Australia

With up to 30% of total revenues being spent on staffing, operators are being forced to raise their menu prices to offset increasing labor costs.

The dessert chain unveiled its November Flavour of the Month.

Many retailers expect Christmas 2016 sales to exceed 2015.

The Fair Work Ombudsman said Shinobu Sushi Bar provided false records during an audit.

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The Vietnamese food brand is looking for the balance between technology, automation, and the 'human touch'.

The chain switched to serving 100% sow stall free pork in all of its taquerias nationally.

Held at the RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast, Zarraffa's Coffee crowned its 2016 Franchisee of the Year.

All created by school children who won a nationwide Christmas Cup Art Competition.

The brand was founded in 1996, and now has over 360 coffee houses throughout Australia.

Michel's Patisserie Toronto won at the Retail Food Group annual conference. The brand took out the Brand Contribution Award at the event.

The brand opened its seventh New Zealand site.

Airing Thursday 3rd November at 7:30 pm.

Five years ago, a recognised franchisor had been supplying coffee from one of Australia's largest coffee roasters and from one of Italy's best-known coffee roasters. The set-up allowed the franchisor to earn royalty income, but Rob Murrell, sales director at Espressology, says what really took the franchisor's business to the next level was when it decided to make a private in-house branded blend that more than tripled their like-store coffee sales.

In celebration of the launch, Red Rooster will deliver a free roast chicken with the first 100,000 new online delivery orders.