FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS – AUSTRALIA

Chicken wars not just between Coles and Woolworths

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 28-Oct-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 84.4% of Australians consume chicken in an average week, while 77.0% drink milk and 70.0 % eat bread/toast in the same period. The survey also shows that 89.0% of people who mainly shop at Coles and 88.5% of those who mainly shop at Woolworths eat chicken in any given seven days. Meanwhile, 28.4% of Australians visited at least one fast-food chicken restaurant in any given four weeks in the year to June 2016, compared with 29.2% in the year to June 2015. The proportion of Woolworths and Coles shoppers who visited at least one fast-food chicken restaurant in any given four weeks has fallen from 33.1% to 30.4% and from 30.8% to 30.0% respectively.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, COLES SUPERMARKETS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, IGA, ALDI STORES SUPERMARKETS PTY LTD, KFC, RED ROOSTER FOODS, NANDO’S AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Guzman y Gomez spice up the Customer Satisfaction Awards

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 14-Sep-16

Guzman y Gomez has won the Roy Morgan Research Customer Satisfaction Award for July 2016 in the category of Quick Service Restaurants. It had a customer satisfaction rating of 92 per cent among Australians aged 14+ who ate there in an average four weeks during the year to July. Grill’d was second with a customer satisfaction rating of 90 per cent, followed by Pizza Capers (88 per cent). Meanwhile, analysis of Quick Service Restaurant satisfaction by Roy Morgan’s Food Segments shows that 68 per cent of people in the "Take-it-aways" category visit a quick-service restaurant in an average four-week period, making them the most likely of the seven food segments to do so.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, GUZMAN Y GOMEZ PTY LTD, GRILL’D PTY LTD, PIZZA CAPERS, OPORTO PTY LTD, McDONALD’S AUSTRALIA LIMITED, SIZZLER RESTAURANTS AUSTRALIA LIMITED, CHICKEN TREAT (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, HUNGRY JACK’S PTY LTD

Domino’s still hungry for more

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Original article by Eli Greenblat
The Australian – Page: 23 : 17-Aug-16

Australian-listed Domino’s Pizza Enterprises has posted a 2015-16 net profit of $A82.43m, which is 28.7 per cent higher than previously. The fast-food chain’s revenue rose by 32.43 per cent to $A930.22m, while its underlying profit increased by 43.2 per cent to $A92m. CEO Don Meij notes that Domino’s is increasing its market share in categories beyond its core pizza business, such as hamburgers. Investors will receive a full-year dividend of $A0.735 per share.

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DOMINO’S PIZZA ENTERPRISES LIMITED – ASX DMP, PIZZA SPRINT, JOEY’S PIZZA, COLES SUPERMARKETS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, ALDI STORES SUPERMARKETS PTY LTD, OPHIR ASSET MANAGEMENT PTY LTD

The Domino’s effect, or why Eagle Boys stopped soaring

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 28-Jul-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that almost five million Australians aged 14+ visited/ordered from a pizza shop at least once in an average four weeks during the year to March 2016, compared with 4.8 million in the year to March 2012. The survey also shows that the number of people who dined at Domino’s Pizza has risen from 1.8 million in an average four weeks to 2.3 million over this period. However, the number of Pizza Hut customers has fallen from one million to 745,000 and patronage of Eagle Boys has fallen from 852,000 to 336,000.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, DOMINO’S PIZZA ENTERPRISES LIMITED – ASX DMP, PIZZA HUT AUSTRALIA, EAGLE BOYS DIAL A PIZZA AUST PTY LTD, CRUST GOURMET PIZZA BAR PTY LTD, PIZZA CAPERS

Domino’s dining out as Eagle Boys hit the wall

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Original article by Daniel Palmer
The Australian – Page: 21 : 21-Jul-16

Shares in Domino’s Pizza Enterprises closed 2.2 per cent higher at a new high of $A73.35 on 20 July 2016, in the wake of a rival’s collapse. Thomas Kierath of Morgan Stanley says the group could increase its market share following the demise of Eagle Boys Pizza, while Michael Simotas of Deutsche Bank notes that Domino’s could be blocked from acquiring Pizza Boys franchises on competition grounds. Morgan Stanley has an "overweight" recommendation on Domino’s shares, while Deutsche has a "hold" rating.

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DOMINO’S PIZZA ENTERPRISES LIMITED – ASX DMP, EAGLE BOYS PIZZA, MORGAN STANLEY AUSTRALIA LIMITED, DEUTSCHE BANK AG, PIZZA HUT AUSTRALIA, PIZZA CAPERS, CRUST GOURMET PTY LTD, NBC CAPITAL PTY LTD

Macca’s workers underpaid by millions

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Original article by Ben Schneiders, Nick Toscano, Royce Millar
The Age – Page: 1 : 20-May-16

Fast-food group McDonald’s is the latest Australian company to be embroiled in a wages scandal. An investigation has revealed that many McDonald’s staff are on wages that are below the award rate when penalty rates are taken into account, due to an enterprise agreement that the Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees’ Association negotiated in 2013. Penalty rates for working on weekends are excluded from the agreement.

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McDONALD’S AUSTRALIA LIMITED, SHOP, DISTRIBUTIVE AND ALLIED EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION, 7-ELEVEN STORES PTY LTD, COLES SUPERMARKETS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, NATIONAL TERTIARY EDUCATION INDUSTRY UNION, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION

Fast-food group tops recipe with big result

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Original article by Catie Low
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 18-Feb-16

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises has posted a 2015-16 interim net profit of $A43.3m, which is 49 per cent higher than previously. Revenue rose by 30 per cent to $A445.3m. The group forecasts a 35 per cent rise in both earnings and net profit for the full year. Meanwhile, Domino’s intends to increase its focus on the use of digital technology in its home delivery service, and CEO Don Meij says such technology could make drive-through services obsolete.

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DOMINO’S PIZZA ENTERPRISES LIMITED – ASX DMP, BAILLIEU HOLST LIMITED, UBER TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, RED ROOSTER FOODS, McDONALD’S AUSTRALIA LIMITED, DELIVEROO

Domino’s soars on European deals

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Original article by Sue Mitchell
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 13 & 18 : 17-Dec-15

Australian-listed Domino’s Pizza Enterprises now expects 30 per cent growth in its 2016 underlying EBITDA and net profits. The group had only recently upgraded its earnings guidance to 25 per cent growth. It will also acquire German pizza chain Joey’s via a joint venture with UK-based Domino’s Pizza Group. Meanwhile, Domino’s Pizza Enterprises has secured long-term extensions to its master franchise rights to the Domino’s brand in several European countries.

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DOMINO’S PIZZA ENTERPRISES LIMITED – ASX DMP, DOMINO’S PIZZA GROUP PLC, DOMINO’S PIZZA INCORPORATED, JOEY’S PIZZA, PLATYPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, PIZZA SPRINT

‘Sham contracts’ undercut Pizza Hut drivers’ agreed pay

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Original article by Adele Ferguson, Sarah Danckert
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 23-Nov-15

The employment contracts of Pizza Hut Australia are under scrutiny amid allegations of wage exploitation. It has been claimed that some home delivery drivers are paid just $A6 per delivery, and are restricted to making only two deliveries on each round trip. A number of Pizza Hut franchisees have launched a class action for alleged breaches of the franchise code. Other franchise-based businesses have also accused of wage exploitation, including 7-Eleven.

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PIZZA HUT AUSTRALIA, 7-ELEVEN STORES PTY LTD, MAURICE BLACKBURN PTY LTD, SHOP, DISTRIBUTIVE AND ALLIED EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, DOMINO’S PIZZA ENTERPRISES LIMITED – ASX DMP

Frequent customers most satisfied with quick service restaurants

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 17-Nov-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 57.1 per cent of Australians aged 14+ bought food at a quick service restaurant during an average four-week period in the year to August 2015. The survey also shows that 29.3 per cent of Australians visited a McDonald’s outlet in an average four weeks, followed by KFC (20.3 per cent) and Subway (16.4 per cent). McDonald’s and KFC had customer satisfaction ratings of 83.3 per cent and 85 per cent respectively among heavy customers (people who dine in or take away five or more times in an average four weeks), while Subway’s satisfaction rating among heavy customers was 96.6 per cent.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, McDONALD’S AUSTRALIA LIMITED, KFC, SUBWAY SANDWICHES PTY LTD, HUNGRY JACK’S PTY LTD, DOMINO’S PIZZA ENTERPRISES LIMITED – ASX DMP