Brumby’s franchise opens 300th store in food sector

Almost three decades after it began as a single shop in Victoria named the Old Style Bread Centre, Brumby’s bakery franchise has opened its 300th store at the West Lakes Mall in South Australia.

Brumby’s managing director Michael Sherlock says that like many successful businesses, the bakery franchise had a modest beginning with its first store in the Melbourne suburb of Ashburton in 1975.

Brumby’s 300th store is owned and operated by Kym and Jake Mitchell and Scott and Bernice Hillman and located outside one of the busiest Coles supermarkets in South Australia.

“We all grew up in the West Lakes area and Scott, who is a qualified baker, and I are cousins,” says Jake Mitchell. “Kym and I recently left the army and when we moved back to South Australia from Queensland, we knew we wanted a business with a good reputation for quality and service.”