Simon Evans
Senior Journalist at Australian Financial Review
Senior journalist with The Australian Financial Review. Retail, wine, beer, building materials, mergers & acquisitions, technology. [email protected]
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afr.com | Simon Evans
Collins Foods, the ASX-listed operator of hundreds of KFC outlets in Australia and Europe, will sell or close its Mexican-themed Taco Bell chain which has struggled against the much-larger Guzman y Gomez brand. The company announced the change as part of a strategic review under new chief executive Xavier Simonet. As part of the review, Collins Food will expand its network of KFC stores more aggressively in Germany and write more than $30 million off its business in the Netherlands. Loading...
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afr.com | Simon Evans
Apr 14, 2025 – 8.00pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The Trump administration’s trade war has created many losers; the list of winners is somewhat shorter. One of the more surprising? Australia’s almond industry, which is stepping in to fill the void left by steep barriers on imports from California, the source of 80 per cent of global production.
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Apr 14, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? BlueScope Steel’s specialist team advising the administrators of the Whyalla steelworks says the plant needs about $180 million to be spent on repairs and maintenance for operations to continue.
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Apr 13, 2025 – 12.08pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? An unlisted agricultural vehicle controlled by billionaire Pro Medicus founder Anthony Hall is raising $40 million in the hopes of replicating the success of the country’s major salmon businesses, both of which were acquired by global rivals in blockbuster deals within the last four years.
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afr.com | Angela Macdonald-Smith |Simon Evans
Apr 10, 2025 – 1.09pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher has rejected speculation that he is about to step down after nine years of leading Australia’s second-biggest natural gas producer, while taking a swipe at politicians over the handling of the energy transition.
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The beer company part owned by former Australian Test cricketer Brett Lee - Sydney Beer Co - has gone bust. Administrators appointed. https://t.co/mrFrCUHJHx
The fateful phone call on December 23 that set in train the tumultuous events of last week when the Whyalla steelworks was seized from Sanjeev Gupta and administrators KordaMentha appointed. https://t.co/tOa3o4k2LL