Type Private Number of employees >3000 (2016) Founder Fred Shahin | Revenue A$1.9b (2016) Website www.peregrine.com.au Founded 1984 | |
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Industry Petrol stations
convenience stores Headquarters Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | ||
The Peregrine Corporation is a South Australian family-owned company which operates the On The Run brand of service stations and convenience stores in South Australia. It was founded in 1984 with the purchase of a service station in Woodville by Fred Shahin. In 2016 it was listed at number 14 in The Australian Financial Review's "Top 500 Private Companies", with an estimated annual revenue of A$1.90b.
Peregrine bought the Mobil fuel outlets in South Australia in 2010 and 25 company-owned BP outlets in 2014. The acquired sites were rebranded and upgraded to 24-hour On The Run sites. The acquisitions and ongoing construction resulted in the company having over 130 sites by 2016.
In 2015 Peregrine announced plans to redevelop the former Mitsubishi Motors Australia test site outside Tailem Bend, South Australia as the The Bend Motorsport Park to be opened in 2017.
History
Fathi (Fred) Shahin a Palestinian moved to Lebanon during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War with his family when he was ten years old. After working for the United Nations for 27 years, he and his family migrated to Australia. When he couldn't find a job, he bought the service station. The company now owns a chain of 24-hour convenience stores operating under the On The Run (OTR) brand. Many of the stores operate as fuel outlets, alongside other brands such as Subway, Brumby's Bakeries, Oporto, and Wendy's. As of 2014, the business is run by Fred Shahin's sons Khalil (Charlie), Yasser and Samer (Sam).