24 June 2010 | The coffee industry in Australia is booming. According to Datamonitor's Hot Drinks in Australia to 2013 report, the biggest growth in coffee sales is expected to come from out-of-home consumption.
2 June 2010 | Convenience store chain, 7-Eleven, is targeting those Australians keen to save some money but not willing to sacrifice their caffeine hit, by offering $1 coffees.
10 May 2010 | This drive-through coffee business has three company owned stores and one franchise, which was established in August 2009. A national expansion campaign through a series of master franchise opportunities is currently underway, and director Linda Tsiokas hopes that the Franchising and Business Opportunities Expo will further extend the company's reach in
Western Australia.
31 March 2010 | bb's cafe Seaford franchisees Brenton and Ruth Tilbrook have been named Retail Food Group's 2010 bb's cafe South Australia Team of the Year.
29 March 2010 | Coffee franchise, Hudsons Coffee, has opened a new store in Perth's Mount Hospital, providing hospital employees, visitors and patients with a range of hot and cold drinks and sweet and savoury foods, seven days a week.
26 February 2010 | This coffee franchise employs more than 6,000 employees and serves more than 40 million coffees each year.
25 January 2010 | The Zarraffa's Worongary franchise has even more reason to celebrate its first birthday, selling 219,000 coffees in 2009, indicating that the drive-thru style of serving coffee is a successful one.
4 December 2009 | The Cafe2U mobile coffee franchise has been named best value franchise system by Australian Financial Review Smart Investor Magazine in the December 2009 issue.
30 November 2009 | It's been a big year for cookie and coffee franchise, Mrs Fields, opening six new stores and planning to open another 10 in 2010.
16 September 2009 | After a long absence, coffee house franchise, Aromas, is making a comeback in Brisbane's inner west, opening a store in Milton in January 2010.
3 August 2009 | Franchising doughnut and coffee maker Donut King has launched its largest marketing campaign for the year aimed at encouraging coffee-lovers to sample its new Royal Bean coffee blend.
29 July 2009 | Xpresso Delight, Australia's largest business-to-business coffee franchise, has appointed Trevor Spurr to head operations in South Australia.
6 April 2009 | The coffee franchise with a difference, Muzz Buzz, has just opened the first of five more drive-through outlets in the Perth area.
30 March 2009 | When Peter Archer decided to change his lifestyle and join the ranks of franchisees, working at night was definitely off the agenda. A successful printer for 23 years Archer had been living on the night shift so the opportunity to take on the Noosa Heads Cafe2U franchise was a breath of fresh air.
18 March 2009 | If you want to set up a cafe business a partnership of property developer, hospitality expert and champion barista is probably a good start. And that's the trio behind the latest cafe brand launch in Australia, Canada's franchised Presse Cafe which officially opened its doors in Sydney with a cocktail party attended by the Canadian Consul General.
12 March 2009 | The Coffee Club's John Lazarou is joining a handful of Australian singers, songwriters and TV personalities to help promote Olivia Newton-John's Cancer and Wellness Centre appeal.
11 March 2009 | A new franchise opportunity, Love Coffee & Crepes, has been launched by the franchisor of Go Sushi and Kick Juice Bars.
11 March 2009 | The latest opening for The Coffee Club franchise is set to be in Sandgate when business partners Jeanine Berry and Craig Pratt open the doors to The Coffee Club Café Bar Restaurant on March 19.
6 March 2009 | Franchisees and husband and wife team Paul and Jodi Brown are going from strength to strength with The Coffee Club, just opening an outlet at the new DFO complex at Cairns. The couple also own The Coffee Club stores at Earlville Cairns and Port Douglas.
4 March 2009 | Gloria Jean's Coffees has launched a new national advertising campaign and website, committing its largest advertising spend in Australia to reinforce its brand position. In the latest campaign the focus is on the precision involved in the coffee making process.
26 February 2009 | Australian owned global specialty coffee brand and Food Franchisor of the Year 2007, Gloria Jean's Coffees, has announced its expansion into the Czech Republic. The master franchise partner is Asko, a European retail furniture chain.
19 January 2009 | The first step along the road to opening up about 600 Gloria Jean's Coffees outlets in China over the next 15 years has been taken with the appointment of Dash Brands Limited, as a Chinese master franchise for the prosperous north and east of the country.
5 January 2009 | Australian franchise success story Cafe 2U has been crowned the largest mobile coffee franchise in the world.
5 January 2009 | As one of Australia’s leading coffee specialists, Gloria Jean’s Coffees has played a major role in the development and growth of the retail coffee market in Australia.
5 January 2009 | It’s been 10 years since Mark Hawthorne and Ros Turner served up their first Hudsons Coffee in Melbourne’s CBD.