Australian retail food brand manager and franchisor, the publicly listed Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) has announced it is in the midst of a number of acquisitions which, if successful, will raise the number of food outlets it operates by around 15 per cent. RFG currently owns the Australian franchises of Donut King, Michel’s Patisserie, Brumby’s Bakeries, bb’s cafe, Esquires, and Big Dad’s Pies. The latest announcement was made by RFG’s CEO, Anthony Alford, at the company’s Annual... ...Read more »

Australian bakery chain, Brumby’s Bakery, has fired a pot shot at Australia’s largest bread manufacturer Goodman Fielder in response to recent reports that Goodman Fielder is considering extending the shelf-life of its bread. Results of a survey commissioned by Australian bakery chain, Brumby’s Bakery, were released today. The survey results suggest that Australian consumers are concerned about additives in the bread they purchase. The survey was undertaken by market research company ‘arnold... ...Read more »

Leading Australian retail food brand manager and franchisor, the publicly listed Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) today announced a 4.6% rise in net profit, to A$27.2m, for the year ended 30 June 2011 compared with the previous financial year. RFG is the company that owns a number of successful Australian franchise systems including Donut King, Michel’s Patisserie, Brumby’s Bakeries, bb’s cafe, Esquires and Big Dad’s Pies. Despite 193 of its outlets being impacted by severe natural disasters... ...Read more »

Patties Foods has announced that it has signed an agreement with Retail Food Group, owner of the Brumby’s bakery franchise, to supply savoury pastry products to outlets across Australia. MD of Patties Foods Ltd, Greg Bourke, said the supply agreement with Retail Food Group is in line with Patties strategy to grow its Out of Home market, capitalising on the investment in production capacity at the company’s Bairnsdale baking facility over recent years. Patties has also supplied savoury... ...Read more »

Australian retail food brand manager and franchisor Retail Food Group announced it will collect donations for the Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal and for flood-affected franchisees at its 1,100 stores across the country. RFG also announced it will match customer donations dollar-for-dollar up to a maximum of $100,000. The first $50,000 of this contribution will be donated to the Flood Relief Appeal, with the rest going to the families of the RFG franchisees worst impacted by the floods. Based on... ...Read more »

Australian franchise giant Retail Food Group, owner of Donut King, Brumby’s Bakery, Michel’s Patisserie, bb’s cafe and Big Dad’s Pies franchise systems, has today reported a record 10.6% increase in full year net profit after tax, to $26 million.  Collectively, RFG has 1,122 stores across Australia and New Zealand. RFG’s board announced a 37% increase in fully franked final dividend to 6.5 cents per share, given the Company’s strong performance and robust cash position. “The... ...Read more »

ASX-listed retail food brand manager and franchisor Retail Food Group (RFG) is set to reacquire the Brumby’s Bakeries master franchise territories for Western Australia and the Northern Territory just over a month after purchasing the North Queensland and New Zealand master franchise territories. “The combined Brumby’s WA and NT master franchise territories achieve the highest average weekly sales in Australia,” RFG CEO Tony Alford commented, “and, except for the relatively... ...Read more »

Australian retail food brand manager and franchisor Retail Food Group today announced that an agreement to acquire the Big Dad’s Pies franchise system. Big Dad’s Pies brings to four the number of acquisition transactions announced by the ASX-listed firm in the past month. “The Big Dad’s Pies franchise system comprises 37 South East Queensland based outlets renowned for their specialty pies produced fresh daily,” Retail Food Group CEO Tony Alford said. “The menu... ...Read more »

Australian retail food brand manager and franchisor Retail Food Group has questioned the validity of recent media reports regarding their Indian expansion plans, labelling them “grossly inadequate”. “Retail Food Group Limited (ASX:RFG) has become aware of continued media reports indicating that the Company will enter the Indian market in 2010 and anticipates revenues in the order of US$87m from those operations within five years,” the company noted in a statement. “The... ...Read more »

Retail Food Group, one of Australian’s largest retail food brand managers and franchisors, has today announced a 33 per cent surge in net profit after tax as consumer demand for comfort food fails to wane. The owner of the Brumby’s, Donut King, Michel’s Patisserie and bb’s café franchise brands expects the growth to continue as menu innovation and store developments continue apace. “The Company has … focussed on delivering further menu innovation and supply chain... ...Read more »