Australia

The Coffee Club donates $20,000 to non-profit for children

The coffee brand sold $2 tokens across stores and facilitated direct donations from customers to support the fundraising.

The Coffee Club donates $20,000 to non-profit for children

The coffee brand sold $2 tokens across stores and facilitated direct donations from customers to support the fundraising.

Store expansion slowed in past three months: report

Of those tracked by GapMaps, Soul Origin, KFC and Schnitz lead openings

Huxtaburger to open in Melbourne’s Bourke Street

The brand confirmed growth within Melbourne and teased “taking the Huxtaburger brand experience to new states and [t]erritories.”

Guzman y Gomez opens 53rd QLD restaurant

The Mexican chain was recently valued at $1.2 billion.

Muffin Break releases latest Bean Poll results

Voting closes on 20 May, with results being posted to Muffin Break’s official Facebook page the evening before the official election.

For Milksha, Australia’s bubble tea market has yet to burst

Milksha Australia’s director Jeffrey Lin details plans to establish a presence in every state.

More loyalty programme members are making the most of benefits — here what it means for QSRs

71% of members indicated that the loyalty programmes have an impact on how much and how often they purchase.

Hungry Jack’s raises over $1.52m for Make-A-Wish

Make-A-Wish Australia has been supporting critically ill children in the Australian community for the past 36 years.

Guzman y Gomez opens 39th Sydney store

To celebrate the opening, the chain offered $5 burritos and bowls, free coffee, along with a live mariachi band.

Magellan Financial Group agrees to sell stake in Guzman y Gomez

The transaction is expected to be completed in two tranches in June and July, generating an estimated pre-tax profit on the sale of $34 million in FY22.

Domino’s registered charity signs one-year partnership with Disaster Relief Australia

Give for Good will be contributing $100,000 over the next 12 months to the disaster relief organisation’s ‘Project Resilience’ goal.

Zambrero on track to reach 200-store milestone in June

The chain recently opened its 197th local restaurant, located in Burpengary.

Amidst the industry’s push for repeat transactions, Soul Origin wants to make a leap in customer loyalty to help drive future initiatives

Making a leap with loyalty will also help Soul Origin explore opportunities to get a bigger bite of “shoulder” dayparts, COO Adam Neill said.

TGI Fridays ANZ operator OKd to offer sub-franchising opportunities

This makes Australia the first of over 60 markets to sub-franchise the brand. 

Guzman y Gomez launches soft serve dessert

Currently, it’s available in over 50 of their restaurants.