Red Lea Chickens collapses into voluntary administration leaving 22 franchisees to find new suppliers – SmartCompany.com.au

Twenty-two franchisees face an uncertain future as administrators work to determine the fate of poultry producer and retailer Red Lea Chickens, which collapsed into voluntary administration last Thursday. The Western Sydney business has been trading for over sixty years, according to its website, and has a processing plant employing 500 staff members, as well as…

‘You can’t make money from $8 chicken’: Cheap chooks, production woes blamed for Red Lea collapse – NEWS.com.au

HUNDREDS of employees at a 60-year-old takeaway chicken brand were informed they no longer had jobs in an email over the Easter long weekend. Red Lea Chickens, founded in western Sydneys Blacktown in 1957 by Croatian immigrant John Velcich, was placed into voluntary administration on March 29. Due to the financial position of the companies,…

Hundreds of jobs to go as Red Lea Chickens enters voluntary administration – The Canberra Times

One of Australia’s biggest chicken suppliers has been placed into voluntary administration with hundreds of jobs likely to be lost. Red Lea Chickens was on March 29 placed into voluntary administration, with the company saying on its website its financial position means there’s “no alternative” but to wind-down operations. The message on Red Lea Chickens’…