Former MasterChef contestant Brendan Pang launches his dumplings range in selected Woolworths supermarkets across Australia from today. They are available in pork and ginger dumplings, chicken and prawn dumplings and classic juicy pork xiao long bao.
They’ll no doubt face stiff competition from fellow MasterChef alumni Diana Chan’s similarly sized products, which are regularly on half price and below four bucks.
Collins Foods chief executive Drew O’Malley says the fast-food restaurant owner will likely lift menu prices at its local KFC stores for the third time this year as costs mushroom, but will keep increases below headline inflation to maintain value for consumers. 261 KFC stores in Australia would need to maintain a blend of cabbage and lettuce for its burgers for at least the next four to six weeks until supplies are replenished.
Most obvious thing to me would be to switch to post-mix at the stores, that’s got to add a lot to how much each meal sells for - when they could sell 20 cents worth of mixture in a cup and keep their menu price lower.
Speaking of Post Mix, when I went to a KFC in Sydney back in 2017 I was weirded out about that store having post mix drinks rather than bottles that I thought they changed it at all KFCs.