The State of Queensland has announced plans to introduce new legislation requiring fast food outlets to display the energy content of foods and drinks on their menus – a move which has already been voluntarily pre-empted by several of Australia’s major fast food chains. Several major quick service food chains in Australia now voluntarily display energy contents on their menus, including Subway, Hungry Jacks, Domino’s, and McDonald’s. Similar to laws are already in place in NSW and the... ...Read more »

Subway has announced that, from today, its Australian stores will display the kilojoule content of food products on their menu boards. Subway is the latest of several major quick service food chains in Australia to make this move. Other include Hungry Jacks, Domino’s, and McDonald’s. From today, Subway restaurants in Australia will also display nutritional content information on napkins, counter displays and store brochures. In a statement released today, a spokesperson for Subway said the labelling... ...Read more »

Australia’s largest pizza company Domino’s Pizza announced today that it will display kilojoules content details on all its menus nationally. In a statement released today, CEO Don Meij said that the introduction of kilojoules counts on its menu boards, online ordering site and mobile devices was a positive step towards offering customers greater choice. The news comes just days after Australian fast food chain Hungry Jacks made a similar announcement. “We are serious about ensuring our customers... ...Read more »

Hungry Jack’s has become the first major fast food chain in Australia to display the kilojoule content of items on its restaurant menus across Australia. From today, kilojoule content of every Hungry Jack’s product – from burgers to salads – are displayed in its 345 restaurants in Australia. The fast food chain’s menus will also display the average adult daily energy intake of 8700 kilojoules, allowing its customers to work out how much of this will be consumed by their choice from... ...Read more »

In an interesting development today, fast food chain Hungry Jack’s announced that it would be offering broccoli alongside its burgers. Aaron McKie, CEO of Hungry Jack’s said the broccoli would be served as part of a vegetable medley comprising carrot, celery and capsicum sticks, hand-cut and served fresh in a cup supplying a full serve of vegetables. It will be accompanied by an optional hommus dip in a mini tub. “Salad Stix can only be described as a nutritional goldmine,” Mr McKie said.... ...Read more »

Two of Australia’s largest fast food chains, McDonald’s and Hungry Jack’s, will not be following KFC’s lead by removing toys from their children’s meals. Both told Australian Food News that they will continue to provide toys with their children’s meals. McDonald’s Australia’s Skye Oxenham said, “We don’t have any plans to remove our toys. McDonalds Australia has already done a lot in terms of introducing healtheir options to Happy Meals.... ...Read more »

Australia’s largest manufacturing sector – food and grocery – has forged a landmark new alliance with the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) industry to work together to address important health, nutrition and chronic disease issues in Australia. Officially announced during the NSW Food Forum in Sydney today, the formal partnership between the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) and the QSR industry involves the establishment of a QSR Forum of AFGC. One of the main aims of the... ...Read more »

The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched a prosecution against Hungry Jack’s Pty Ltd for allegedly underpaying its Tasmanian employees more than $665,000. Documents lodged in the Federal Magistrates Court in Melbourne allege that Hungry Jack’s underpaid 693 of its Tasmanian employees a total of $665,695 between March, 2006 and August, 2008. The employees worked at six Hungry Jack’s owned and operated stores in Devonport, Glenorchy, Hobart, South Hobart, Launceston and Mowbray. The... ...Read more »

The Australian CEO of the world’s leading fast-food chain McDonald’s, believes the childhood obesity issue is down to a lack of exercise, as debate rages about the responsibilities of food retailers, manufacturers and marketers. Chief Executive Peter Bush told the House of Representatives inquiry into obesity that there were a number of reasons for the drop off in exercise and believes new studies would absolve fast-food companies of much of the responsibility for the ‘obesity epidemic’.... ...Read more »