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| Company type | Franchise system |
|---|---|
| Industry | Restaurant |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Founder | Sam Prince |
Number of locations | 245 |
Areas served | |
Key people | Matthew Kenny ( CEO) |
| Products | Mexican food |
| Website |
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Zambrero is an Australian multinational fast food restaurant franchise serving Mexican cuisine.
It was founded in Canberra by then-medical student Sam Prince with the idea of using the profits to support humanitarian causes. The chain donates a meal to someone in need in the developing world for every meal purchased through their Plate4Plate program. [1]
Zambrero is one of Australia’s largest Mexican food franchise with over 245 restaurants globally. [2]
Locations
Zambrero opened its first restaurant in Lonsdale Street, Braddon in 2005, [3] opening its 100th restaurant a decade later in Midland, Western Australia. [4] Zambrero was recognised as one of Australia’s fastest growing franchises on the BRW Fastest Franchises List for 2011, 2012 and 2013 and Fast 100 List for 2014 and 2015. [5] [6] [7] [8] As of October 2019, Zambrero had 200 restaurants worldwide. [9]
Zambrero opened its first restaurant in New Zealand in November 2014, in Dublin, Ireland in March 2016 [10] and opened its first two restaurants in United States on 20 March 2018. [11]
Philanthropy
In conjunction with partner organisation Rise Against Hunger, Zambrero's Plate 4 Plate initiative have donated 50,000,000 meals. [12] [13] [14]
The company had shifted from an earlier goal of supplying educational resources to indigenous communities and developing countries, for which Prince had founded the E-magine Foundation in 2007, to reducing global hunger. [15]
Accolades
Zambrero won the “Australian Business Awards Enterprise of the Year” award in 2015 [16] and in 2016 the QSR Media “Best Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative” and “Best Sustainability Initiative” awards. [17] Bianca Azzopardi, CEO of Zambrero was awarded the “Rising Star” award at the 2018 QSR Media awards. [18]
Nutrition
A 2016 study by the George Institute for Global Health, analysing 229 small meals and snacks from 25 fast food chains, found Zambrero's pork nachos to have the highest kilojoule count. [19]
See also
References
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- ^ "Fast Franchises revealed". Financial Review. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Zambrero makes BRW Fast 100 list for the fourth year in row | Business Franchise Australia". www.businessfranchiseaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "BRW Fast 100 2015". Financial Review. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "One of Australian's largest Mexican restaurant chain to open meal packing stations around the nation on World Food Day, October 16th 2019 | Australian Food News". www.ausfoodnews.com.au. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Meaningful Mexican Zambrero donates 15m meals to those in need". SBS. 29 June 2017.
- ^ "Australia's Humanitarian Burrito Shop Kicks off US Arrival in Cambridge". 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Zambrero's Plate 4 Plate initiative reaches 15 million meals donated milestone". QSR Media. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Meaningful Mexican: Zambrero donates 15M meals to those in need". Food. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Zambrero hits 50 million meal donation mark, but aims for a billion". Business News Australia. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Healing the world a step at a time". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Zambrero bags 2015 Enterprise of the Year Award". QSR Media. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Zambrero wins two QSR media awards". hospitality | Magazine. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Fast food CEO takes home 'Rising Star' award". Dynamic Business. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Zambrero nachos tops list of fast food overloads". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.