Australia

QSR Media talks to Fred Pose, Gelatissimo’s Franchise Development Manager, to discuss where the brand is headed for 2016.

By Steve Champion, Managing Director, ER Strategies

The brand released its financial results ended December 31 2016, and recorded underlying net profit growth of 56.7% to $45.6 million.

The brand came out with the following statement from Karim Messih, CEO, in reaction to the research done by The George Institute about the kilojoule count of the brand's nachos.

According to a story by the Sydney Morning Herald, a bowl of pork nachos with garlic sauce from the Mexican food chain contains 5005 kilojoules, beating out the Ultimate Double Whopper from Hungry Jack's (4773 kilojoules) as the most kilojoule-heavy meal among brands.

According to a story by the Korea Herald, McDonald’s Korea said that it will open its first Asian outlet serving beer later this month in Pangyo Techno Valley, Gyeonggi Province.

The brand introduced its new Drip Cakes, having been conceptualised from dessert trends across the globe, and drizzled with flavoured ganache and hand decorated with a selection of sweets.

The burger chain launched its Better Beef guarantee which promises “No Added Hormones” in all its beef patties.

The merged brands of Noodle Box and Wokinabox announced their evolution into Asian Restaurant Concepts, which will be the new owner of the brands.

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

On leadership, emotion, and evolution.

QSR Media talks to the Wilder Ruiz, Executive Chairman of the Arbalo Group, owners of the Red Rock brand, about their new pizza brand, Pizziano.

The brand is launching two new stores in Queensland and Victoria as part of its continuing rollout.

Hungry Jack’s announced it will begin phasing out caged eggs, promising to be completely cage-free across its network of more than 400 restaurants by the end of 2017.

The brand announced the addition of a new Multigrain Wrap to its subs and salads menu, marking the first product from a QSR in Australia to register with the wholegrain industry standard.

The brand is launching a promotion from February 11 to 14 in celebration of Valentine's Day.