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The bakery café brand will be supporting the charity through financial and intangible contributions.

The franchise aims to make sushi a healthy dinner alternative.

Sumo Salad recently announced their collaboration with celebrity chef Pete Evans. This interview with both Pete & Luke touches on the rationale behind the move, what their expectation is for the range and how the industry is changing.

Pie Face received excellent publicity recently when they appeared on the David Letterman Show. Having recently opened their first US store near the David Letterman theatre this was a natural fit. Click here to watch the video.

Crust Gourmet Pizza Bars has introduced nine menu items and is daring pizza lovers to try something new.

Diners get the chance to win a year's supply of Burritos.

QSRH said the post will be integral in achieving the Group’s ongoing objective of excellence in operational execution as the company enters a phase of significant growth.

The current ‘buy 10, get 1 free’ stamped loyalty card will no longer be handed out.

Pizza Capers has been dominant in QLD for many years, they are now extending their brand to other parts of Australia. QSR Media sat down with Scott Geiszler, their co-founder to find out how they are bucking the retail trend, we asked Scott:

To celebrate the launch, they’re handing out complimentary sushi platters.

Innovation in the Fast Food Industry – Greening the Supply Chain

The partnership is a campaign for Australians to say no to unhealthy lunches.

On 26th Jan, Australia Day, Pie Face opened their first US store. This is also their first store out of Australia, commenting on the launch Ben Macpherson their CMO stated "New Yorkers are adopting our offer. We have had a very positive response from customers who appear to love the food and coffee. The meat or savoury pie has had very little traction in the US until now, even though its incredibly popular in Australia, the UK and other parts of the world. The bottom line, a pie done well (like Pie Face does), is a great lunch/snack/dinner option. We think Pie Face has got the right combination of product mix with our bakery café offer as well as pies (especially great coffee which is hard to find in the US), fun brand, and ability to educate the customer through retail stores to drive market penetration. Even though the US is a highly competitive market, there are no pies (as we know them) and certainly nothing like Pie Face. Its still very very early, but the initial response is extremely encouraging with opening store sales surpassing expectations".

The gourmet pizza brand plans to put up 25 new stores in 2012.

The undeniable – but often ignored – link between training and service excellence.

QSR Media received reports after our story “What are Alibaba’s plans for the next 12 months” and we followed up with Alibaba’s MD Robert Marjan who made the following comment when asked about the business being for sale : “Ali Baba is definitely not looking to sell the business. We are very committed to the long term strategy of reinvigorating the brand and growing store numbers.”