Brumby's Bakeries (commonly shortened to just Brumby's) is a chain of Australian and New Zealand retail bakeries. It was established in Victoria in 1975 by Roger Gillespie (co-founder of
Bakers Delight
Bakers Delight is an Australian-owned multinational bakery franchise chain, with franchisors in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. There are over 700 stores worldwide, with Australia having over 500 stores.
History
Bakers D ...
) with the opening of its first bakery, ''The Old Style Bread Centre'', in
Ashburton, Victoria
Ashburton is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, southeast of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Boroondara Local government areas of Victoria, lo ...
.
Company information
In 2003, the chain was listed on the
Bendigo Stock Exchange
Bendigo Stock Exchange (BSX) was a small stock exchange based in Australia.
The exchange targeted its listing rules at small to medium-sized businesses and offered lower listing fees than the Australian Securities Exchange. It listed various s ...
.
On 18 December 2006, Brumby's announced
Retail Food Group () had proposed a merger.
As of 2007, Brumby's Bakeries has over 320
franchises throughout Australia and New Zealand, up from 280 in 2003.
In 2012 Brumby's Bakeries Managing Director wrote an internal memo that suggested franchisees increase their prices and "let the
carbon tax
A carbon tax is a tax levied on the carbon emissions from producing goods and services. Carbon taxes are intended to make visible the hidden Social cost of carbon, social costs of carbon emissions. They are designed to reduce greenhouse gas emis ...
take the blame".
The bakery chain is part of the publicly listed
Retail Food Group, which also owns
Gloria Jeans,
Donut King
Donut King is an Australian multinational doughnut company and quick service restaurant. It specialises in Australian-style doughnuts and coffee. Signature menu items include hot cinnamon donuts, quakeshakes, thickshakes, milkshakes and bari ...
, and
Michel's Patisserie
Michel's Patisserie is an Australian chain of bakery-style food outlets selling cakes, pies, savouries and coffees. The company is a franchise system that was founded in 1988 and has over 90 retail outlets in all Australian states and territori ...
.
See also
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List of bakeries
This is a list of notable bakeries. A bakery is an Business, establishment that produces and sells flour-based food baking, baked in an oven such as bread, cakes, Pastry, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also cafés, serving coffee a ...
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List of brand name breads
This is a list of brand name breads.
Brand name breads
* Allinson
* Alvarado Street Bakery
* Bimbo Bakeries USA – Arnold, Ball Park, Beefsteak, Bimbo, Brownberry, EarthGrains, Entenmann's, Eureka! Baking Company, Francisco, Freihofer's, Grand ...
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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 ...
References
External links
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{{Food chains in Australia
Food and drink companies based in Melbourne
Bakeries of Australia
Restaurant franchises
Australian companies established in 1975