Australia

From my observations of a number of businesses over the past 6-9 months it is very apparent that most businesses are very good in some areas of their business and not so good in areas that could make major differences to their actual operating basis and their profitability.

SMH reports that more than 120,000 burgers were sold in less than three hours.

Noodle Box chose six of the most famous characters and put them atop limited edition chopsticks for kids.

CEO Don Meij said their stores are desperately in need of additional staff to fulfill orders and deliveries.

Mad Mex have ambitious growth targets for 2012 to at least double their store count. Find out in this interview with their CEO and founder Clovis Young how they are going to get there and how their business is changing.

Hungry Jack's has recently launched its College of Executive Development (CED).  This is one of the initiatives that is promoted through JEDI, their internal platform for engagement, training and communications. QSR Media has a closer look at JEDI and particularly the College of Executive Development in this Q&A with their CEO, Aaron McKie. 

QSR Media has been told of plans of ex Souvlakihut franchisees to talk to Channel 9's "A Current Affair". QSR Media understands this will be telling the personal story of what happened when Souvlakihut went into administration in 2010 under Bill and John Fotiadis, and how it affected people. Broken marriages, losing family homes, and in one instance a heart attack and death of a young franchise owner are just some of the terrible consequences. Ex franchisees also allege they were "mislead and lied to about the food costs and other fixed costs".  

The goal is to double the number of Mad Mex locations this year to 30.

At least three more stores are set to open in 2012, including one in Sydney.

Survey shows 86 percent of Australians are in favour of fast food restaurants including calorie counts on menus.

This is what The Sydney Morning Herald found in an interview with Grill’d founder Simon Crowe.

Foodco said it does not endorse nor condone the offensive remarks broadcast on The Circle last week.

Many Chief Marketing Officers (CMO’s) are struggling to know where to begin with social media; What channels (Twitter, Facebook etc.,) will work for them? How will they engage their audience? What budget should be set? How will they effectively build a trusting relationship with the consumer?

In this exclusive interview RFG's CEO Tony Alford outlines the rationale behind the recent purchase of Pizza Capers and their plans for the future.

The win was part of the inaugural Roy Morgan Research Customer Satisfaction Awards.

The winner of the Unlock the Gold Rock competition was awarded a 24 carat gold bullion bar worth more than $10,000.