Sumo Salad is an Australian
salad bar founded in 2003 in
Liverpool Street, Sydney, by Luke Baylis and James Miller.
Initially, Baylis and Miller hired friends and family to develop the business, including a trainer and marketer. In its first decade, Sumo Salad grew through franchising to have 100 stores, it also managed to expand internationally, having the total of 9 stores in New Zealand, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Brazil.
From 2013 to 2015, Sumo Salad partnered with
Paleo diet advocate
Pete Evans
Peter Daryl Evans (born 29 August 1973) is an Australian chef, and former television presenter, who was a former judge of the competitive cooking show ''My Kitchen Rules''. Evans has been heavily criticised for spreading misinformation about ...
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In October 2015, James Miller, one half of the pair responsible for starting up the Sumo Salad franchise was found dead by his flatmate, Nasser Elkordi in their Elizabeth Bay, Sydney home.
On 1 August 2018, Sumo Salad went into administration. A key reason given for its move was “legacy debts”, thought to relate to crippling rents the chain has been lumbered with at Westfield shopping centres.
On March 11 2022 the Sumo Group again put itself into administration.
See also
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List of restaurant chains in Australia
This is a list of notable restaurant chains in Australia. A restaurant chain is a set of related restaurants with the same name in many different locations that are either under shared corporate ownership (e.g., McDonald's in the U.S.) or franchi ...
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Fast-food franchises
Fast-food chains of Australia
Australian companies established in 2003
Restaurants established in 2003
2003 establishments in Australia
Privately held companies of Australia
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