Grill'd

Grill’d
Subsidiary and franchise system
Industry Restaurant
Founded March 2, 2004
Headquarters Melbourne
Number of locations
 110
Products Alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, Gourmet hamburgers, chips
Owner Simon Crowe
Website www.grilld.com.au

Grill’d was founded by Simon Crowe in 2004 in Hawthorn, Melbourne, specialising in healthy burgers.

Through the Local Matters program each Grill'd restaurant donates $500 monthly to three local community groups split $300 / $100 / $100, with customers voting for their favourite by placing a token into a Local Matters jar.[1] Since it's launch Local Matters has supported nearly 10,000 local community groups and donated over $1.6M.

The first Grill'd restaurant opened in 2004. There were 5 restaurants by the end of 2005, and 35 restaurants in 2010.[2] Grill'd had 69 restaurants opened as of mid 2013.[3]

The restaurant chain encountered controversy in July 2015 when allegations arose that Kahlani Pyrah, a former employee of the Camberwell franchise, had been sacked after beginning a wage case with the Fair Work Commission to overturn a contract which set pay below the minimum award rate. Grill'd officially denied the allegations, but also promised a review of company pay agreements.[4] Pyrah launched a Federal Court case in a bid to get her job back.[5] An interim Federal Court ruling ordered Grill'd to reinstate her, allowing the wage case hearing to go ahead.[6] At the hearing, a ruling by the Fair Work Commission forced Grill'd to raise the wages of employees at its Camberwell franchise to be in line the award rate.[7] A planned unfair dismissal hearing at the Federal Court was called off after Pyrah and Grill'd reached an out-of-court settlement.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Grill'd Local Matters". Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Grill’d to perfection". startup smart. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Grill’d burger chain says it’s time to find a CEO". BRW. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Burger chain Grill'd to change pay rates after backlash over worker's sacking". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sacked Grill'd worker takes claims to court". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sacked Grill'd employee Kahlani Pyrah reinstated, paving way for wage case". The Age. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ruling forces Grill'd store to increase wages". The Age. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Sacked Grill'd worker Kahlani Pyrah receives payout from burger company". The Age. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

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