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This is in addition to the existing food-to-go concept agreement between the two companies.Oliver’s Real Food announced it has entered into a master franchise agreement to appoint EG Fuelco (Australia) Limited (EG), as its exclusive franchisee of its branded restaurants in the country’s petrol and convenience sector.The new agreement builds on the two companies’ existing food-to-go concept deal, which has already seen Oliver’s branded concessions present in 90 petrol service station across EG retail outlets five months since launch.The first EG-franchised Oliver’s Real Food outlet is planned to open in Western Sydney before end-2020. EG’s exclusive rights to the brand are based upon meeting and maintaining minimum performance criteria.Oliver’s, meanwhile, is not restricted from operating its current corporate store network, and or opening more locations on highway service centers and travel centers. It also maintains all rights to open, operate or franchise, all other market segments such as airports, hospitals, train stations, universities, shopping centres.The initial term of the agreement will be 10 years, with an option to renew the term for a further 10 years provided that both parties agree.“This is an exciting step in our evolution. Working with EG on the Oliver’s food-to-go offering has allowed us to glimpse the potential [of] this partnership. EG has enormous belief in our concept and is prepared to make a significant investment in growing the Oliver’s brand in the petrol and convenience sector in Australia. This partnership will provide Oliver’s with a material expansion opportunity, without the capital requirement we would normally require to execute such a large scale store rollout,” Oliver’s CEO Tammie Philips said in a statement.“The ambition is to follow the blueprint of EG’s partnerships with Greggs and other food retailers in the UK, expanding the nature of the service station forecourt, to become a food retail destination,” Oliver’s founder and chairman Jason Gunn added.

The move is a result of the chain’s creation of a new organisational structure in the APAC region.

The item is available until 2 November.KFC announced the roll out of its Popcorn Chicken Slab for limited time, a year after testing it in nine restaurants in Ballarat.The cult menu item is made of six soft dinner rolls filled with Popcorn Chicken, cheese and barbeque sauce.“When our fans heard about it, there were pleas to make it available across the country. We listened to our fans, and it’s now available across all our restaurants for everyone to tuck into and enjoy,” KFC Australia chief marketing officer Kristi Woolrych said in a media release.The Slab will be available in KFC restaurants nationwide from 6 October until 2 November.Photo credit: Dan Gosse

The pizza chain’s ‘Feed the Knead’ programme is also available nationwide.Domino’s announced its registered charity Give for Good has a new three-year partnership withnational suicide prevention charity Lifeline.Give for Good will give Lifeline $750,000 over the period to help fund the phased roll-out of a text support service across Australia as part of the latter’s digital transformation.Lifeline’s text service pilot, conducted from July 2018 to February 2019, revealed that more than53% who accessed the text line were under 24 years old, with 42% stating they “would not have reached out for support in any other way.”“With around 80% of our own Domino’s workforce under the age of 25, this partnership holds particular significance for our team members,” Domino’s ANZ CEO and Give for Good board member Nick Knight said. “Since the COVID-19 outbreak in March, Lifeline has experienced a 25 per cent increase in calls, to over 3,000 calls daily – that’s a call for help every thirty seconds.”Domino’s earlier said its community-based ‘Feed the Knead’ giving programme is now available in every state and territory Australia-wide.Feed the Knead was launched to encourage franchisees, team members and customers to provide localised support in the form of free pizza.Since the pandemic first hit, Domino’s and its registered charity Give for Good have donated more than 50,000 pizzas to those in need.

Thousands of restaurants will be taking part with deals available for the next three months.Deliveroo app and website users can get 20% off every Monday to Wednesday, courtesy of the platform’s ‘Early Week’ offering.Running until the end of the year, the deal will see thousands of restaurants offer discounted meals.Ribs & Burgers, Zeus Street Greek and Huxtaburger are just some of those participating in this week’s deal, as well as Royal Stacks and Oriental Teahouse in Melbourne, Thirsty Bird and Mary’s in Sydney, Perth’s Ischia, Cheeky Chook in Adelaide and Sushi Kotobuki in Brisbane.The deal is available on orders over $30. Customers are told to look out for the 20% off tag when they order via Deliveroo to receive the discount. In support of the Early Week Deals, Deliveroo said that the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is providing a fund of $200,000 to support and promote certified Japanese restaurants across Australia through their sales on Deliveroo. Over 70 restaurants will benefit from the scheme with their inclusion in the Early Week Deals promotion fully funded by the partnership.

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The range is available at select stores.

The service features an automated voice call that is triggered within 600 metres of a customer’s address.

The move also allows the fast casual chain access to insights to consumer preferences and behaviours.

The chain has 15 stores across the city.

ANZ boss Nick Knight also confirmed the pizza chain’s new Carpark Delivery service will roll out nationally soon.

The supersized item was launched in 2010.

Offer ends on 27 September.

Orders will be collected at the eatery's counter or designated pick-up bays.