Brisbane CBD all manned by Asians?

Question

I notice that the cashiers in all the 7-11 stores in Brisbane CBD are Asians. Why is that? Are Asians taking up the franchise of 7-11 stores?

Answer 1

Many Asians come into the country with dollars to spend on buying a business so I guess these shops have been up for sale and they hope to make a living while being able to live in our wonderful Country. I say good luck to them I wouldn't want to buy one with the robberies that happen now

Answer 2

Why does it matter? It's their money - they can do what they want with it and some have decided to start a franchise with 7 Eleven. There is no law stating that "You must of whatever heritage to start a business".

If you have the money, why don't you start up your own so you won't have to face them?

Don't like to buy from them? Go elsewhere. There's no need to complain. It's not like they sell cheap imported products. It won't make much of a difference anyway if one less person shops from them. You don't scare them.

Answer 3

that happens in ALOT of places in australia. soon asians will rule australia and will over populate australia like they have done to china already. plus they dont seem to mind opening there own buisness because others seem to be more eager towards being employees rather than employers

Answer 4

Because in order to immigrate to Australia you must own a business..so migrants get million of dollars from overseas to buy business in Australia.

Obviously you will need to be pretty well off overseas to buy business here but money doesn't seem to be a problem for asians. i think their pretty rich

Answer 5

well, all the 7-11 here have Mexican cashiers? some Arabians too...

im guessing it all comes down to who applys for the job...  

Answer 6

I think that many Asians have extremely good work ethic, and combined with the fact that many of these businesses are family owned and run, which would be very cost effective, then they would be a good way to earn an income.  Quite a few of these types of small supermarkets also have accommodation attached which would also help with finances.  No fuel costs to travel to work ... the list goes on.

Many of these shop owners have poor English, so getting a job could prove difficult, and they would therefore be limited in the wage that they could bring home.  

The biggest problem seems to be, that the shops are allowed to become  run down, and therefore don't appeal to many people.  When you are a business that is trying to compete with large supermarket chains - that are now open much longer, then this can become a barrier to business survival.

Prices are usually quite high, stock can be out of date and I find it a bit difficult to cope with what is a huge language barrier in our local 7-11, so I shop elsewhere.