Australia

According to the latest research, tidy dining areas and fresh bathrooms are more important than service to restaurant guests. During a visit to a restaurant, a guest looks at 7,000 details across all areas of the restaurant, and nine out of ten guests consider tidiness and cleanliness more important than service. These are some of the findings from a research initiative around restaurants and the guest experience carried out on behalf of professional hygiene brand, Tork. The initiative included a survey of 3,000 restaurant guests and a unique eye-tracking experiment devised to learn how a restaurant is perceived through the eyes of a guest.

From last minute building changes, to airfreighting specialist equipment, the fitout for Carl’s Jr’s landmark Australian store was a huge task for all involved. Thankfully, Comcater’s National Accounts Manager Manfred Wittek worked tirelessly with Carl’s Jr. General Manager Rodney Moran to ensure the store was ready for their grand opening.

The fast food chain appointed Jenni Dill to the role of VP Chief Marketing Officer McDonald’s Australia.

The brand partnered with "MAYEIGHT The date to catch up with a mate", a new men's health initiative from the Movember Foundation.

The brand is putting its Creative Department bookings for June after its May bookings sold out in two weeks.

Chef and restaurateur David Thompson confirmed that his Thai street food restaurant, Long Chim, will be opening in Sydney.

Find out what QSRs have been up to on social media this week.

The Mexican food chain announced that "The Big Burrito Challenge" will return for the month of May, inviting its fans to #unleashthebeast to conquer the one kilogram Big Burrito.

QSR Media got to sit down with Vanessa Rowed, Oporto’s Head of Marketing, to talk about the brand's new 'pequino' format store, the new format designed to make the brand's signature Bondi burger more accessible through more locations across Australia.

According to a story by the Crain's Chicago Business, the fast food chain is rolling out a new 'simpler recipe' for its Chicken McNuggets that will remove artificial preservatives.

Expanding the new range of Tuxedo Ice Cream Cakes launched in February, the dessert chain introduced a specialty Mother’s Day Tuxedo Ice Cream Cakes for guests to treat their Mums.

The global iced tea chain operating in 26 countries around the world with over 1,100 locations unveiled a new TVC ‘Storm in a Tea Cup’.

The Mooloolaba-based fresh food franchise is experiencing rapid growth with four new stores opening in quick succession.

Albert Smith Signs specialises in the development of identity products, utilising its understanding of the importance of “branding” to translate brand identity to market share and corporate success. From street signage to global branding, Albert Smith Signs delivers a fresh approach to showcasing your brand on signs, buildings, exhibitions and more, using a vast array of materials and sophisticated software programs that keep your brand message relevant.

The idea of using cloud technology may seem a little daunting, and you may think: The business is running smoothly so why change what’s working?

With more competitors popping up and rents rising, Australian quick service restaurants want to cut down as many costs as possible. This might even convince store owners and managers to seek out cheaper but less experienced fitout firms to design their new store, thinking this will save them precious dollars in the process.