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What are the three biggest hurdles for QSR retailers?

Shopping Centre outlet owners need to overcome tougher financing, rising wages and the online retail competition.

What are the three biggest hurdles for QSR retailers?

Shopping Centre outlet owners need to overcome tougher financing, rising wages and the online retail competition.

Pizza Hut launches Sticky Fingers TV campaign

The 15-second commercial by M&C Saatchi will air for five weeks nationwide.

Jack Cowin joins Fairfax Board as independent director

The appointment of the Competitive Foods Australia founder is effective immediately.

Wowcow to open in Parramatta

The Grand Opening is happening on Saturday 21st July from 11am to 4pm.

Hungry Jack's focus on flavour supremacy in new ad campaign

The ad features the tagline ‘People, forget bland, you need to Eat Righteous’.

Want your QSR to do a "deal of the day"?

In part 1 of this series we interviews Raife Watson, Director of Sales and Strategy, Living Social, and find out the basics.

Find out the different ways that QSR’s are using their loyalty programmes

Loyalty programmes continue to be a powerful revenue-generating tool for QSR’s as some reach hundreds of thousands of members, and delivering a huge chunk of in-store traffic and transactions.

Dreamy Donuts to give away coffee machines

Customers with creative explanations as to why they want a coffee machine in their home stand to win an Ascaso coffee machine and grinder and 1kg of Dreamy Donuts Arabica coffee beans.

Jamaica Blue launches Stop Before You Shop promo

Jamaica Blue cafés will be giving away 20 $1,000 VISA vouchers as well as one $10,000 VISA voucher.

Landlords face growing concessions to survive the slump

Declining foot traffic and a plague of tenant closures are challenging mall owners to rethink or even relent on their leasing policies.

Coffee equipment served with extra shot of advice

Swiss coffee equipment manufacturer FRANKE makes it a point to consult with QSR owners to find precise solutions for their coffee programs.

McDonald's Australia taps Leo Burnett as advertising agency for McCafé & Family portfolios

McDonald’s longstanding agency partner, DDB, will retain the lion’s share of the McDonald’s portfolio.

Ali Baba teams up with OzHarvest

The kebab franchise has become the first major QSR to regularly donate pre-prepared healthy meals to OzHarvest.

The Coffee Club enters Egyptian cafe market

The Coffee Club opened its first store in Tivoli Dome on Egypt’s North Coast.

More chicken from McDonald's?

Chicken will play a major role in McDonald's Corporation CEO Don Thompson’s decisions, says Business Insider.

Are QSR’s facing tougher terms from landlords?

Two franchises reveal how the tough business climate has affected negotiations on leasing rates, renewals and bank guarantees.

Product of the Month - KFC's Sweet Sesame Crunch

QSR Media finds out more about this new product: