30 Apr UWC grad digs into history of Cape Town’s iconic Gatsby sandwich in thesis
A masters graduate at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) has written her thesis on the evolution of Cape Town's signature super sandwich, the Gatsby.
17 Sep SA’s growing appetite for convenience: opportunity for retailers & manufacturers
South African consumers are facing an increasingly stressful, time-starved lifestyle which has created a burgeoning demand for convenient solutions that can help simplify their lives. This lends itself to a host of untapped opportunities for South African manufacturers and retailers, says a new Nielsen report.
24 Apr Woolies launches new takeaway café brand, NOW NOW
Woolworths is a bell-weather food retailer that everyone in the food industry watches. In a left-field move, it has just launched NOW NOW, a brand-new fast-service café that offers affordable, fresh food.
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29 Oct First Domino’s Pizza outlet opens in SA
The first Domino's Pizza restaurant in South Africa has been opened by Taste Holdings. The new store is in Rivonia Junction, Sandton, and by the end of this week, there will be a further three outlets: one in Durban and two in Cape Town. These...
24 Jun Fruit and Veg City ventures into fast food chicken
Fast-track Fruit and Veg City had launched an in-house fast-food brand, Crispy Chicken, which would trade through its FreshStop forecourt stores at Caltex service stations.
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10 Apr Taste Holding’s makes big moves in pizza and chicken
Taste Holdings has signed a 30-year master licence agreement to develop the international Domino’s Pizza brand in Southern Africa. Domino’s Pizza is considered the world's leading pizza delivery brand in both store numbers and unit sales, and has over 10,800 outlets...
27 Mar Spur buys into new Joburg ribs plant
The Spur Group has acquired a 30% stake in Braviz Fine Foods to secure its supply of increasingly popular pork ribs. Braviz is a start-up operation currently establishing a new world-class meat processing facility in Johannesburg that will specialise in processing rib...
15 Mar How Chipotle changed American fast food forever
Chipotle, America's prominent chain of Mexican restaurants, set out to challenge fast food trends and be better than the competition - in the end, launched a new industry. Here's how they rose to the top of the fast-food chain.
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05 Feb Burger King gets a big welcome in Gauteng
Global fast-food chain Burger King is hoping to replicate its success in the Western Cape in the more lucrative Gauteng market, with lengthy queues marking the opening of its first three stores in the province this past weekend.
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31 Jul Sasol teams up with Burger King
In a bid to support the fast food chain's rapid expansion plans, Burger King South Africa has signed an exclusive agreement to open stores within Sasol's national fuel retail network.
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30 May Fast food convenience drives SA’s middle-class appetite
South Africa’s fast food industry is an engine of growth and the future prospects of its players look good. Despite poor macroeconomic conditions, South Africa’s growing middle class is cash-rich and time-poor - and choosing quick-service dining over formal restaurants and preparing food at...
09 May First SA Burger King opens today
Burger King, the world’s second largest hamburger chain, will open up its first South African branch today at midday, on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town. The first 1000 customers through the door will receive a free Whopper, according to the chain....
08 May How economics are driving fast food’s takeover of France
Sacré bleu! More than half of all French restaurant sales now take place at fast food chains, according to a new survey by food consultancy firm Gira Conseil....
19 Apr US: Frozen-food rivals plot campaign to halt sales slump in freezer case
You know you have a health-perception problem when a fast-food marketer takes a shot at you. So when Wendy's - hardly the standard for health food - makes a point of marketing its beef as "fresh, never frozen," the $70-billion frozen-food industry decided it had...
08 Apr US: KFC goes boneless!
In what is being described as an astonishing brand reversal, KFC is about to stake its future on a red-hot concept that might have caused Colonel Sanders, himself, to choke: boneless chicken.
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04 Apr Nando’s nation: the chicken that conquered Britain
It is where footballers earning £25,000 a week are frequently to be found after training. It is the dining option of choice for actors, home-grown rap singers and superstars such as Rihanna, Britney Spears and Lewis Hamilton. It is...
31 Jan The father of the chicken nugget
The chicken nugget is an iconic item of processed food, much loved and now increasingly reviled. Its genesis has been attributed to/blamed on McDonald's, but that's not the case. It was, in fact, the 1963 invention of Robert Baker, a Cornell University poultry...
16 Jan McDonald’s changes name to ‘Macca’s’ in Australia
In Australia, McDonald's is often called "Macca's," a quirky nickname that the fast food giant has submitted to the Macquarie Dictionary for consideration in the next edition. Now, the company is embracing the nomenclature to celebrate its 40 years Down Under and...
08 Nov SA’s sandwich baroness
It took a big jolt in life to thrust Sally J'Arlette-Joy into the world of entrepreneurship in 1996. "I was newly divorced and had R5000 to my name," says J'Arlette-Joy, founder of Sandwich Baron, SA's largest sandwich franchise business....
08 Nov Burger King comes to SA
Burger King, the global fast-food chain, is bringing its famous burgers to South Africa. Burger King Worldwide today announced that it has entered into a new joint venture agreement for South Africa with JSE-listed Grand Parade Investments (GPI) focused on aggressively expanding...
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