Australia

Speaking to QSR Media, Andy Masood, Head of Development & Supply Chain at Yum shared the growth plans for Pizza Hut in Australia over the next 8 to 10 years. Seeing the pizza category as a growing category in terms of outlets and also frequency of purchase by customers, he will be spearheading a national campaign to increase the number of stores to around 500 from their current 270 stores nationally. Most of these will be franchised. Building on their strong brand awareness and the existing market penetration they will be targeting major metro cities first then moving to smaller regional areas. Masood advised that the plan will be to "slowly build momentum" and will be based on "solid unit economics, offering the right return of investment to franchisees". This marks a change of focus and strategy for Yum as more emphasis is put into their individual KFC and Pizza Hut brands following the appointment of a dedicated CEO to each chain.  

There was a time when restaurants and healthy foods didn't exactly mix together. Restaurants, then, would rather offer their customers quick-served-fried menus to meet the demands of their fast-paced lifestyle.

BMF will lead Domino's strategic direction and creative advertising for its Australian and New Zealand business.

Eagle Boys is expecting to sell more than 700,000 pizzas between Good Friday (22 April) and 26 April.

Go Sushi's "Egg-cellent Fun Pack" has been developed around encouraging kids to make healthy food choices.

Eagle Boys, Mad Mex and Nando's all aim to go outside the box and expand their borders in 2011.

CEO Sophie Valkan talks with QSR Media on where the group is at and about its legal woes.

Nando's and Boost are both thrilled to announce a trial joint promotion following the launch of a new Nando's restaurant in Greenwood Plaza, North Sydney.

We talk to Owen Scott, National Sales Manager, Task Retail Technology and find out what differentiates their POS systems and why being an Australian owned and operated company makes such a difference. We put the following questions to Owen:

Eagle Boys Pizza will next Monday join forces with Video Ezy's Flash Rewards program as part of its expansion drive.

Talking exclusively to QSR Media Luke Baylis, MD, Sumo Salad gave his overall negative opinion of “Impractical, problematic and cumbersome legislation” the NSW government passed last year.

Tim Tighe who had been with the company for 6 years left last week.

To kick off the refurbishment program 40 stores will immediately begin the transformation with more stores being added to the program at different stages this year.

The crisis phase of the QLD floods has now passed and attention to the affected communities has inevitably dwindled.

In the second installment Mark Lindsay talks about the key growth strategies for the group, the role of Quadrant Private Equity and his views on some of the challenges the industry is facing.

A series of new and revamped websites for Franchised Food Company and each of its brands have been launched.