Australia

Zarraffa’s Maroochydore bags top franchisee company award for 2013

They also won the ‘Rookie of the Year’ award last year.

Here's what you need to know about crafting a great PR plan

Every franchise is trying to grab media attention, so if you want to see your name in print rather than that of your competitors, you must have a well crafted public relations plan. This needs to cover a wide range of activities across all mediums, and should promote not just you, the franchisor, but also your franchisees, and the company’s products or services. Also, it’s not enough just to devise the plan, it must be implemented diligently and the results should be monitored, so you know what works and what doesn’t.

Zambrero to give 100,000 meals to Nicaraguan children

As part of their Plate 4 Plate fundraising day.

Market update on MOS Burger's Aust plans

Japanese Giant, MOS Burger gives us an update.

RFG’s earnings jumps 13.3% to $34.3m

They plan to launch 400 outlets by 2015.

4 things you need to know about Zambrero's kiosk concept

They plan to roll out 20 more kiosk stores in the next two years.

Lord of the Fries on the prowl for new Sydney stores

This is following their Sydney store opening.

Chatime reveals 4 key trends in tea industry

Check out the exclusive interview here.