Zambrero

Zambrero is an Australian restaurant chain serving Mexican food. It was founded by then-medical student Sam 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 programme.[1]

Zambrero
franchise system
IndustryRestaurant
Founded2005
FounderSam Prince
HeadquartersAustralia
Number of locations
202
ProductsMexican Food
OwnerDr Sam Prince
Websitewww.zambrero.com.au

History
Zambrero outlet at Canberra's Australian National University in 2013

It opened its first store in the Canberra suburb of Braddon in 2005.[2] Zambrero later expanded nationally, and then internationally. In 2016 opened its first European restaurant in Ireland. Zambrero opened its first restaurant in New Zealand in November 2014, in Ireland in March 2016[3] and opened its first two restaurants in the United States of America on 20 March 2018. [4] As of October 2019, Zambrero has over 200 restaurants worldwide. [5]

Philanthropy

In conjunction with partner organisation Rise Against Hunger, they have donated almost 8,000,000 meals.[3] 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, with CEO Stuart Cook stating "we decided to focus on the basic human rights … you aren’t gonna get to school if you’re hungry". In April 2015 it was reported that they had given 4.3 million meals in the previous eighteen months.[6][7][8][9] Prince was named the Australian of the Year for the ACT in 2012 for his Zambrero's-funded philanthropy.[10]

Nutrition

A 2016 study by the George 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.[11]

See also
  • List of restaurant chains in Australia

References
  1. "Eating for a cause: Sydney restaurants giving back to the community through donations". The Daily Telegraph. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. "Zambreros founder shares his secrets with Canberra's young entrepreneurs". Canberra Times. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. "Meaningful Mexican Zambrero donates 15m meals to those in need". SBS. 29 June 2017.
  4. Hatic, Dana (19 March 2018). "Australia's Humanitarian Burrito Shop Kicks Off US Arrival in Cambridge". Eater Boston. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  5. "One of Australian's largest Mexican restaurant chain to open meal packing stations around the nation on World Food Day, October 16th 2019 | Australian Food News". www.ausfoodnews.com.au. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. "Ethical dining: our favourite initiatives for eating out while giving back". The Guardian. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  7. "A fast food education: Sam Prince". The Australian. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  8. "Healing the world a step at a time". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  9. "Meaningful Mexican: Zambrero donates 15M meals to those in need". Food. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  10. "Conscious Capitalism: Millionaires who are giving back". news.com.au. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  11. "Zambrero nachos tops list of fast food overloads". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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