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| Company type | Franchise system |
|---|---|
| Industry | Restaurant |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Founder | Sam Prince |
Number of locations | 300 |
Areas served | |
Key people | Matthew Kenny (CEO) |
| Products | Mexican food |
| Website | www |
Zambrero is an Australian multinationalfast food restaurant franchise servingMexican cuisine.
It was founded in Canberra by then-medical studentSam 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]
Zambrero opened its first restaurant in Lonsdale Street,Braddon in 2005,[4] opening its 100th restaurant a decade later inMidland,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 inNew Zealand in November 2014, inDublin,Ireland in March 2016[11] and opened its first two restaurants in United States on 20 March 2018.[12]
In conjunction with partner organisationRise 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]
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]
A 2016 study by theGeorge 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]
