Craveable People
Women in Business: Anne Nicholas
Craveable People: June 21, 2023
Meet Anne Nicholas. Our Group Health and Safety Manager is determined, loyal and transparent. Anne’s role is responsible for leading, directing, supporting, monitoring and encouraging best practice across all areas…
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Craveable People: June 9, 2023
Craveable Brands celebrate the women in their business. Photo by Bianca De Marchi/The Photo Pitch Meet General Manager Toni Spicer, a passionate, caring and driven business leader. Toni handles all…
Read onWomen in Business: Deborah Manietta
Craveable People: May 24, 2023
Craveable Brands, Women in Franchising. Photo by Sarah Keayes/The Photo Pitch Meet Deb Manietta. She’s a loyal, caring, adventurous and successful businesswoman. Deb first got her start working for Craveable…
Read onWomen in Business: Erica Hutter
Craveable People: May 18, 2023
Craveable Brands celebrate the women in their business. Photo by Bianca De Marchi/The Photo Pitch We’d like you to meet our Menu Insights & Development Manager, Erica Hutter. She is…
Read onCraveable Brands’ Updated Parental Leave Policy
Craveable People: May 15, 2023
Kath Farnell with her son. At Craveable Brands, we believe that an inclusive culture, where differences are valued, is essential to our success and growth. With this in mind, we’ve…
Read onWomen in Business: Kath Mahoney, Head of ER & Compliance
Craveable People: April 28, 2023
Craveable Brands celebrate the women in their business. Photo by Bianca De Marchi/The Photo Pitch Kath Mahoney is a passionate, hardworking and loyal business leader. She’s also cheeky and incredibly…
Read onWomen in Business: Leisha Fontana, Franchising Manager, Craveable Brands.
Craveable People: April 17, 2023
Craveable Brands celebrate the women in their business. Photo by Daniel Wilkins/The Photo Pitch Franchise manager Leisha Fontana is a happy, positive and energetic business leader. Chasing adventure – and…
Read onWomen in Business: Sharyn Cetinic, Head of PMO - Technology, Craveable Brands
Craveable People: April 11, 2023
Craveable Brands celebrate the women in their business. Photo by Bianca De Marchi/The Photo Pitch Sharyn Cetinic is a tenacious, fearless and empathetic leader. Making her start at a law…
Read onWomen in Business; Kathryn Farnell, Chief People Officer, Craveable Brands
Craveable People: March 27, 2023
Craveable Brands celebrate the women in their business. Photo by Bianca De Marchi/The Photo Pitch Chief People Officer Kathryn Farnell is calm, creative and empowering. She handles Craveable Brands’ People…
Read onWomen In Business: Karen Bozic, Group CEO, Craveable Brands
Craveable People: March 6, 2023
Craveable Brands celebrate the women in their business. Photo by Bianca De Marchi/The Photo Pitch We’d like to introduce you to Craveable Brands’ calm, focused and driven Group CEO, Karen…
Read onWomen in Business: Mimma Battista, Chief Executive Officer, Chicken Treat
Craveable People: February 7, 2023
Craveable Brands celebrate the women in their business. Photo by Daniel Wilkins/The Photo Pitch Chicken Treat’s Chief Executive Officer Mimma Batista is a focussed, fun and energetic business leader. As…
Read onWomen in Business: Samantha Bragg, Chief Executive Officer, Oporto
Craveable People: January 30, 2023
Craveable Brands celebrate the women in their business. Photo by Bianca De Marchi/The Photo Pitch We’d like to introduce you to Oporto’s Chief Executive Officer, Sam Bragg; an inquisitive, calm…
Read onWomen in Business: Jess Gill, Chief Customer Officer
Craveable People: January 11, 2023
Craveable Brands celebrate the women in their business. Photo by Bianca De Marchi/The Photo Pitch We’d like to introduce you to Jess Gill, our tenacious and caring Chief Customer Officer. …
Read onWomen in Business; Leigh Jacobs, Business Consultant
Craveable People: December 8, 2022
Leigh Jacobs of Craveable Brands. Photo by Trent Light/The Photo Pitch We’d like you to meet Leigh Jacobs, WA Senior Business Consultant for both Oporto and Red Rooster. She’s…
Read onWomen in Business: Nicola Gannon, Corporate Lawyer
Craveable People: December 2, 2022
Craveable Brands celebrate the women in their business. Photo by Daniel Wilkins/The Photo Pitch Corporate Lawyer and business leader Nicola Gannon is persistent, ambitious and passionate. Starting out as a…
Read onCraveable Brands' FY22 Annual Award Winners
Craveable People: October 6, 2022
People are at the heart of every business, and we recently celebrated some of those that have made a difference at ours. Last week, we announced our FY22 Rising Star…
Read onWhy Join Craveable Brands? From Craveable Brands' CEO, Karen Bozic.
Craveable People: November 1, 2021
Karen Bozic, CEO Craveable Brands. Photo by Jane Dempster/The Photo Pitch If you’re reading this, it’s because you’re craving to own an iconic Australian food business, and that’s exciting…
Read onKaren Bozic talks leadership on the ARA Retail Therapy Podcast
Craveable People: July 7, 2021
In episode 4 of the ARA Retail Therapy podcast, Craveable Brand’s CEO, Karen Bozic, joined Paul Zahra in the AMEX Lounge to chat about success, leadership, food retail trends and…
Read onSafety Within the Craveable Community
Craveable People: May 14, 2021
Supporting the safety of our people is our top priority here at Craveable Brands. Underpinning Craveable Brands’ ambitious growth plans for 2021 is our value of care for the people…
Read onCraveable Brands Appoints New CEO for Oporto
Craveable People: May 10, 2021
We’re pleased to announce that a long standing member of our leadership team, Samantha Bragg, has officially been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Oporto. At Craveable Brands, we’re passionate about…
Read onSupporting Career Development Fundamental to Business Success
Craveable People: May 3, 2021
While feeding more than a million customers a week across our 580 Red Rooster, Oporto and Chicken Treat restaurants, Craveable Brands also aims to nourish the ambitions and career aspirations…
Read onTechnology Driving Customer Convenience and Network Connection
Craveable People: January 27, 2021
580 restaurants. 13,000 employees. 1 million customers per week. From how we communicate, to ordering and collecting our food and even where and when we ate, it all changed in 2020…
Read onSurvival Strategy turns to Framework for Success
Craveable People: January 20, 2021
Historically, QSRs have performed strongly during times of economic uncertainty because, put simply, people have to eat. But Craveable Brands’ rapid response to the challenges of 2020, which have included…
Read onAdapting in Uncertain Times
Craveable People: September 17, 2020
In the September edition of FCA Franchise Review Magazine, Craveable Brands CEO Karen Bozic discusses how a business comprising of 3 brands, 580 restaurants and over 13,000 employees adjusted to the…
Read onFrom Product Development Specialist to New Product Manager | Jeremy Stait | S1/E8
Craveable People: March 25, 2020
Career pathways… whether moving vertically, laterally or cross functionally… it all happens here at Craveable. Jeremy Stait started working at craveable brands as Product Development Specialist, and his passion for…
Read onFrom receptionist to Office Manager | JJ Lisboa-Senecky | S1/E7
Craveable People: March 11, 2020
Career pathways… whether moving vertically, laterally or cross functionally… it all happens here at Craveable. JJ started working at craveable brands as the Fabulous Receptionist but her attitude made her…
Read onFrom store cleaner to IT Specialist | Shannon Ward | S1/E6
Craveable People: March 4, 2020
Everything is possible at Craveable Brands – really. Hard work pays off in our company – and when we find great talent we know it is on us to train…
Read onFrom NDP Assistant to NDP Specialist | Ashlie Presland | S1/E5
Craveable People: February 26, 2020
Career pathways… whether moving vertically, laterally or cross functionally… it all happens here at Craveable. Ashlie started working at craveable brands as a New Product Development Assistance. Soon, her hard…
Read onOver 20 nationalities working together - THIS IS CRAVEABLE BRANDS 🙌
Craveable People: February 25, 2020
Diversity and inclusion are at the centre of what we do at craveable brands. And they are part of the team that make this company successful and diverse everyday 🙌…
Read onFrom Red Rooster Crew Member to Head of Operations | Ben Hughes | S1/E4
Craveable People: February 17, 2020
From Red Rooster Crew Member to Head of Operations & Delivery — how impressive is that?😮 Well, this is exactly Ben Hughes‘s inspiring story with Red Rooster. Ben Hughes joined…
Read onDiversity and inclusion are at the centre of what we do at craveable brands.
Craveable People: February 10, 2020
Aloha, ciao, hola, hej, hallo, schalom, jambo… WELCOME TO CRAVEABLE BRANDS! 🤗 #Diversity and #inclusion are at the centre of what we do at craveable brands., and this was the…
Read onFrom Oporto to Red Rooster | Brad Strydom | S1/E3
Craveable People: February 10, 2020
Brad Strydom joined the craveable brands. family 3 years ago as State Manager for Oporto. One year after, he was offered a great position as part of Red Rooster‘s team!…
Read onFrom Employee Relations to Project Manager | Charlene Metcalfe | S1/E2
Craveable People: February 1, 2020
Charlene Metcalfe (aka Charlie) has 15 years in the industry with experience in Australia and Internationally, she is now part of the Craveable & Oporto familia. Charlie’s career is fenomenal.…
Read oncraveable brands. appoints Karen Bozic as New Group Chief Executive Officer
Craveable People: November 18, 2019
Karen Bozic appointed Group CEO and Director; Brett Houldin steps down as Group CEO and Director. craveable brands. today announced that Karen Bozic has been appointed Group CEO and a…
Read onChicken is King in Australia!
Craveable People: October 10, 2019
It’s World Chicken Day… and our research shows Chicken is King in Australia… New figures show Aussies have a ravenous appetite for chicken It’s World Chicken Day and the…
Read on#CRAVERBDAY - Happy Birthday to the May/June team!
Craveable People: June 6, 2019
#CRAVERBDAY – Low sugar, low carbs & fat free Happy Birthday celebration for our May/June team 🙌 🎂 Cupcakes and best wishes for you!! Janaina Lisboa-Senecky, Anabela Marcal, Marino Musumeci,…
Read onGO CRAVERS! 🏀
Craveable People: May 8, 2019
Our basket team has played today the first #LunchtimeLegends match and well… result is not always the most important part, is it? This time the team from the Collective Wellness…
Read onHow do we support our Franchise Partners?
Craveable People: April 30, 2019
All about people supporting people. Here at craveable brands. we operate over 570 restaurants across 3 iconic Australian chicken brands: Red Rooster, Oporto and Chicken Treat. Combined, our restaurants hire over 12,500 employees and serve over 150,000 customers a day. It’s safe to say we’re cooking.…
Read onChief People Officer - Meet Trudie Harriman
Craveable People: March 7, 2019
#CraverWomensWeek: She is Trudie Harriman, our Chief People Officer. And she makes us proud. Trudie is a Craver from early February and when she was asked “why did she decide…
Read onOur fabulous receptionist - Meet JJ
Craveable People: March 6, 2019
#CraverWomensWeek: She is JJ, our fabulous receptionist. And she makes us proud. Imagine that you could have at your front-house a girl that not only makes your life easier, but…
Read onNSW Franchising Manager - Meet Fernanda Camerini
Craveable People: March 5, 2019
#CraverWomensWeek: She is Fernanda, our NSW Franchising Manager. And she makes us proud. Reliable, committed and organised, Fernanda has been with the brand for over 10 years. Started as Admin…
Read onSenior CRM Manager - Meet Louise Berger
Craveable People: March 4, 2019
#CraverWomenWeek: She is Louise, our Senior CRM Manager. And she makes us proud. Considerate, dedicated and energetic, she has been part of the IT team for the last 1 year…
Read onHead of Design - Meet Nick Hutchison-Smith
Craveable People: February 1, 2019
CREATIVE DESIGN AND GOOD MESSAGING – NOT SUCH A TALL ORDER FOR THIS A GENTLE GIANT Nick Hutchison-Smith describes the last two years at Craveable Brands as some of the…
Read onWhat Craveable Brands looks for in new franchisees
Craveable People: January 26, 2019
Operating over 570 restaurants across Australia – and growing – a key element to that growth is finding the right franchise partners to join our brands. Here we talk to…
Read onHead of Menu Innovation – Meet Kirsten Chessor
Craveable People: January 20, 2019
PUTTING THE YUM INTO CRAVEABLE WITH MENU INNOVATION AND NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. What does it take to bring a menu item idea to life? As Craveable Brands’ Head of Menu…
Read onEnterprise Services Manager - Meet Tyler Mason
Craveable People: December 25, 2018
THE GADGET GUY WHOSE PASSION FOR TECH FAST TRACK UP THE RANKS TO SUCCESS. Tyler Mason may be only 22, but the Craveable Brands Enterprise Services Manager already has many…
Read onEmpowering people to be successful in life
Craveable People: November 14, 2018
THE MOTHER OF ALL TRAINERS – BUILDING LEARNING PATHWAYS AND LONG-TERM CAREERS With around 12,000 staff in her remit (many of them young crew) as the Head of Learning and…
Read onNational Manager Property and Leasing - Meet Mark Hooper
Craveable People: November 11, 2018
JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS FOR FRANCHISE SUCCESS So many factors contribute to the success of a franchise business, but one of the most important is location. That’s where Mark Hooper, otherwise…
Read onHead of Technical – Meet Toni Spicer-Chase
Craveable People: November 5, 2018
FROM FARM GIRL TO GAME CHANGER – PUTTING THE QUALITY IN QA Toni Spicer-Chase has no problem in going that extra mile in her role as Head of Technical at…
Read onHead of Supply Chain - Meet Brett Shephard
Craveable People: October 10, 2018
BE CALM AND THINK FAST – A MAN ON A MISSION To keep a major supply chain going in a QSR business is a big deal. You need to be…
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