Goody's Announces Initial Australian Location

This marks the first time a Greek business has established itself on Lonsdale Street in over ten years. Business partners George Illiopoulos and Con Tangalakis believe that the location is a well thought out decision.

Iliopoulos described to Neos Kosmos, "The actual target audience is definitely mainstream, we really want to penetrate [the wider community] because the Greeks know it...We want to offer something different and something new into the Australian market."

The two Hellenic businessman are vying to gain building permits ratified by the council so they can begin construction on the property. Iliopoulos is striving to start building within 6 weeks, while the initial branch will employ about 30 workers, who will train with Goody's Hellenic staff. The only alteration to the original Greek Goody's will be the locally sourced produce.

Iliopoulos explained, "Even though the recipe will be from Greece all the produce and the food will be local...We're going to use Australian produce, Australian beef. It will translate well, because the recipe and the ingredients will be exactly the same, there will be no changes whatsoever."

The Greek businessman added, "We have been inundated with phone calls, we know that there's going to be a lot of Greek Australian businesspeople applying for a franchise, but we would like to do this very, very slowly and make sure we do it right."

(Source: Neos Kosmos)