ITS the homegrown Australian fresh food favourite, promoted by the likes of Pete Evans and Steve Commando Willis, that hoped to be so successful it would be biting at the heels of McDonalds by the early 2020s.
Now, the chain is desperately seeking a buyer to secure its future and that of hundreds of staff.
Last week, with little fanfare, Sumo Salad appointed insolvency specialists Ferrier Hodgson.
A key reason given for its move into voluntary administration was, cryptically, due to legacy debts. These are to thought to relate to crippling rents the chain has been lumbered with at Westfield shopping centres.
Sumo has played down its troubles. A spokesman insisted to news.com.au the chain was profitable, stores were trading as normal and it …
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