Oporto
Type	Private/Franchises
Founded	1986 (Original store) & 1995 (1st Franchise)
Headquarters	St Leonards, New South Wales
Key people	Antonio Cerqueira - Founder Jeff Fisher - CEO
Industry	Food
Products	Chicken products
Employees	Unknown
Website	www.oporto.com.au

Oporto is an Australian-based fast-food franchise which specializes in Portuguese style chicken (properly known as Galinha à Africana), burgers and spicy chili sauce. Oporto has more than 85 stores across Australia and New Zealand and was named the fastest growing franchise in Australia in January 2005 by Business Review Weekly. Oporto’s slogans include "Just Gotta Go!" and "Legendary Sauce with Irresistible Force". Image File history File links OportoLogoSun. ... St Leonards is a suburb in Sydney, Australia about 5 km northwest of downtown Sydney. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... // A fast-food restaurant is a restaurant characterized both by food ready to eat quickly after ordering, and by minimal service. ... A restaurant chain is a set of related restaurants, typically with the same name in many different locations either under shared corporate ownership (e. ... Portuguese cuisine is characterised by rich, filling and full-flavoured dishes and is a prime example of Mediterranean diet. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Galinha à Africana (African Chicken) is a dish of Portuguese cuisine, which is a barbecued chicken coated with spicy piri piri sauce. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Hamburger. ... The chile pepper, chili pepper, or chilli pepper, or simply chile, is the fruit of the plant Capsicum from the nightshade family, Solanaceae. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Business Review Weekly (BRW) is Australias pre-eminent weekly business magazine. ... Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Their corporate headquarters is located in the Sydney suburb of St Leonards, New South Wales. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... St Leonards is a suburb in Sydney, Australia about 5 km northwest of downtown Sydney. ...

Oporto has received a number of awards including The Restaurant and Catering Association of NSW - ‘George Mure Memorial Award for Excellence in Professional Development’ and ‘Best New Training Program Award for Excellence’ in 2004.

Restaurants

The first Oporto restaurant, originally named Portuguese Style Bondi Charcoal Chicken, was founded in 1986 by Antonio Cerqueira, a Portuguese immigrant, in North Bondi, New South Wales. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... North Bondi is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Antonio Cerqueria

Oporto first opened a franchise store in 1995, and now has 68 locations in New South Wales, as well as 9 in Queensland, 5 in Victoria, 3 in ACT, 2 in South Australia and 7 in New Zealand. Some of these restaurants are called Oporto Express and offer a smaller range of products - most commonly this means they do not offer a breakfast menu. Many Oporto stores are halal to cater for the members of the Muslim community. Image File history File links Oportofounder. ... Image File history File links Oportofounder. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ... Emblems: The floral emblem of the ACT is the Royal Bluebell and the faunal emblem is the Gang-gang cockatoo Motto: For the Queen, the Law and the People Slogan or Nickname: (none) Other Australian states and territories Capital Canberra Government Const. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Leafy Seadragon (marine); Piping Shrike (bird: unofficial); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Const. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ...

In 2004, it was announced that Oporto would look to open stores in the United States and the United Kingdom^[1] as future expansion of the Oporto chain.

In 2005, Oporto had reached its 10 year anniversary in franchising with over 50 stores opened at that time.^[2] Franchising (from the French for honesty[citation needed]) is a method of doing business wherein a franchisor licenses trademarks and tried and proven methods of doing business to a franchisee in exchange for a recurring payment, and usually a percentage piece of gross sales or gross profits as well as...

The investment cost to start up an Oporto franchise in Australia is between $300,000 and $425,000^[3].

Food

Bondi Burger

Oporto’s chili sauce is its speciality and is available on every product. The chili sauce is a Portuguese piri-piri sauce made from chili, ginger, lemon and garlic. Oporto’s most distinguishing product is the Bondi Burger, a double fillet chicken burger with chili sauce, named after Bondi Beach. The burger comes in a no-chili variant called the Norm Burger, along with the Otropo Burger which includes pineapple and bacon. The burgers come in the sizes small (single fillet), regular (double fillet) and big (triple fillet). Whole, half, and quarter chickens are also available, basted with either Lemon and Herb dressing or piri-piri sauce. Other menu items include Chicken nuggets, the Kiddo Burger for the younger patrons, the Strip Roll which uses longer shaped buns and the Rappa, a wrap. There is also a breakfast menu. Oporto sauces include chili, prego, BBQ, sweet and sour, tomato, mayonnaise and lemon & herb. Image File history File links Bondiburger. ... Image File history File links Bondiburger. ... Trinomial name Capsicum frutescens African Devil African birdseye (or African devil or African red devil) is a cultivar of the chile pepper that grows both wild and domesticated. ... Binomial name Zingiber officinale Roscoe Ginger is used extensively as a spice in cuisines throughout the world. ... Binomial name Citrus × limon (L.) Burm. ... Binomial name Allium sativum L. Garlic (Allium sativum) is a perennial plant in the family Alliaceae and genus Allium, closely related to the onion, shallot, and leek. ... Bondi Beach Bondi Beach (pronounced Bond-eye with a long i, or bóndai) is a popular beach in the suburb of Bondi, New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Wrap is a food product consisting of meat, lettuce or other traditional sandwich fillings wrapped in a pita or tortilla shell. ... Barbecue sauce is a type of sauce which is frequently poured onto meat while being grilled or barbecued and/or used as a dipping condiment afterwards. ... Sweet and sour sauce is a popular sauce used in Chinese cuisine. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the musical group, see Mayonnaise (band). ...

Identity & Marketing

Oporto proudly describes itself as a wholly-owned Australian company. Elements of beach culture are incorporated into the restaurant's identity as a result of the original Oporto restaurant being located near Bondi Beach. Its flagship burger is the Bondi Burger, named after Bondi Beach itself. In addition, Oporto’s logo is a sun and its advertising frequently includes images of beach culture, particularly young people in swimwear or carrying surfboards. Oporto uses colloquial words in the names of its products such as Brekkie Burger, Norm Burger and Kiddo Burger. Bondi Beach Bondi Beach (pronounced Bond-eye with a long i, or bóndai) is a popular beach in the suburb of Bondi, New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. ... Bondi Beach Bondi Beach (pronounced Bond-eye with a long i, or bóndai) is a popular beach in the suburb of Bondi, New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A swimsuit (also swimmers), bathing suit (also bathers), aqua jammies or swimming costume (sometimes shortened to cozzie) is an item of clothing designed to be worn for swimming. ... A surfer carries a surfboard along the beach. ... A colloquialism is an expression not used in formal speech or writing. ...

The franchise distances itself from the perception that fast-food is unhealthy by promoting its chicken as "fresh not frozen, grilled not fried".

Trivia

• Oporto is named after Porto, Portugal's second largest city.

• In January, 2006 a prisoner escaped from Long Bay jail after dieting and slipping through the bars but was caught three days later on the steps of Oporto Bondi Junction. Oporto used this as promotion on its website in a tongue-in-cheek way, claiming that it was proof that Oporto’s chili sauce really is "irresistible."^[4][5]

• The Otropo Burger takes its name from the word "tropical" (the burger contains pineapple); incidentally, it is also "Oporto" spelled backwards.

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Related companies

• Nando's - A Portuguese style chicken restaurant of African origin.
• Ogalo - Australian chain of Portuguese style chicken & burgers outlets.

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References

1. ^ http://www.hospitalitymagazine.com.au/articles/d6/0c0296d6.asp
2. ^ Huckstep, Anthony. "Ruling the roost", Foodservice magazine, November 2005. Retrieved on 14-12-2006.
3. ^ http://www.franchisebusiness.com.au/Franchise/Oporto-Franchising
4. ^ http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/01/21/1137734177307.html?from=top5
5. ^ http://www.oporto.com.au/Main.aspx?p=Content.aspx?ID=29

External links

• Oporto - Official Site
• Oporto Nutritional information from CalorieKing.com.au