Do You Remember?

[Innuendo]

Big Rooster & Red Rooster were 2 separate companies which competed sided by side thru the 80s & early 90s (in Sydney at least) for quite a while.

Coles Myers owned Red Rooster from 1981 to 1992. The owners of the Big Rooster chain in the eastern states (Aust. Fast Foods) purchased Red Rooster from Coles Myers, merged the two & then rebranded all the stores as Red Rooster.

Dr Terry

Sort of...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rooster

[Dr Terry]

Sort of...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rooster

This is one of the issues with Wikipedia. It's often not correct. Look here:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Treat

Also the Aust. Fast Foods website seems to back up that version.

Regardless of which is correct (if either), I do remember both of them them co-existing in Sydney for many years.

Dr Terry

[Innuendo]

This is one of the issues with Wikipedia. It's often not correct. Look here:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Treat

Also the Aust. Fast Foods website seems to back up that version.

Regardless of which is correct (if either), I do remember both of them them co-existing in Sydney for many years.

Dr Terry

I remember both being side by side but I thought that was just a transition period. Mind you I talking Wollongong and the one on Newbridge Road near Milperra.
Cooperate takeovers rarely portray information publicly, so we have no real idea whats going on. I'm still on the hunt to find out who manufactured Cue Cola.
All that said, here is another http://www.redrooster.com.au/redrooster-story