Retail Food Group (Australia) Limited, often abbreviated as RFG (), is an

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listed company and Australian

franchisor Franchising is based on a marketing concept which can be adopted by an organization as a strategy for business expansion. Where implemented, a franchisor licenses some or all of its know-how, procedures, intellectual property, use of its busine ...

based in

Robina, Queensland Robina () is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Robina had a population of 23,106 people. Robina is one of the first Planned_community, master-planned residential communities ...

. It owns numerous companies including

Gloria Jean's Coffees Gloria Jean's Gourmet Coffee Pty Ltd is an American-Australian retail coffeehouse brand headquartered in Castle Hill, Sydney. The chain is owned by the multinational fast casual restaurant conglomerate Retail Food Group and has more than 1,40 ...

Brumby's Bakeries Brumby's Bakeries (commonly shortened to just Brumby's) is a chain of Australian and New Zealand retail bakeries. It was established in Victoria in 1975 by Roger Gillespie (co-founder of Bakers Delight) with the opening of its first bakery, ' ...

Donut King Donut King is an Australian-based multinational doughnut company, as well as a quick service restaurant. It specialises in classic Australian-style Doughnuts and coffee. Its signatures are hot cinnamon donuts and the classics, and it also off ...

Michel's Patisserie Michel's Patisserie is an Australian chain of bakery-style food outlets, that also operates internationally in New Zealand, Indonesia and China purveying cakes, pies, savouries, and espresso coffee. The company is a franchise system that was f ...

, Di Bella Coffee, The Coffee Guy, Café2U,

Pizza Capers Pizza Capers is a fast food chain and franchise based in Queensland that sells pizza and Italian cuisine. Pizza Capers has over 110 stores throughout Australia, located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), New South Wales, Queensland, Tas ...

and Crust Pizza.

Founding

Established in 1989, RFG was incorporated in 2003 to act as a holding company for several fast-growing brand systems. The company roasts and supplies coffee to its network.

Portfolio of companies

is a chain of Australian and New Zealand retail bakeries that was established in

Ashburton, Victoria Ashburton is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, southeast of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Boroondara Local government areas of Victoria, local government ...

in 1975. * Crust Pizza *

is a

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system which was founded in 1981 in Sydney and specialises in donuts and coffee. *

is a franchised coffeehouse company that has opened more than 1,000 coffee houses across 39 markets worldwide, including over 460 stores in Australia. *

specialises in retail bakery-style food and is the largest

pastry Pastry is baked food made with a dough of flour, water and shortening (solid fats, including butter or lard) that may be savoury or sweetened. Sweetened pastries are often described as '' bakers' confectionery''. The word "pastries" suggests ma ...

chain in Australia. *

has over 110 stores throughout Australia. *Cafe2U and The Coffee Guy are brand systems that operate under mobile coffee van models. *Di Bella

Controversy

A 2017 investigation by

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noted that hundreds of franchisees were left financially devastated after investing in the brands under the RFG umbrella.

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* {{Food chains in Australia 1989 establishments in Australia Restaurants established in 1989 Food and drink companies of Australia Companies based on the Gold Coast, Queensland Holding companies of Australia Fast-food franchises Pizzerias in Australia Companies based in Queensland Pizza chains of Australia Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Fast-food chains of Australia

Founding

Portfolio of companies

Controversy

See also

References

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