Zambrero

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Zambrero
Company type Franchise system
Industry Restaurant
Founded2005
FounderSam Prince
Number of locations
300
Areas served
Key people
Matthew Kenny (CEO)
Products Mexican food
Website www.zambrero.com.au

Zambrero is an Australian multinational fast food restaurant franchise serving Mexican cuisine.

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It was founded in Canberra by then-medical student Sam Prince with the idea of using the profits to support humanitarian causes. The chain donates a meal to someone in need in the developing world for every meal purchased through their Plate4Plate program, as of September 2024, it has donated over 80 million meals. [1] [2]

Zambrero is one of Australia’s largest Mexican food franchise with over 300 restaurants globally. [1] [3]

Locations

Zambrero restaurant in Ocean Grove, Victoria Ocean Grove New Opening 2022.jpg
Zambrero restaurant in Ocean Grove, Victoria

Zambrero opened its first restaurant in Lonsdale Street, Braddon in 2005, [4] opening its 100th restaurant a decade later in Midland, Western Australia. [5] Zambrero was recognised as one of Australia’s fastest growing franchises on the BRW Fastest Franchises List for 2011, 2012 and 2013 and Fast 100 List for 2014 and 2015. [6] [7] [8] [9] As of September 2024, Zambrero has 300 restaurants worldwide in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the US and the UK. [10]

Zambrero opened its first restaurant in New Zealand in November 2014, in Dublin, Ireland in March 2016 [11] and opened its first two restaurants in United States on 20 March 2018. [12]

Philanthropy

In conjunction with partner organisation Rise Against Hunger, Zambrero's Plate 4 Plate initiative have donated 80,000,000 meals. [13] [14] [15]

The company had shifted from an earlier goal of supplying educational resources to indigenous communities and developing countries, for which Prince had founded the E-magine Foundation in 2007, to reducing global hunger. [16]

Accolades

Zambrero won the “Australian Business Awards Enterprise of the Year” award in 2015 [17] and in 2016 the QSR Media “Best Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative” and “Best Sustainability Initiative” awards. [18] Bianca Azzopardi, CEO of Zambrero was awarded the “Rising Star” award at the 2018 QSR Media awards. [19]

Nutrition

A 2016 study by the George Institute for Global Health, analysing 229 small meals and snacks from 25 fast food chains, found Zambrero's pork nachos to have the highest kilojoule count. [20]

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