Nando's Australia
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Fast food restaurants
The first Nando's store in Australia opened in 1990. Today there's about 300 stores around Australia and New Zealand, the majority of which are franchised.
Company Ownership
Nando's Australia Pty Ltd | AUS | website | ||||
Nando's Group Holdings Ltd ![]() owns 100% of Nando's Australia Pty Ltd |
ZAF | website | ||||
Fast food restaurants Nando's (short for Fernando, one of the founders) was founded at the end of 1987 in Johannesburg, South Africa. |
Company Assessment
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Nando's Australia 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)
Nando's use chicken from Australian RSPCA Approved farms for all the chicken on its menu. These farms raise their birds in an enriched barn environment. Chickens enjoy space to move, good lighting and can perch, dustbathe and forage.
Source: RSPCA Australia (2020) |
The Nandos Fix Gum ad was voted Australia's worst television commercial of 2007, measured by the 300 complaints received by the Advertising Standards Board.
Source: Ads for Adults (2007)
As listed on the We Mean Business website, this company has committed to the following climate action initiatives: adopt a science-based emissions reduction target.
Source: We Mean Business (2021)
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)
Human Rights Law Centre's 2022 report, "Broken Promises: Two years of corporate reporting under Australia's Modern Slavery Act", examines statements submitted to the Government's Modern Slavery Register by 92 companies sourcing from four sectors with known risks of modern slavery: garments from China, rubber gloves from Malaysia, seafood from Thailand and fresh produce from Australia. Modern slavery statements are analysed to see if they comply with the mandatory reporting requirements, identify or disclose obvious modern slavery risks, and demonstrate effective actions to address risks. This company's modern slavery disclosure statement received a rating in the 31-40% range. The average score was 44% and the highest score was 89%.
Source: Human Rights Law Centre (2022)
According to data released by the Australian Tax Office in Jan 2022, this company was one of many local and foreign-based companies that paid no tax in Australia in 2019-20. Please note however that companies pay income tax on profits, not revenue (total income). While some companies use tax havens and loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of tax in Australia, other companies that paid no tax have perfectly legitimate reasons.
Source: ATO (2022) |
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Nando's Group Holdings Ltd | ||||
The Pecking Order is a 2018 report by World Animal Protection which grades global fast food giants against three criteria for chicken welfare: policies, targets and reporting. This company's overall chicken welfare rating is 'very poor'.
Source: World Animal Protection (2018) |
This company received a score of 2 out of a possible total of 24 in the WWF Soy Scorecard 2016, which rates companies on their use of responsible soy, grown without damaging the environment and harming people. [Listed under Information due to age of report]
Source: WWF Soy Scorecard 2016 (2016)
Nando's is known for its humorous but often controversial adverts in South Africa, Australia and other countries.
Source: Wikipedia (2011) |
Company Details
Type | Wholly-owned subsidiary |
Revenue | 160 million AUD (2009) |
Employees | 410 (2019) |
Contact Details
Address | 453 Lygon St, East Brunswick, VIC, 3057, Australia |
Phone | 03 9385 0777 |
reception@nandos.com.au | |
Website | www.nandos.com.au |