Hungry Jack's
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Fast food restaurants
Hungry Jack's is the exclusive Australian master franchisee of Burger King Corporation. Operates 351 restaurants across Australia, 65 of which are franchised. Owned by Jack Cowin.
Company Ownership
Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd | AUS | website | ||||
Competitive Foods Australia Pty Ltd
owns 97% of Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd |
AUS | website | ||||
Fast food retail Founded in 1969. Owned by Jack Cowin, "The Father of Fast Food in Australia". Owns 430 Hungry Jacks stores (only 65 franchised), and 23% of Domino's Pizza Enterprises. Mr Cowin was also a Director of Network Ten and Fairfax Holdings and owns three food manufacturing plants. |
Company Assessment
PRAISE | CRITICISM | INFORMATION | ||
Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd | ||||
This company received a packaging performance level of 4 (Leading) in its 2023 APCO Annual Report. Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) is a not-for-profit organisation leading the development of a circular economy for packaging in Australia. Each year, APCO Members are required to submit an APCO Annual Report and Action Plan, which includes an overall performance level from 1 (Getting Started) to 5 (Beyond Best Practice).
Source: APCO (2023) |
In 2011 Hungry Jack's was fined $100,500 in the Federal Magistrates Court for underpaying 693 of its Tasmanian employees a total of $665,695 between March 2006 and August 2008. Hungry Jack's also admitted further breaching workplace laws by failing to keep proper employment records.
Source: Fair Work Ombudsman (2011)
This company has been criticised for offensive advertising. In 2009, 2010 and 2012 the Advertising Standards Bureau upheld complaints about four ads by this company on the grounds that they breached advertising codes. The ads were subsequently discontinued or modified.
Source: Advertising Standards Bureau (2012)
This company is a founding member of the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) Forum, which was established in August 2010 as a formal partnership between the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) and the QSR industry. Goals and outcomes of the forum include the introduction of kilojoule information on menus, reducing the salt and saturated fat content of menu items, and offering healthier options.
Source: AFGC (2017)
This company is a signatory to the Quick Service Restaurant Initiative for Responsible Advertising and Marketing to Children (QSRI), which is managed by the Australian Food & Grocery Council and covers food sold in quick service restaurants. Companies that have signed up to the initiative commit to: only advertising healthier choices to children and encouraging a healthy lifestyle through good diet and physical activity; not paying for or seeking product placement television programs, editorial content or interactive games aimed at children, unless the product is a healthier choice; not advertising and marketing to children in Australian schools unless they are asked to by those schools.
Source: AANA (2023)
This company is listed on the RSPCA Australia website as 'cage-free and proud', signifying a commitment to source 100% cage-free eggs. Essentially cage-free means barn laid, which is better than cage eggs, but still much worse than free-range or organic eggs when it comes to animal welfare.
Source: RSPCA Australia (2020) |
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Competitive Foods Australia Pty Ltd | ||||
Jack Cowin has long been a prominent member of the Financial Review Rich List. His wealth from his private Competitive Foods that has 430 Hungry Jack's fast-food stores around the country and his 23 per cent stake in the listed Domino's Pizza Holdings make up the majority of his $2.41 billion fortune. Follow the link to read his back story.
Source: Australian Financial Review (2018) |
Company Details
Type | Master franchise |
Revenue | 1 billion AUD (2014) |
Employees | 18,900 (2014) |
Contact Details
Address | 355 Scarborough Beach Rd, Osborne Park, WA, 6017, Australia |
Phone | 08 9242 9400 |
Website | www.hungryjacks.com.au |