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Why the food truck boom could be over 26 April 2018.
Fred Stern's worst day of trading for his food truck was at a market in Coburg last year.
"There were about seven food trucks and for the entire day maybe 100 people came through in eight or nine hours of trading," he says. "There was a $140 fee to be there and I know some of the vendors took as little as $20 for the day, we took $200 but then we had staffing costs and the cost of food."
Fred Stern, food truck owner, The Little Spring Roll Company and his partner Terence Li. Photo: Jason South.
End of the boom
Stern and many other food truck owners believe the food truck boom is over.
A few years ago food trucks were in hot demand with customers tracking them on apps and social media to find out where the trucks would turn up.
But the popularity of food trucks has led to a surge in the number of people running food truck businesses with the Australian Mobile Food Vendors Group estimating there are 3000 food trucks in Victoria, up from 1500 two years ago.
This has resulted in increased competition and decreased returns for food truck owners.
As well as his own food truck, The Little Spring Roll Company, Stern also runs a mobile food industry training course and he says times are tough.
"Food truck vendors are reporting drops of up to 50 to 80 per cent of income they made just a year ago," Stern says.
"While food trucks are getting much better at doing really good food, sometimes it turns out there can be too many similar food vendors and they cut each others' throats."
With only a limited number of locations to trade at available through councils, food trucks are increasingly reliant on events for income.
Stern says "unscrupulous operators" are taking advantage of food truck owners with fees for food trucks to attend events going up substantially, ranging from $100 to $1000 for a day.
"There has been a rise in entrepreneurs looking to make easy money out of running pop up food events," Stern says. "Hand in hand with higher fees comes the dreaded line in their terms and conditions 'The fee charged does not represent a reflection of income you make at this event. That fee gets you a spot but you don't have say over who your competition might be. If there are 25 trucks, bad luck. Then there are other factors like a bad weather day."
Stern and his partner Terence Li paid $55,000 for their second hand food truck and then spent a further $40,000 refitting it and purchasing insurance.
They also pay a $3500 fee for a regular spot at the Yarraville Gardens in Melbourne.
The Little Spring Roll Company's turnover has held steady but it is relatively low at around $80,000 a year.
"For us it has been ok," Stern says. "But hindsight is a wonderful thing, in hindsight whilst our business is ok would we have chosen this? Possibly not."
At one event The Little Spring Roll company only took $200. Photo: Jason South
Selling up
One food truck vendor who has had enough is Peter Katos, who owns the Bread and Meat Co food truck, selling slow cooked meat like pulled pork burgers.
After two years of trading Katos is desparately trying to sell his truck.
"The events aren't the same, there are too many trucks out there and there is no support," he says.
"We go to an event and leave with $380 for the whole day in takings, that's not profit. It hasn't been worth it this year."
Katos says turnover has almost halved, falling from $200,000 two years ago to $110,000 last year.
Katos spent $70,000 buying his second hand truck then a further $80,000 fixing it up but he doesn't expect to get back what he spent selling the truck, which has been on the market for two months now.
Megna Murali is the founder of Start Your Food Business.
"It started off really good but now there are a lot more trucks out there and a lot of dud events which just cost us money," he says. "It's very disappointing and nothing has been done about it."
Red tape
In New South Wales, the number of food trucks is more limited.
Megna Murali, runs a food truck course Start Your Food Business, and estimates there are around 500 food trucks in Sydney.
"Having a food truck is a lot easier in Melbourne," she says. "It's increasingly popular but the red tape around setting up a food truck in Sydney is a lot more expensive.
In Sydney, food truck owners have to register through the local council so there is not such a happening place around food trucks in Sydney which is a shame."
The nature of business
Frank Rusitovski, director of industry body the Australian Mobile Food Vendors Group, says while some food trucks are struggling, many are doing well.
"Obviously the space is expanding and the industry is the biggest it has been, there are more and more trucks coming on a weekly basis," he says.
"Not all vendors will succeed, that is the nature of business and obviously it is very competitive out there. My advice to vendors is to do your research and compete. Some events are successful and some are not so much. It's a case of looking at your food products and looking where they work."
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Why the food truck boom could be over 26 April 2018.
Fred Stern's worst day of trading for his food truck was at a market in Coburg last year.
"There were about seven food trucks and for the entire day maybe 100 people came through in eight or nine hours of trading," he says. "There was a $140 fee to be there and I know some of the vendors took as little as $20 for the day, we took $200 but then we had staffing costs and the cost of food."
Fred Stern, food truck owner, The Little Spring Roll Company and his partner Terence Li. Photo: Jason South.
End of the boom
Stern and many other food truck owners believe the food truck boom is over.
A few years ago food trucks were in hot demand with customers tracking them on apps and social media to find out where the trucks would turn up.
But the popularity of food trucks has led to a surge in the number of people running food truck businesses with the Australian Mobile Food Vendors Group estimating there are 3000 food trucks in Victoria, up from 1500 two years ago.
This has resulted in increased competition and decreased returns for food truck owners.
As well as his own food truck, The Little Spring Roll Company, Stern also runs a mobile food industry training course and he says times are tough.
"Food truck vendors are reporting drops of up to 50 to 80 per cent of income they made just a year ago," Stern says.
"While food trucks are getting much better at doing really good food, sometimes it turns out there can be too many similar food vendors and they cut each others' throats."
With only a limited number of locations to trade at available through councils, food trucks are increasingly reliant on events for income.
Stern says "unscrupulous operators" are taking advantage of food truck owners with fees for food trucks to attend events going up substantially, ranging from $100 to $1000 for a day.
"There has been a rise in entrepreneurs looking to make easy money out of running pop up food events," Stern says. "Hand in hand with higher fees comes the dreaded line in their terms and conditions 'The fee charged does not represent a reflection of income you make at this event. That fee gets you a spot but you don't have say over who your competition might be. If there are 25 trucks, bad luck. Then there are other factors like a bad weather day."
Stern and his partner Terence Li paid $55,000 for their second hand food truck and then spent a further $40,000 refitting it and purchasing insurance.
They also pay a $3500 fee for a regular spot at the Yarraville Gardens in Melbourne.
The Little Spring Roll Company's turnover has held steady but it is relatively low at around $80,000 a year.
"For us it has been ok," Stern says. "But hindsight is a wonderful thing, in hindsight whilst our business is ok would we have chosen this? Possibly not."
At one event The Little Spring Roll company only took $200. Photo: Jason South
Selling up
One food truck vendor who has had enough is Peter Katos, who owns the Bread and Meat Co food truck, selling slow cooked meat like pulled pork burgers.
After two years of trading Katos is desparately trying to sell his truck.
"The events aren't the same, there are too many trucks out there and there is no support," he says.
"We go to an event and leave with $380 for the whole day in takings, that's not profit. It hasn't been worth it this year."
Katos says turnover has almost halved, falling from $200,000 two years ago to $110,000 last year.
Katos spent $70,000 buying his second hand truck then a further $80,000 fixing it up but he doesn't expect to get back what he spent selling the truck, which has been on the market for two months now.
Megna Murali is the founder of Start Your Food Business.
"It started off really good but now there are a lot more trucks out there and a lot of dud events which just cost us money," he says. "It's very disappointing and nothing has been done about it."
Red tape
In New South Wales, the number of food trucks is more limited.
Megna Murali, runs a food truck course Start Your Food Business, and estimates there are around 500 food trucks in Sydney.
"Having a food truck is a lot easier in Melbourne," she says. "It's increasingly popular but the red tape around setting up a food truck in Sydney is a lot more expensive.
In Sydney, food truck owners have to register through the local council so there is not such a happening place around food trucks in Sydney which is a shame."
The nature of business
Frank Rusitovski, director of industry body the Australian Mobile Food Vendors Group, says while some food trucks are struggling, many are doing well.
"Obviously the space is expanding and the industry is the biggest it has been, there are more and more trucks coming on a weekly basis," he says.
"Not all vendors will succeed, that is the nature of business and obviously it is very competitive out there. My advice to vendors is to do your research and compete. Some events are successful and some are not so much. It's a case of looking at your food products and looking where they work."
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* How often are the food trucks checked by the authorities to ensure they are hygienic and safe? In the the Aussie heat ...
* The food truck manufacturers have hit the jack pot in the last 5 years. Now might be a good time to be a good time to b...
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180428Sa Melbourne 'Herald Sun' - Nitrogen Dessert food truck.
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There are also a big Koala at Dadswells Bridge (Vic.), a big sheep at Wagin (WA), a big earthworm near Bass (South Gippsland), a big blowfly, a bit cow pat?
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Kingaroy's big peanut dream inches closer 14 June 2018 — 3:35pm
A two-storey-high Big Peanut will be built in Kingaroy to recognise the lengthy contribution of Kingaroy peanuts to the Queensland economy.
A site was confirmed last week in the grounds of the Kingaroy Bowls Club in Youngman Street, Kingaroy, which is on the main highway, Australia's Country Way, bringing tourists in and out of Kingaroy.
A design has been prepared by a community group, which is organising the fundraising campaign.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk Kingaroy at the peanut van in Kingaroy. Photo: AAP
Kristy Board is on the Kingaroy Needs A Big Peanut campaign group, which over the past 18 months came up with designs and fundraising pitches to the large peanut businesses in the Kingaroy region.
The campaign group was started by a group of Kingaroy friends, who said Kingaroy needed a Big Peanut to lure tourists.
"We just thought it was ridiculous that we didn't have one," Ms Board said.
"So one afternoon, after a few drinks we thought, 'Damn it, let's do something about it'."
"My friend, Susan Harvey, pressed go on the Facebook page and it immediately exploded to over 1000 followers."
The idea was originally to build something of the scale of the Big Pineapple at Woombye.
A big peanut near the Japanese city of Nagoya serves as inspiration on the group's Facebook site. Photo: supplied
It has been scaled back a little, to become a two-storey high peanut resting on its side where people could walk inside, similar to Gayndah's Big Orange, or Coffs Harbour's Big Banana, she said.
The Big Peanut will be built at the front of the Kingaroy Bowls Club because it is on the main highway.
"The bowls club was looking at expanding and growing its capacity and they're on Australia's Country Way, which is the inland tourist route," Ms Board said.
"So they will capture the tourists coming past, they already have parking, they already have toilets, they already have a bar, they already have kitchen facilities.
"It really does tick a lot of boxes."
Ms Board said the townspeople genuinely supported the idea and want to help fund the idea.
The community group has also already approached the Peanut Company of Australia (PCA) for funding and Crumptons, one of the region's big peanut growing companies.
They are now putting together their business plan and will soon lodge an application with the local council.
Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington, the region's local MP, has also asked the state government to help the Kingaroy community group in putting the idea together.
On Thursday, Ms Frecklington received some unexpected cheeky support from Queensland Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones.
“Bigger is better and the Big Peanut for Kingaroy will be a great icon for that community,” Ms Jones said.
“Like everyone who visits Kingaroy, the first stop you make is to the peanut van and I think having a big peanut to put Kingaroy on the map is a great win for tourism and the Kingaroy community.”
Ms Jones said she did not think the Big Peanut would see tourists bypass Brisbane and travel to Kingaroy.
“I’m pretty confident that when Queen's Wharf is built they will come here first and then maybe go up the road we are building (the Bruce Highway) to the Big Peanut.”
Tourism Minister Kate Jones reckons the Big Peanut for Kingaroy is a great idea. Photo: Michelle Smith
South Burnett mayor Keith Campbell told his local paper said he would the town’s council supported the move for Big Peanut.
South Burnett mayor Keith Campbell said he supported the Big Peanut proposal.
"If a committee was to take ownership, and develop it as a town attraction, council would be willing to listen to a proposal,” Cr Campbell said.
"There would obviously be planning and approval involved,” he said.
"We'd encourage the project to go through a fully developed business case and that there is a plan of how it will be used when it's constructed."
Cr Campbell said Kingaroy was most famous for its peanuts and anything to continue to promote the brand was welcome.
Federal MP David Littleproud (Maranoa) also told the South Burnett Times on January 11, 2018, that he backed the idea.
"A 'Big Things in Queensland' bucket list should be the foundation for any road trip in our great state and I think a Big Peanut in Kingaroy would not only make a great selfie addition for tourists but also help to grow the South Burnett's economy and local jobs as a result,” Mr Littleproud said.
Now, how about a Big Bilby for Charleville?
Other big things in Australia
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales - Big Banana
Sunshine Coast – Big Pineapple
Tamworth, New South Wales – Big Golden Guitar
Ballina, New South Wales – Big Prawn
Kingston, South Australia – Big Lobster
Glenrowan, Victoria - Big Ned Kelly
Goulburn, New South Wales – Big Merino
The Big Banana at Coffs Harbour. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Kingaroy’s place in Queensland culture also has a lot to do with the lengthy contribution to Australian politics, both good and bad, of the Bjelke-Petersen couple, Sir Joh and Lady Flo Bjelke Petersen.
The former Queensland senator, Lady Flo, died in Kingaroy on December 20, 2017 aged 97.
Sir Joh – Queensland’s most divisive premier - died in April 2005 aged 94, also in Kingaroy.
< www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queens...20180614-p4zle1.html >
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Kingaroy's big peanut dream inches closer 14 June 2018 — 3:35pm
A two-storey-high Big Peanut will be built in Kingaroy to recognise the lengthy contribution of Kingaroy peanuts to the Queensland economy.
A site was confirmed last week in the grounds of the Kingaroy Bowls Club in Youngman Street, Kingaroy, which is on the main highway, Australia's Country Way, bringing tourists in and out of Kingaroy.
A design has been prepared by a community group, which is organising the fundraising campaign.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk Kingaroy at the peanut van in Kingaroy. Photo: AAP
Kristy Board is on the Kingaroy Needs A Big Peanut campaign group, which over the past 18 months came up with designs and fundraising pitches to the large peanut businesses in the Kingaroy region.
The campaign group was started by a group of Kingaroy friends, who said Kingaroy needed a Big Peanut to lure tourists.
"We just thought it was ridiculous that we didn't have one," Ms Board said.
"So one afternoon, after a few drinks we thought, 'Damn it, let's do something about it'."
"My friend, Susan Harvey, pressed go on the Facebook page and it immediately exploded to over 1000 followers."
The idea was originally to build something of the scale of the Big Pineapple at Woombye.
A big peanut near the Japanese city of Nagoya serves as inspiration on the group's Facebook site. Photo: supplied
It has been scaled back a little, to become a two-storey high peanut resting on its side where people could walk inside, similar to Gayndah's Big Orange, or Coffs Harbour's Big Banana, she said.
The Big Peanut will be built at the front of the Kingaroy Bowls Club because it is on the main highway.
"The bowls club was looking at expanding and growing its capacity and they're on Australia's Country Way, which is the inland tourist route," Ms Board said.
"So they will capture the tourists coming past, they already have parking, they already have toilets, they already have a bar, they already have kitchen facilities.
"It really does tick a lot of boxes."
Ms Board said the townspeople genuinely supported the idea and want to help fund the idea.
The community group has also already approached the Peanut Company of Australia (PCA) for funding and Crumptons, one of the region's big peanut growing companies.
They are now putting together their business plan and will soon lodge an application with the local council.
Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington, the region's local MP, has also asked the state government to help the Kingaroy community group in putting the idea together.
On Thursday, Ms Frecklington received some unexpected cheeky support from Queensland Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones.
“Bigger is better and the Big Peanut for Kingaroy will be a great icon for that community,” Ms Jones said.
“Like everyone who visits Kingaroy, the first stop you make is to the peanut van and I think having a big peanut to put Kingaroy on the map is a great win for tourism and the Kingaroy community.”
Ms Jones said she did not think the Big Peanut would see tourists bypass Brisbane and travel to Kingaroy.
“I’m pretty confident that when Queen's Wharf is built they will come here first and then maybe go up the road we are building (the Bruce Highway) to the Big Peanut.”
Tourism Minister Kate Jones reckons the Big Peanut for Kingaroy is a great idea. Photo: Michelle Smith
South Burnett mayor Keith Campbell told his local paper said he would the town’s council supported the move for Big Peanut.
South Burnett mayor Keith Campbell said he supported the Big Peanut proposal.
"If a committee was to take ownership, and develop it as a town attraction, council would be willing to listen to a proposal,” Cr Campbell said.
"There would obviously be planning and approval involved,” he said.
"We'd encourage the project to go through a fully developed business case and that there is a plan of how it will be used when it's constructed."
Cr Campbell said Kingaroy was most famous for its peanuts and anything to continue to promote the brand was welcome.
Federal MP David Littleproud (Maranoa) also told the South Burnett Times on January 11, 2018, that he backed the idea.
"A 'Big Things in Queensland' bucket list should be the foundation for any road trip in our great state and I think a Big Peanut in Kingaroy would not only make a great selfie addition for tourists but also help to grow the South Burnett's economy and local jobs as a result,” Mr Littleproud said.
Now, how about a Big Bilby for Charleville?
Other big things in Australia
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales - Big Banana
Sunshine Coast – Big Pineapple
Tamworth, New South Wales – Big Golden Guitar
Ballina, New South Wales – Big Prawn
Kingston, South Australia – Big Lobster
Glenrowan, Victoria - Big Ned Kelly
Goulburn, New South Wales – Big Merino
The Big Banana at Coffs Harbour. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Kingaroy’s place in Queensland culture also has a lot to do with the lengthy contribution to Australian politics, both good and bad, of the Bjelke-Petersen couple, Sir Joh and Lady Flo Bjelke Petersen.
The former Queensland senator, Lady Flo, died in Kingaroy on December 20, 2017 aged 97.
Sir Joh – Queensland’s most divisive premier - died in April 2005 aged 94, also in Kingaroy.
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180624Su Melbourne Herald Sun - Dromana (Vic.) fresh-seafood van.
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28.6.18 Cookie and Abby take time out of Sesame Street to go taste testing at some of Sydney's best food trucks.
video: Cookie Monster's food truck tour.
Cookie Monster's tastes have broadened. The blue guy used to be all about chocolate chip cookies and ONLY chocolate chip cookies. He did take a bite at the moon one time but that's only because he thought it was a cookie too.
In 2018 Cookie Monster is all about tacos, toasted sangers, pasta, apples and generally healthier eating. Cookie Monsters can't survive on cookies alone.
The new season of Sesame Street features a segment called Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck where Cookie and his muppet mate Gonger (head chef at The Furchester Hotel) operate a food truck for kids in the neighbourhood.
Cookie Monster's food truck. Photo: Supplied
During each episode, Cookie and Gonger receive a call from a child wanting to order lunch from their operation. The pair set about making the order but Cookie Monster invariably eats the key ingredient (he's still working on self-
control) and they have to leave the Street to find more. This means trips to a real-life apple orchard, pasta factory, cranberry farm and dairy.
The goal of the truck is to teach kids where their food comes from and promote healthy eating in the process. It's pretty great.
Cookie Monster was in Australia last week with Sesame Street pal, Abby Cadabby. The pair asked if Good Food could take them on a tour of Sydney's food trucks so Cookie could learn some new recipes and we were only too happy to oblige.
Cookie and Abby visited the no-waste champions at the OzHarvest Food Truck, pizza-slinging nice guys Happy as Larry and American food legends The Nighthawk Diner. There was even time for a cookie at the end.
Ocean Prime (luxe long lunch) at Walters restaurant for Brisbane Good Food Month 2018.
Brisbane Good Food Month is back
Who gets the hats?
Smoked hummus cigar with smoked paprika and black olive at Shiloh.
Shiloh brings Israeli food to Melbourne's bagel belt – and it's kosher, too
Princes Pies' classic meat pie.
Life of pie: chef makes a case for pastries
Giovanni Pilu (right) with head chef Rey Ambas of AcquaFresca by Pilu at the Harbord Diggers redevelopment.
AcquaFresca to bring authentic Italian to Sydney's north
Gnocco fritto with XO at Zia Rina's, Armadale.
Armadale's Zia Rina's Cucina lives on with new owners, new menu
< www.goodfood.com.au/eat-out/news/cookie-...tour-20180628-h11z5l >
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28.6.18 Cookie and Abby take time out of Sesame Street to go taste testing at some of Sydney's best food trucks.
video: Cookie Monster's food truck tour.
Cookie Monster's tastes have broadened. The blue guy used to be all about chocolate chip cookies and ONLY chocolate chip cookies. He did take a bite at the moon one time but that's only because he thought it was a cookie too.
In 2018 Cookie Monster is all about tacos, toasted sangers, pasta, apples and generally healthier eating. Cookie Monsters can't survive on cookies alone.
The new season of Sesame Street features a segment called Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck where Cookie and his muppet mate Gonger (head chef at The Furchester Hotel) operate a food truck for kids in the neighbourhood.
Cookie Monster's food truck. Photo: Supplied
During each episode, Cookie and Gonger receive a call from a child wanting to order lunch from their operation. The pair set about making the order but Cookie Monster invariably eats the key ingredient (he's still working on self-
control) and they have to leave the Street to find more. This means trips to a real-life apple orchard, pasta factory, cranberry farm and dairy.
The goal of the truck is to teach kids where their food comes from and promote healthy eating in the process. It's pretty great.
Cookie Monster was in Australia last week with Sesame Street pal, Abby Cadabby. The pair asked if Good Food could take them on a tour of Sydney's food trucks so Cookie could learn some new recipes and we were only too happy to oblige.
Cookie and Abby visited the no-waste champions at the OzHarvest Food Truck, pizza-slinging nice guys Happy as Larry and American food legends The Nighthawk Diner. There was even time for a cookie at the end.
Ocean Prime (luxe long lunch) at Walters restaurant for Brisbane Good Food Month 2018.
Brisbane Good Food Month is back
Who gets the hats?
Smoked hummus cigar with smoked paprika and black olive at Shiloh.
Shiloh brings Israeli food to Melbourne's bagel belt – and it's kosher, too
Princes Pies' classic meat pie.
Life of pie: chef makes a case for pastries
Giovanni Pilu (right) with head chef Rey Ambas of AcquaFresca by Pilu at the Harbord Diggers redevelopment.
AcquaFresca to bring authentic Italian to Sydney's north
Gnocco fritto with XO at Zia Rina's, Armadale.
Armadale's Zia Rina's Cucina lives on with new owners, new menu
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180720F Melbourne Age Victoria Market, vendor caravan.
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Food delivery service Foodora to exit Australia 2 August 2018.
Food delivery service Foodora will exit the Australian market at the end of the month to pursue opportunities in other countries for future growth.
In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, Foodora said it would stop operating in Australia by August 20.
Foodora has decided to exit the market in Australia. Photo: Jason South
Jeroen Willems, country manager at Foodora Australia, said he wanted to express his gratitude to all customers, contractors and employees for their dedication to Foodora Australia, "and for allowing us to be a part of their everyday".
"It has been a privilege to bring the food you love right to your door,” he said.
"The company will fully utilise its resources to ensure employees find suitable alternative roles, as well as support partners and contractors during this transition.
"The company, which has been a part of the Australian market since 2015, will start winding down services and close by August 20th, 2018."
It is understood the decision to leave the Australian market was in response to a "shift in focus to other markets" within its global parent company Delivery Hero. The global company is based in Berlin and has 14,000 employees, not
including delivery riders who are hired as independent contractors.
The decision to leave Australia comes as the food delivery company fights a test case in the Fair Work Commission launched by the Transport Workers Union on behalf of former Foodora delivery rider Josh Klooger.
Josh Klooger is claiming he was unfairly dismissed as a food delivery rider in the Fair Work Commission. Photo: Eddie Jim
The case could help set a precedent for whether food delivery riders are really employees entitled to fair pay, conditions and protections against unfair dismissal under the Fair Work Act. A spokeswoman for Foodora said it would
continue fighting the case after it stopped operating in Australia.
Victoria’s Industrial Relations Minister Natalie Hutchins has also announced the Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act would be amended to make it easier for the growing number of owner drivers, including those using digital
platforms, to get paid on time and be safe at work. The NSW and Federal branches of the ALP have also promised to introduce new regulations, if they win government next year, to ensure online platform workers including food delivery
riders have legal rights to fair pay and conditions.
Mr Klooger, who worked in Melbourne, was sacked in March after refusing to hand over control of an encrypted chat group that Foodora workers had used to compare pay and conditions. He set up the invite-only "Teamchat Foodora Melbourne" in 2016 using the messaging service Telegram.
Foodora has objected to Mr Klooger's claim against unfair dismissal on the basis that he is an independent contractor. Protection against unfair dismissal is only available to workers defined as employees under the Commonwealth Fair
Work Act.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has also launched legal action in the Federal Court that relates to two bicycle delivery riders who delivered food and drinks to customers in Melbourne and a delivery driver who delivered food and drinks by car to customers in Sydney.
The Ombudsman alleges Foodora misrepresented the three workers as independent contractors when they were in fact employees.
A survey of 17,000 Australians over almost two decades has found "there is no evidence of any growth in the use of independent workers in Australia," despite widespread fears of companies such as Uber and AirTasker flipping a century-old industrial relations model.
The findings of the Melbourne Institute's Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia research, released last month, show the rates of self employment have been in marked decline since the survey began in 2001, levelling out at 8.5 per cent in 2016.
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Food delivery service Foodora to exit Australia 2 August 2018.
Food delivery service Foodora will exit the Australian market at the end of the month to pursue opportunities in other countries for future growth.
In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, Foodora said it would stop operating in Australia by August 20.
Foodora has decided to exit the market in Australia. Photo: Jason South
Jeroen Willems, country manager at Foodora Australia, said he wanted to express his gratitude to all customers, contractors and employees for their dedication to Foodora Australia, "and for allowing us to be a part of their everyday".
"It has been a privilege to bring the food you love right to your door,” he said.
"The company will fully utilise its resources to ensure employees find suitable alternative roles, as well as support partners and contractors during this transition.
"The company, which has been a part of the Australian market since 2015, will start winding down services and close by August 20th, 2018."
It is understood the decision to leave the Australian market was in response to a "shift in focus to other markets" within its global parent company Delivery Hero. The global company is based in Berlin and has 14,000 employees, not
including delivery riders who are hired as independent contractors.
The decision to leave Australia comes as the food delivery company fights a test case in the Fair Work Commission launched by the Transport Workers Union on behalf of former Foodora delivery rider Josh Klooger.
Josh Klooger is claiming he was unfairly dismissed as a food delivery rider in the Fair Work Commission. Photo: Eddie Jim
The case could help set a precedent for whether food delivery riders are really employees entitled to fair pay, conditions and protections against unfair dismissal under the Fair Work Act. A spokeswoman for Foodora said it would
continue fighting the case after it stopped operating in Australia.
Victoria’s Industrial Relations Minister Natalie Hutchins has also announced the Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Act would be amended to make it easier for the growing number of owner drivers, including those using digital
platforms, to get paid on time and be safe at work. The NSW and Federal branches of the ALP have also promised to introduce new regulations, if they win government next year, to ensure online platform workers including food delivery
riders have legal rights to fair pay and conditions.
Mr Klooger, who worked in Melbourne, was sacked in March after refusing to hand over control of an encrypted chat group that Foodora workers had used to compare pay and conditions. He set up the invite-only "Teamchat Foodora Melbourne" in 2016 using the messaging service Telegram.
Foodora has objected to Mr Klooger's claim against unfair dismissal on the basis that he is an independent contractor. Protection against unfair dismissal is only available to workers defined as employees under the Commonwealth Fair
Work Act.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has also launched legal action in the Federal Court that relates to two bicycle delivery riders who delivered food and drinks to customers in Melbourne and a delivery driver who delivered food and drinks by car to customers in Sydney.
The Ombudsman alleges Foodora misrepresented the three workers as independent contractors when they were in fact employees.
A survey of 17,000 Australians over almost two decades has found "there is no evidence of any growth in the use of independent workers in Australia," despite widespread fears of companies such as Uber and AirTasker flipping a century-old industrial relations model.
The findings of the Melbourne Institute's Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia research, released last month, show the rates of self employment have been in marked decline since the survey began in 2001, levelling out at 8.5 per cent in 2016.
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