Restaurant Brands to kickoff home delivery of KFC by year's end

Restaurant Brands to kickoff home delivery of KFC by year's end

By Fiona Rotherham July 22 (BusinessDesk) - Restaurant Brands New Zealand hopes to introduce home delivery for its KFC brand before the end of the year. The listed company, which operates the fast food chains KFC, Pizza Hut, Carl’s Jr and Starbucks, has been working on home...

Fiona Rotherham 22 Jul 2016
Australian Restaurant Brands director Stephen Copulos becomes 2nd largest shareholder

Australian Restaurant Brands director Stephen Copulos becomes 2nd largest shareholder

By Fiona Rotherham July 22 (BusinessDesk) - Australian businessman Stephen Copulos said getting shares in listed Restaurant Brands, in which he is now the second largest shareholder, was a key part of the fast food brands company acquiring his family’s KFC franchise in New Sou...

Fiona Rotherham 22 Jul 2016
NZ staff turnover is rising as balance tips in favour of job seekers

NZ staff turnover is rising as balance tips in favour of job seekers

By Fiona Rotherham July 22 (BusinessDesk) - Staff turnover is rising with more workers in New Zealand willing to risk taking on a new job in the current economic climate. Simon Bennett, chief executive of AWF Madison, the country’s largest recruiter and temporary labour pro...

Fiona Rotherham 21 Jul 2016
UDATE: All five leading retail banks require 40% deposit from property lenders

UDATE: All five leading retail banks require 40% deposit from property lenders

(Updates with BNZ, Kiwibank comment) By Fiona Rotherham July 21 (BusinessDesk) - All five of the country's leading retail banks have acted early to introduce restrictions on lending to property investors as part of the Reserve Bank's bid to slow the heated housing market....

Fiona Rotherham 21 Jul 2016