Fast-food chains of Australia

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Answer 1

Bing Boy

Bing Boy

Bing Boy is an Australian chain of urban Asian street food restaurants, founded in Adelaide in 2011. The chain specialises in jianbing (also called Chinese crepes).

The first Bing Boy store was opened in Southern Cross Arcade at Rundle Mall, Adelaide, in June 2011. Founder Ming Ma modeled Bing Boy on the concept of fresh, fast delivery of jianbing that he says is common in China. At Bing Boy stores, bings made of traditional thin wheat omelette with various fillings, are made in full view of patrons.

The first Melbourne Bing Boy opened in November 2012.

In March 2016, two Melbourne franchised Bing Boy outlets—at Northland Shopping Centre and Myer in the CBD—were investigated by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The Ombudsman found that staff were being illegally paid at rates well below the minimum wage.

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Answer 2

Boost Juice

Boost Juice Bars

Boost Juice Bars is an international chain of retail outlets that specialise in selling fruit juice. Boost Juice Bars was formed in 2000 with the first store located in Adelaide, South Australia. The company has expanded internationally with stores in Asia, Europe, Russia and the Middle East through franchising.

The founder of Boost Juice Bars, Janine Allis, noticed the fad of the juice bar when on holiday in the United States in 1999. With her husband, Janine Allis decided to bring the idea to Australia. In 2000, Allis opened her first Boost Juice Bar in King William Street, Adelaide while she was on maternity leave. At the end of 2004, Boost Juice had 175 stores operating across Australia and New Zealand.

In May 2006, Boost Juice Bars ceased operations in New Zealand after the franchiser (which operated all the New Zealand stores) was put into liquidation. The stores were sold to Tank Juice who are now operating them under the Tank brand.

In 2007, the founders of Millies Cookies, Richard O'Sullivan and Mario Budwig, signed an agreement with Boost Juice Bars to launch the brand in the United Kingdom. By the end of the year, the company had also expanded into Chile, Kuwait, Singapore, Indonesia and, most recently, Thailand.

In 2008, Nestlé launched a range of fruit smoothies in association with Boost Juice Bars, to operate alongside the company's expansion into the United Kingdom.

Between 2009 and 2012, a Boost store operated in China, but it was plagued by problems—the store opening was delayed, the shop-fit was average and the product was not as good as expected.

In 2010 Riverside Company bought a 65% stake in the Boost Investment Group, paying around $65 million for the share. That year, Boost Juice launched "Boost the way you feel" rebranding to mark its 10th anniversary. Allis also participated in the Channel Ten TV show Undercover Boss.

In 2011, Boost Juice signed a franchise agreement for India.

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Bucking Bull

A bucking bull is a bull used in American rodeo bull riding competition. They are usually a Brahma crossed with another breed, weighing 1,500 pounds or more, selected for their tendency to "leap, plunge and spin" when a human is on its back. Circa mid-20th century breeders began selecting bulls for bad temperament, that would buck when ridden. Many of the best bucking bulls trace their lineage to bulls owned by Charlie Plummer of Oklahoma. These are known as Plummer bulls.

In some competitions between bulls, with a purse amounting to tens of thousands of dollars per event, the bulls are ridden by electronic dummies, not rodeo bull riders. Good performing bulls attain a celebrity status and can be considered a star athlete in their own right, and a valiant competitor on the field against the human rider.

The first sale of breeding cows out of champion bucking bulls was in 1999.

The percent of top professional riders staying on the bull for a full eight second "out" has dropped from 75% in the early 1990s to 35% circa 2014. This has led to criticism that the breeding has resulted in excessively aggressive and dangerous animals.

Notable bucking bulls include Bodacious, Bushwacker, Chicken on a Chain, Dillinger, Little Yellow Jacket and Skoal Pacific Bell. A bull named Panhandle Slim has had four clones, with identical bucking patterns, that qualified for the Professional Bull Riders World Finals.

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Answer 4

Burger Theory

Burger Theory

Burger Theory is a chain of hamburger restaurants based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded as a food truck in 2011, they expanded to operate three stores in the state.

Founded in 2011 by Dan Mendelson and Rob Dean as a food truck, the company is credited with bringing the food truck movement to South Australia. They started before the Adelaide City Council had legislation regarding food trucks in place, preventing the truck from working on city streets. However, a pilot program was created by the council later that year permitting Burger Theory to operate on a limited number of street sites in the central business district.

In 2012 Mendelson and Dean opened Pearl's Diner as their first bricks and mortar premises, before opening a dedicated Burger Theory store in Adelaide the following year. They subsequently opened outlets at Flinders University and the University of Adelaide. In late 2015 they opened a store in Melbourne, but this proved unsuccessful. Still looking to expand, in 2016 they signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese investor in which it was planned to open 120 franchises of Burger Theory in China.

In 2017 they announced that they would no longer sell chicken and bacon at their store, and their existing beef burgers would be a combination of beef fat and kangaroo meat.

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Answer 5

Burger Urge

Burger Urge

Burger Urge is a Brisbane-based Gourmet Burger chain founded by brothers Sean and Colby Carthew in 2007, as a small local restaurant on Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley. Sean and Colby had returned from working as leading international male runway models to create Australia's best gourmet burger.

As of 2016, Burger Urge has grown to 19 restaurants within Queensland and will open stores in New South Wales and the Northern Territory in 2017.

Burger Urge's menu includes burgers, wings, fries, salads, and various sides. Vegan and gluten free options for people with restricted diets are also provided. Beverages include craft beers and cider, tap beer, milkshakes and soft drinks.

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Answer 6

Chicken Treat

Chicken Treat

Chicken Treat is an Australian barbecue chicken fast food restaurant chain.

Chicken Treat has over 60 outlets within Western Australia, and two in Central Queensland. The company provides a range of rotisserie chicken, fried chicken and burger meals. Chicken Treat also offers catering services for families, groups and businesses.

The chain originated in 1976 in Perth, Western Australia and later expanded throughout Australia.

In 1989 Chicken Treat and its main east coast rival, Big Rooster, became allies as Australian Fast Foods Pty Limited. In early 2002, the parent company Australian Fast Foods purchased Red Rooster from Coles Myer. This was followed by a period of rebranding, changing existing stores outside of Western Australia from Chicken Treat to the more established Red Rooster brand, although there are a few areas where Red Rooster and Chicken Treat co-exist.

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

In Early 2011 QSR Holdings acquired the Western Australian Chooks brand (formerly known as River Rooster), converting said stores into direct-service outlets with no drive-thru service. These stores all carry the newer Chicken Treat branding.

In June 2011 Archer Capital acquired Quick Service Restaurant Holdings (QSR) from Quadrant Private Equity for an estimated $450 million (including Red Rooster and Oporto).

In October 2015 the chain began using "Betty the Chicken" to run the company's Twitter account in an attempt to secure an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. The company now has over 8,000 followers as a result.

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Craveable Brands

Craveable Brands is an Australian fast food company. It has been owned by Archer Capital since June 2011. It owns the Chicken Treat, Oporto and Red Rooster brands with 560 restaurants in Australia.

In May 2017 the company was renamed from Quadrant Service Restaurants to Craveable Brands in advance of a proposed stock market flotation.

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Answer 9

Donut King

Donut King

Donut King is Australia's biggest doughnut franchise, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

The Donut King chain was founded in 1981 in Sydney, and is currently managed, under licence, by the Gold Coast-based Retail Food Group Limited. Retail Food Group also manages Michel's Patisserie, Brumby's Bakeries, and bb's Cafe, with a total of 1050 stores within Australia and New Zealand.

As of April 2012, there were over 350 Donut King stores in Australia in almost every major shopping centre. In July 2008, Donut King entered into a master licence agreement with Shanghai-based Mak Brands, marking the Australian brand's first foray into the China market. There are now 14 stores in China.

Besides doughnuts, Donut King also serves a variety of other food items and beverages such as coffee and teas, soft drinks, milkshakes, soft serve ice creams, frozen carbonated beverages, and hot dogs. Many of these are offered along with doughnuts as part of a promotion or 'deal'. They are famous for their hot cinnamon donuts which are 'cooked fresh to order' throughout the day.

On 5 December 2007, Donut King oversaw construction of the World's Largest Doughnut, in order to celebrate The Simpsons Movie's DVD release. It was created from over 90,000 doughnuts, using half a tonne of pink icing and 30 kg of sprinkles from Donut King. Taking 40 people over nine hours to build, the giant doughnut measured six metres and weighed 3.5 tonnes.

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Answer 10

Eagle Boys

Eagle Boys

Eagle Boys is an Australian fast food chain specialising in Italian-American cuisine, in particular pizza. The chain was acquired by Pizza Hut in November 2016 and the brand is expected to be wound-down by mid-2017.

Eagle Boys was founded in Albury, New South Wales by businessman Tom Potter in 1987. Since 1992, Eagle Boys national headquarters have been located in Annerley, Queensland. In 2007 NBC Capital, a Queensland-based venture capital group, bought Eagle Boys from Potter. At the chain's peak, in 2013, more than 340 Eagle Boys stores were operating across Australia. Outlet numbers fell drastically between the end of 2013 and the end of 2014 to around 170. In July 2016, fewer than 130 stores remained open and administrators were brought in to the head office to identify restructuring options ahead of a potential sale of the business, although the move did not extend to franchisee-operated outlets. In November 2016, Pizza Hut announced to media that it had merged with Eagle Boys. As at that date, 114 Eagle Boys stores operated throughout Australia; making it the fourth largest pizza chain in the country, with less than 10% share of the country's pizza market.

More than 340 Eagle Boys stores were operating across Australia at the pizza chain's peak, in 2013. Outlet numbers fell drastically between the end of 2013 and the end of 2014 to around 170. At July 2014, Eagle Boys was the third largest pizza chain in Australia, with 12% share of Australia's pizza market. By the end of 2014, Eagle Boys' visitation rate dropped below that of Crust Pizza, and fewer than 130 stores remained open.

As at April 2016, Eagle Boys stores could be found in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. The stores have a strong regional emphasis with most outlets located in non-metropolitan areas, including Bathurst, Bendigo and Mareeba.

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