Grill’d burger boss sends a baffling ‘urgent update’ message to staff ahead of report on the company’s training methods
- Grill’d burger boss has sent a desperate email to staff ahead of a media storm
- Staff received the ‘urgent update’ from Simon Crowe on Thursday night
- In the email he disputes there have been any issues within the company
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The boss of burger chain Grill’d has sent a message to staff ahead of an news story on the company’s training methods.
Staff received the ‘urgent update’ from the burger chain’s founder and chief executive Simon Crowe on Thursday night.
In the email, which has been shared online, he warns of the upcoming news article and assures them there are no issues within the company.
Simon Crowe (pictured) sent a desperate message to staff ahead of an expose into the company’s training methods
‘We are aware of a pending media story that will wrongly claim we have worked against the interests of our franchise partners, and our restaurant teams, including how we conduct our training,’ he says in the email.
‘Any suggestion that we have fallen short of our values is one that I take very seriously.
‘At Grill’d we are always seeking o improve our business systems and processes and we have worked hard to make Grill’d a place of work that people can enjoy, including improvements to the quality of Grill’d training.’
Mr Crowe has also filmed a video sharing a similar message, and saying the purpose of the company is to ‘positively impact the lives of our people and our communities’.
Mr Crowe turned the small burger joint into a $300million burger chain across Australia
‘I personally am very proud of what we’ve created, I hope you are too. The intent of this is to give you an insight to what might lie ahead,’ he says in the video.
‘But I also wanted to point out that our values of passion, leadership, ownership and trust have been part of our fabric since the beginning and they remain.
That’s how we will engage with you, we will listen, we will learn and we will always strive to make Grill’d a better place than she is today. The purpose of our business is unchanged.’
Grill’d began in Melbourne in 2004 as a healthy alternative to fast food chains.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Grill’d for comment.
In the email, which has been shared online, he warns of the upcoming news article and assures them there are no issues within the company
‘We are aware of a pending media story that will wrongly claim we have worked against the interests of our franchise partners, and our restaurant teams, including how we conduct our training,’ he says in the email