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La Porchetta
Company typeFranchise
IndustryRestaurant
Founded14 November 1985; 38 years ago (14 November 1985) (Carlton, Victoria)
FoundersRocco Pantaleo, Felice Nania
Area served
Australia and New Zealand
ProductsItalian food
Websitelaporchetta.com.au
La Porchetta restaurant at the Twin Plaza in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

La Porchetta (Italian pronunciation: [la porˈketta]) is an Australian and New Zealand restaurant franchise which has become one of the biggest Italian restaurant chains in those countries. There are about 38 outlets now in Australia and New Zealand which are owned by franchisees.[1]

Founding and history

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La Porchetta was established in 1985 by Rocco Pantaleo and Felice Nania, when they bought a run-down pizza parlour called La Porchetta in Rathdowne Street, Carlton. Their first franchise restaurant opened in the Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, Victoria in 1990. Since 1990, over 80 La Porchettas have opened across Australia,[2] by 2017 around 40 outlets existed.[1]

In August 2014, Retail Food Group, which owns franchise chains Crust Pizza, Gloria Jean's coffeehouses, Donut King, Michel's Patisserie and Brumby's Bakeries, announced it would purchase La Porchetta's franchising system for $16.3 million. Three months later, RFG pulled out of the deal.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Cameron Houston, Chris Vedelago (27 September 2017). "Pizza chain La Porchetta's thin crust of respectability hides a darker truth". The Age. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. ^ Houston, Chris Vedelago, Cameron (27 September 2017). "Pizza chain La Porchetta's thin crust of respectability hides a darker truth". The Age. Retrieved 28 May 2020.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Food chains in Australia
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