The Puma Service Station in Cannonvale closed its doors suddenly last week with staff saying they were given very little notice before they were left unemployed.
“Yes, they closed us forever, the lease wasn’t renewed,” said a staff member named Anthea.
“Gonna miss all my amazing staff and customers, we got a month’s notice which was a huge shock as I had just employed two new staff a week before and they gave up good jobs to come work at Puma.”
In 2020, American company, Chevron, purchased Puma which had previously been one of Australia’s largest independent fuel retail chains.
It operated a network of about 360 retail fuel, 222 shops and dozens of cafes and truck stops.
For the past three years, Chevron have been gradually rebranding all its assets to Caltex.
Ampol, which had been using the name Caltex, has also been gradually returning its outlets to the Ampol brand, since American company Chevron withdrew its licence to use the Caltex name in Australia.
No information is yet available about the fate of the Cannonvale service station, but if it follows the national trend, it will eventually be re-opened as a Caltex.
Meanwhile, many local customers are disappointed that their favourite servo has closed its doors.
They took to Facebook to express their disappointment stating that it had “the best hot box and the friendliest service I had ever seen around.”
Another said the service station had “the best mince burgers and savoury mince jaffles ever” and they were “the only place in Cannonvale to make fresh sandwiches.”
The Puma Servo closed down, giving staff only a month’s notice. Photo credit: Bec Douthwaite
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