There has been a lot of movement in the franchising industry of late, with reviews, enquiries and most recently the Expert Panel set up to provide a report on possible changes to the Code and Trade Practices Act for the purpose of addressing unconscionable conduct.
The Expert Panel has now released their report to the Minister. A copy of this report can be found at
Is Maggies Kitchen Store 38 or 39 years behind McDonalds?
Simon Canning, in an interesting article in the Media section of today’s Australian newspaper (Dec 14th), reports how he was there at the opening of McDonald’s first store in Australia, way back in 1971.
So, McDonald’s was a new kid on the Aussie block, some 38 years ago, as is Maggies Kitchen Store now; a brand new Australian franchise ready to start franchising in early 2010.
But unlike McDonalds, Maggies Kitchen Stores are not into fast food, but the slow careful preparation of quite special tasty jams, pickles, preserves, chutneys etc. Products are all made at the store and sold from the same store, in a relaxed, warm, friendly environment.
News: November 2009
New Franchise Opportunity Featured.
“Stirring the Pot” - The Geelong Advertiser has recognized a Queenscliff franchise, Maggies Kitchen Store as a new Australian franchise, with potential to be duplicated into many towns and suburbs across the country.
The article states that “Maggies Kitchen Store is a landmark in Hesse S, Queenscliff” and reported Russell Spokes, one of the co-founders as seeing that “Maggies Kitchen Stores lended themselves to tourist towns in a reasonable proximity to major towns.”
News: October 2009
Occasionally a franchise opportunity comes onto the market that is quite unique. We believe that Maggies Kitchen Store www.maggieskitchenstore.com.au has the potential to become a very special franchise business.
Their store opened in 1993 and over the first few years of the business they formulated a number of ‘special recipes’ that have remained very popular with visitors to Queenscliff as well as local residents.
Their special recipes coupled with the success of their first store are to be the stepping stones to start their franchise business this year.
At All About Franchising we were fascinated by the success of Maggies Kitchen Store and are now directly involved in their franchise business - as well as giving Russell & Maggie franchise help and franchise advice - in their quest to become the McDonalds of the jam, pickle and preserves industry.
