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Zambrero is an Australian multinational
Zambrero opened its first restaurant in Lonsdale Street, Braddon in 2005, opening its 100th restaurant a decade later in Midland,
fast food restaurant
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franchise serving Mexican cuisine
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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.
Zambrero is one of Australia’s largest Mexican food franchise with over 245 restaurants globally.
Locations
Zambrero opened its first restaurant in Lonsdale Street, Braddon in 2005, opening its 100th restaurant a decade later in Midland, Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to t ...
. 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. As of October 2019, Zambrero has 200 restaurants worldwide. Zambrero opened its first restaurant in New Zealand
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in November 2014, in Dublin
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, Ireland
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in March 2016 and opened its first two restaurants in United States of America
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on 20 March 2018. Zambrero opened its first restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina
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in January 2020, and has continued its expansion in the area to include Durham and Cary, NC. Another location was added in Cincinnati, Ohio in February 2022.
Philanthropy
In conjunction with partner organisation Rise Against Hunger, Zambrero's Plate 4 Plate initiative have donated 50,000,000 meals. 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.Accolades
Zambrero won the “''Australian Business Awards Enterprise of the Year''” award in 2015 and in 2016 the QSR Media “''Best Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative''” and “''Best Sustainability Initiative''” awards. Bianca Azzopardi, CEO of Zambrero was awarded the “''Rising Star''” award at the 2018 QSR Media awards.Nutrition
A 2016 study by theGeorge Institute for Global Health
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, analysing 229 small meals and snacks from 25 fast food chains, found Zambrero's pork nachos to have the highest kilojoule count.
See also
*List of restaurants in Australia
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*List of Mexican restaurants
This is a list of notable Mexican restaurants. Mexican cuisine is primarily a fusion of indigenous Mesoamerican cooking with European, especially Spanish, elements added after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 16th century. The basic ...
References
{{Food chains in Australia Fast-food franchises Fast-food chains of Australia Companies established in 2003 Restaurants established in 2003 2003 establishments in Australia Fast-food Mexican restaurants Companies based in Canberra