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 NEW ZEALAND
FRANCHISE NEWS ARCHIVE
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: : Jan-Jun 2001
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Pizza orders to go hi-tech. Pizza Hut would open a
170-seat call centre to take orders from throughout New Zealand beginning
in September, Restaurant Brands chief executive Jim Collier said yesterday.
.... 30 Jun, 2001
SI spearhead for Restaurant Brands. The South
Island continues to provide Restaurant Brands with its best sales,
chief executive Jim Collier says. .... 28 Jun, 2001
Restaurant brands second quarter sales up, half-year
lower. Fast food retailer Restaurant Brands said today sales
had increased by nearly 15 percent in the second quarter, but warned
its half-year profit would be lower. .... 27 Jun, 2001
Wellington CD production company launches in London.
Wellington CD production company Amstore will launch a franchise in
London next month. Amstore specialises in producing short runs of
high-quality CDs for music and corporates, producing turnover of just
under $1 million a year. .... 25 Jun, 2001
Easter trading brings conviction for 'sacrificial lamb'
bookseller. An Auckland bookseller has been fined $300 for
trading on what turned out to be its busiest Sunday of the year -
Easter Sunday. .... [more]
21 Jun, 2001
Garden franchiser to move inside. First they
mowed your lawn, then they washed your dog - now the folks in the
green shirts want to re-wire your house and unblock your toilet. ....
19 Jun, 2001
The flip side of burgers. Leanne Hambly is just
25 and she manages a multi-million-dollar business and a staff of
65. They fill some 6000 restaurant orders a week - and yes, most of
those orders include fries. .... [more]
18 Jun, 2001
McDonald's revamp to cost $1.2m. McDonald's restaurant
in Nelson will soon undergo a $1.2 million revamp, including the addition
of a McCafe. .... 12 Jun, 2001
A uniform business. For Margaret and Dave Birchall,
what could have been a disaster has become a success story. The couple
had barely got the Manawatu branch of franchise uniform company Professional
Uniforms up and running when the parent company crashed into receivership.
.... 11 Jun, 2001
Opening day of McDonald's was bedlam in Invercargill.
Ten years ago people queued to experience the taste of a Big Mac when
the new McDonald's family restaurant opened in Invercargill. ....
11 Jun, 2001
McCafes boosted in 'coffee scene' war. After
25 years of fuelling our ever-growing appetite for the Big Mac, McDonald's
has a new mission - to get "middle New Zealand" sipping cappuccinos.
.... [more]
8 Jun, 2001
25 years of Big Macs for Mrs Mac. They call her
Mrs McDonald around Porirua - and after 25 years under the golden
arches, Irene Kilgour certainly qualifies as one of the family. ....
7 Jun, 2001
McDonalds NZ heads into cyberspace. Foul-mouthed
children may be locked out of the new online chatroom of fast food
chain McDonald's. The moderated chatroom is part of McDonald's New
Zealand's new website launched today - one element of its 25th birthday
celebrations. .... [more]
7 Jun, 2001
Would you like email with that? The McDonalds
on the main street of Dunedin is scoring another first - this time
in cyberspace. Just a year after being the first McDonalds in New
Zealand to launch the McCafe concept, it's the first in Australasia
to launch a cybercafe. .... [more]
6 Jun, 2001
Net takeaways - proof is in the pizza . A girl
could starve to death trying to order takeaways on the Internet, Helen
Jamieson laments. While plenty of restaurants and cafes have some
kind of presence - menus with nice pictures of meals and decor - not
many offer fast-food ordering online yet. .... 5 Jun, 2001
Rental car changes go fast-track. This month,
two franchise ownerships have shifted into the hands of a couple of
Taranaki's biggest dealerships. Jim has bought this, and Max has bought
that, while Nigel and Kevin have sold this and bought that. But Frank
is keeping his. .... 28 May, 2001
Finger clickin' good as KFC customers browse Internet.
KFC finger lickin' customers at new style KFC outlets could
soon be surfing the Internet as they eat. The multi-tasking concept
- using the Internet while having a Colonel Burger Combo - is currently
on trial at KFC's Manners Mall outlet in Wellington. .... 19 Apr, 2001
Retailers flout Easter Sunday ban. A number of
retailers on Easter Sunday flouted the law banning trading on the
public holiday and opened their doors for customers. .... 16 Apr, 2001
Restaurant Brands' decision bodes well for shareholders.
Restaurant Brands' annual meeting was a watershed event. It
was the first time that a shareholder's motion had appeared on the
formal agenda and then been approved by the meeting. .... [more]
31 Mar, 2001
US franchise giants looking to set up in NZ. Tiffany
Marble, Express Personnel, Cendant, AlphaGraphics and Taco Time. The
names may be unfamiliar but these United States multinationals have
two things in common - billion-dollar-plus turnovers and plans to
set up shop in New Zealand. .... [more]
21 Mar, 2001
Pizza off your TV screen. The human propensity
for sloth, pizza and interactive television technology could soon
be generating extra revenue for New Zealand fast-food group Restaurant
Brands Ltd. .... [more]
7 Mar, 2001
New franchise hits Hamilton. Hamilton's new restaurant,
Nando's, treated lunch-time crowds to a taste of Brazilian music and
spicy chicken its founder says New Zealanders will lick up. .... 7 Mar, 2001
Ihug video service on fast forward. Internet
company ihug is joining forces with a Bay of Plenty-based video rental
company to launch a national chain of "neighbourhood-based" online
delivery services. .... [more]
20 Feb, 2001
McDonalds to redevelop in NZ. McDonald's Restaurants
of New Zealand has unveiled plants for a $25 million redevelopment
programme. .... 20 Feb, 2001
Profits down, but Restaurant Brands' outlook still solid.
Fast Food operator Restaurant Brands' annual profit dropped
25 per cent last year, but the company says it was a result of repositioning
for growth. .... [more]
18 Jan, 2001
Pizza chain acquisition lowers profit. Analysts
expect fast-food retail group Restaurant Brands to report a modest
drop in its full-year net profit after integrating 53 competitor stores
into its Pizza Hut franchise. .... [more]
16 Jan, 2001
Goodbye vanilla, we're moving up. Swiss conglomerate
Movenpick thinks New Zealand's super-premium ice-cream market is under-developed,
and hopes to have it roundly licked in a couple of years. .... [more]
13 Jan, 2001
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