Retail Food Group
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Company type | Public |
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ASX: RFG | |
Industry | Coffee, Food, Pizza, Coffee roasting, Beverages, QSR Restaurants |
Founded | 1989 |
Headquarters | Southport, Queensland |
Number of locations | 1150 (Australia and New Zealand) |
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Website | rfg |
Retail Food Group (Australia) Limited, often abbreviated as RFG (ASX: RFG), is an ASX listed company and Australian franchisor based in Southport, Queensland. It owns numerous companies including Gloria Jean's Coffees, Brumby's Bakeries, Donut King, Michel's Patisserie, Di Bella Coffee, The Coffee Guy, Café2U, Pizza Capers and Crust Pizza.
Founding
Established in 1989,[2] RFG was incorporated in 2003 to act as a holding company for several fast-growing brand systems. The company roasts and supplies coffee to its network.
Portfolio of companies
- Brumby's Bakeries is a chain of Australian and New Zealand retail bakeries that was established in Ashburton, Victoria in 1975.
- Crust Pizza
- Donut King is a franchise system which was founded in 1981 in Sydney and specialises in donuts and coffee.
- Gloria Jean's Coffees is a franchised coffeehouse company that has opened more than 1,000 coffee houses across 39 markets worldwide, including over 460 stores in Australia.[3]
- Michel's Patisserie specialises in retail bakery-style food and is the largest pastry chain in Australia.[4][5][6]
- Pizza Capers has over 110 stores throughout Australia.
- Cafe2U and The Coffee Guy are brand systems that operate under mobile coffee van models.
Controversy
A 2017 investigation by Sydney Morning Herald noted that hundreds of franchisees were left financially devastated after investing in the brands under the RFG umbrella.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Our People". Retail Food Group. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Roth, Martin (8 November 2013). Top Stocks 2014: A Sharebuyer's Guide to Leading Australian Companies. Wiley. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-118-62179-0.
- ^ Bomkamp, Samantha (25 August 2017). "Gloria Jean's, coffee shop born in Chicago, set to expand its reach". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Cassidy, Tara (29 September 2017). "REVEALED: 15 new businesses coming to Mackay". Mackay Daily Mercury. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ Hospitality Foodservice. P. Isaacson Publications. 2008. p. 60. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ Hospitality Foodservice. P. Isaacson Publications. 2010. p. 210. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ Ferguson, Adele (9 December 2017). "Cup of sorrow: the brutal reality of Australia's franchise king". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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- 1989 establishments in Australia
- Restaurants established in 1989
- Food and drink companies of Australia
- Companies based on the Gold Coast, Queensland
- Holding companies of Australia
- Fast-food franchises
- Pizzerias in Australia
- Companies based in Queensland
- Pizza chains of Australia
- Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange