A former franchisee in a sydney burger chain has collapsed after a court ordered the venture to shut down due to tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid electricity bills.
At the end of last month, the Victorian Supreme Court ordered Bass Hill Burger Pty Ltd into compulsory liquidation.
Bass Hill Pty Ltd formerly operated as part of a fast food chain called Flipp Burgers in Bass Hill, based in Sydney’s southwest.
However since February 2023 it has had no further association with, and is not a current franchisee, of the Flipp Burgers franchised system, nor is the franchisor, or the system, associated in any way with Bass Hill Pty Ltd’s failure to pay its own energy bill, or its proceedings in the Court.
Flipp — which has a number of restaurants across Sydney’s north and west, in Parramatta, North Sydney, Mt Druitt, Marsden Park, Auburn and Box Hill — has not gone into liquidation. It told news.com.au its milk bar-style restaurants are thriving.
Its joint at Bass Hill is still trading. It has new owners and has nothing to do with Bass Hill Pty Ltd.
As for Bass Hill Burger Pty Ltd, Robert Ditrich and Andrew Scott of accounting and restructuring firm PwC have been appointed as the liquidators.
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