Fast-food chains of Australia

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Pancake Parlour

The Pancake Parlour

The Pancake Parlour is an Australian family-owned pancake restaurant chain, serving sweet and savoury pancakes and crepes with locations in Victoria and the ACT.

The first Pancake Parlour restaurant opened in Gilbert Place, Adelaide on 15 May 1965 as "The Pancake Kitchen" and is still is in operation today as "The Original Pancake Kitchen". The first restaurant was established by Roger Meadmore and Allen and Helen Trachsel. The Trachsels moved to Melbourne opening "The Pancake Parlour" in Market Lane in 1969, whilst Meadmore moved to Sydney and on 17 August 1975 opened "Pancakes on the Rocks". In 1985 the company expanded opening a store in Canberra. There are eleven Melbourne restaurants, with the Doncaster, Highpoint and Malvern East restaurants open 24 hours a day.

Pancake Parlour also serve fish, chicken, salads and scotch fillet steak as well as other breakfast dishes.

Founders Meadmore and the Trachsels, as well as the current chief executive officer, Simon Meadmore, are Church of Scientology members.

Coordinates: 37°48′43.01″S 144°58′04.86″E / 37.8119472°S 144.9680167°E / -37.8119472; 144.9680167

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Pie Face

Pie Face

The Pie Face chain, founded in 2003 in Sydney, Australia, predominantly sells various type of pies and coffee. Following a period of rapid growth in Australia and overseas, the company entered administration in 2014 and the majority of the chain's stores closed. As of 2017 it remained trading, though it had entered receivership the previous year.

Pie Face was established in 2003, and rapidly expanded. After opening a number of stores in Australia, it established stores in New York City during 2012 and New Zealand in late 2013. At its peak the chain had 80 stores in Australia and the United States, and planned to open a further 100 worldwide. Pie Face received $A35 million in funding, including from a number of high profile investors who hoped that it would be eventually listed on the stock market.

In November 2014 Pie Face entered voluntary administration, facing legal action both in Australia and the US. Prior to entering administration it had been considering a stock market listing to be valued at $150 million, and had agreements to establish stores in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. The firm secured financing in December 2014, enabling it to continue trading. However, its focus was shifted mainly to wholesale and retail sales. Large numbers of company-owned and franchised stores closed as result, with the loss of hundreds of jobs.

Pie Face went in receivership again in late 2016, and closed eleven company-owned stores. As at 24 November 2016 approximately 26 franchised stores remained open.

In January 2017 it was reported that the chain was nearing profitability, and now had 30 franchised stores and intended to expand overseas again with a focus on Japan and South Korea. However, it continued to have debts of $9 million, including $1 million owed to staff, and was facing a motion to be wound up for unpaid debts. At this time its receivers told the media that unsecured creditors were unlikely to receive any funds, but they believed the business had significant "growth potential, if properly managed" and seven or eight companies were considering purchasing the chain.

In April 2017, it was acquired by United Petroleum for an undisclosed sum.

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Red Rooster

Red Rooster

Red Rooster is an Australian fast food restaurant chain founded in 1972 that serves roast chicken. Their product range includes whole roasts, half roasts, wraps, burgers, salads and desserts.

As of 2012^[update], there were over 360 Red Rooster stores in all Australian states except Tasmania.

The Kailis family opened the first Red Rooster store in the Perth suburb of Kelmscott, Western Australia in 1972. Myer Emporium (later part of Coles Myer) purchased the business in July 1981. In 1986 Coles Myer bought the Big Rooster chain to expand into the eastern states (except non-Steggles' Queensland stores, formerly known as "Big Rooster", which were purchased in 1992), and renamed the stores "Red Rooster". In May 2002, Red Rooster was purchased by Western Australian company Australian Fast Foods Pty Limited, which owned the competing Chicken Treat fast food chain.

In April 2007, Red Rooster and Chicken Treat were sold for A$180 million to a consortium formed by the management and the venture capital arm of Westpac known as Quadrant Capital.

In April 2009, the Red Rooster chain in New Zealand closed its stores. The first New Zealand outlet, in Takanini had opened in December 2004.

In 2010, Red Rooster changed company-owned stores to franchises.

In June 2011, Quadrant Capital sold Quick Service Restaurants, which owns the Red Rooster chain, for A$450 million to Archer Capital.

Since 2009, Red Rooster has been a signatory of AQSRII (Australian QSR Initiative for Responsible Advertising and Marketing to Children). It has also taken up a self-regulatory standpoint regarding advertising aimed specifically at children and is a long-standing signatory of the Australian Quick Service Restaurant Industry Initiative for Responsible Advertising and Marketing to Children.

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Salsa%27s Fresh Mex Grill

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Schnitz

Schnitz is an Australian, casual-dining restaurant chain specialising in Schnitzel dishes such as Chicken schnitzel, Chicken parmigiana and salads. It is a franchised business with 71 stores in operation throughout Australia. The company continues to expand with new stores around Australia. Schnitz has most of its stores in Victoria, most notably Melbourne and the inner suburbs area including the CBD. they have been expanding into country and rural Victoria opening a store in Bendigo, Central Victoria before opening a store in Shepparton in late 2017.

The first Schnitz store was opened in 2007. 2016 was one of the most successful years for Schnitz opening stores all around Australia including Bendigo, Victoria. In 2016 Schnitz was ranked the 32nd Fastest Growing Frannchise by BRW Fast Franchises after having 75% growth. In 2017 they opened stores in Cairns, Toowoomba, Queensland and Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Schnitz is also planned to open a new store in the Newcastle suburb of Maitland in the 2017/2018 timeline.

Schnitz has over 60 stores Australia wide which includes 2 in Australian Capital Territory, 14 in New South Wales, 10 in Queensland, 43 in Victoria, and 2 in Western Australia. They have yet to expand into South Australia, Northern Territory or Tasmania.

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Spudbar

Spudbar

SpudBAR is an Australian baked potato chain, founded in 2000 in Fitzroy, Victoria. SpudBAR is the largest Australian owned potato franchise with locations in Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland.

SpurBAR currently has 21 active locations across Australia. Its ventures in Western Australia (at Cannington and Joondalup) were unsuccessful, with both stores going out of business.

SpudBAR offers a variety of pre-set menu options as well as a create your own option.

SpudBAR's menus is made up of three major sections:

SpudBAR offers a variety of different spud, salad and snack options depending on customers dietary options. These include;

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Answer 7

Subway (restaurant)

Subway IP, Inc.

Subway IP Inc., (doing business as Subway) is a privately held American fast food restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches (subs) and salads. It is owned and operated by Doctor's Associates, Inc., doing business as Subway IP, Inc. Subway is one of the fastest-growing franchises in the world, with 44,882 restaurants in 112 countries and territories as of December 27, 2016. The United States alone has 26,646 outlets. It is the largest single-brand restaurant chain and the largest restaurant operator in the world.

Subway's international headquarters is in Milford, Connecticut; five regional centers support Subway's international operations. The regional offices for European franchises are located in Amsterdam (Netherlands), the Australian, and New Zealand locations are supported from Brisbane (Australia); the Asian locations are supported from offices in Beirut (Lebanon) and Singapore, and the Latin American support center is in Miami.

In 1965, Fred DeLuca borrowed $1,000 from friend Peter Buck to start "Pete's Super Submarines" in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and in the following year, they formed Doctor's Associates Inc. to oversee operations of the restaurants as the franchise expanded. The holding company derives its name from DeLuca's goal to earn enough from the business to pay tuition for medical school, as well as Buck's having a doctorate in physics. Doctor's Associates is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, any medical organization. In 1968, the sandwich shop was renamed "Subway".

The first Subway on the West Coast was opened in Fresno, California, in 1978. The first Subway outside of North America opened in Bahrain in December 1984. The first Subway in the United Kingdom was opened in Brighton in 1996. In 2004, Subway began opening stores in Walmart supercenters and surpassed the number of McDonald's locations inside U.S. Walmart stores in 2007.

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Answer 8

Sumo Salad

Sumo Salad

Sumo Salad is an Australian salad bar that founded in 2003 in Liverpool Street, Sydney Sydney by Luke Baylis and James Miller.

Initially, Baylis and Miller hired friends and family to develop the business, including a trainer and marketer. In its first decade, Sumo Salad grew through franchising to have 100 stores, including 9 outside of Australia, from Dubai to Singapore.

From 2013 to 2015, Sumo Salad partnered with Paleo diet advocate Pete Evans.

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Uncle Tony%27s Kebabs

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Zambrero

Zambrero is an Australian Quick Service restaurant chain serving Mexican food. It was founded in 2005 in Canberra by then-medical student Dr. Sam Prince with the aim to establish a successful business that also helped people in need. Zambrero achieves its humanitarian aims through its Plate 4 Plate initiative, on a mission to combat world hunger. For every burrito or bowl purchased at Zambrero, a meal is donated to someone in need in the developing world. Similarly, for every product purchased from Zambrero’s retail range, a meal is donated to someone in an underprivileged Australian community.

It opened its first store in Lonsdale Street, Braddon in 2005, opening its 100^th restaurant a decade later in Midland, Perth. Zambrero was recognised as one of Australia’s fastest growing franchises on the BRW Fastest Franchises List for 2011, 2012 and 2013 and Fast 100 List for 2014 and 2015. As of October 2017, it has one hundred and fifty (151) restaurants nationwide. It opened its first restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2014, in New Zealand in November 2014 and the first restaurant in Dublin, Ireland in March 2016.

In conjunction with partner organisations; Rise Against Hunger (formerly known as Stop Hunger Now) and Foodbank, they have donated over 17,000,000 (17 million) meals as of October 2017. They aim to donate one (1) billion meals by 2025.

Dr. Prince was named "The Australian of the Year" for the ACT in 2012 for his Zambrero-funded philanthropy. In 2008 he was named “Outstanding Young Person of the World’’ in the Junior Chambers International, in 2011 he was awarded the ‘Weary Dunlop Fellowship’ and in 2015 was runner up of CEO Magazine’s “Chairman of the Year” award.

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