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Sydney · August 25th, 2025

Hungry Jack’s partners with Adyen to unite payments and purpose at checkout

Australia’s leading quick service restaurant launches Adyen Giving across 471 restaurants to support Make-A-Wish® Australia

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Adyen, the global payments platform trusted by leading companies worldwide, today announced the next step in its partnership with Hungry Jack’s with the launch of Adyen Giving, making it simpler than ever for customers to donate at checkout.

Customers at all 471 Hungry Jack’s restaurants, can now round up their purchase to the nearest dollar to donate to Make-A-Wish® Australia, helping grant life-changing wishes for critically ill children across the country.

The round up donation, launched during Hungry Jack’s June 2025 annual Wishmaker campaign, raising an impressive $58,000 in its first month through Adyen Giving, with every dollar to be matched by Adyen until the end of the year. This initiative played a key role in the campaign’s record-breaking success, which saw a total of $2.7 million raised for Make-A-Wish Australia.

“We’re proud to support Make-A-Wish Australia in helping grant life-changing wishes,” said Chris Green, CEO at Hungry Jack’s. “Adyen Giving makes it easy for our customers to get involved, and it’s been incredible to see how many have already chosen to give back and make a difference.”

Donations help Make-A-Wish Australia grant a wide range of wishes – whether it’s meeting a hero, enjoying a special experience, or receiving a treasured gift – creating lasting memories and moments of relief for critically ill children and their families during incredibly tough times.

“This is exactly why we built Adyen Giving – to help businesses like Hungry Jack’s turn everyday transactions into real impact,” said Hayley Fisher, Country Manager, Adyen Australia and New Zealand. “It’s powerful to see technology making it easier for customers to contribute, and we’re proud to support Hungry Jack’s and Make-A-Wish Australia in creating meaningful change.”

“Hungry Jack’s has been an incredible partner to Make-A-Wish Australia, with its commitment felt in every store and community,” said Sally Bateman, CEO at Make-A-Wish Australia. “With the simple and convenient support of Adyen Giving, its customers’ generosity is helping create unforgettable experiences for seriously ill children and their families across Australia.” Adyen has powered Hungry Jack’s payments network since 2018, supporting seamless transactions across online, in-store, drive-thru, and mobile channels. Now with Adyen Giving, the partnership is helping turn every checkout into a purpose-driven touchpoint.

About Adyen

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN) is the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies. By providing end-to-end payments capabilities, data-driven insights, and financial products in a single global solution, Adyen helps businesses achieve their ambitions faster. With offices around the world, With offices around the world, Adyen works with the likes of Meta, Uber, H&M, eBay, and Microsoft. The collaboration with Hungry Jack’s, described in this press release, underlines Adyen's continuous growth with existing and new customers over the years.

 

About Hungry Jack’s

Hungry Jack’s has been the home of the famous flame-grilled Whopper in Australia for almost 50 years. Australians enjoy visiting Hungry Jack’s network of more than 470 restaurants nationwide for great tasting, fresh food. From delicious flame grilled 100% Aussie beef burgers, the plant-based range, the succulent chicken menu items, brekky wraps or the barista made coffee, Hungry Jack’s is the destination for classic favourites, innovative new menu items and that famous flame grilled smoky BBQ flavour. To learn more about Hungry Jack’s, please visit www.hungryjacks.com.au

 

Make-A-Wish®

Make-A-Wish is one of Australia's most trusted charities and is part of the world’s largest wish-granting organisation. It exists to bring the local community together to grant life-changing wishes for children and teens with critical illnesses. Since 1985 it has delivered more than 11,000 inspirational wishes to children across the country. From the humble to the seemingly impossible, the Wish Force has made unicorns fly, sent kids to the moon and even brought dinosaurs back from extinction. Make-A-Wish Australia led the world in adopting the Wish Journey, a carefully curated program which focuses on wish capture and design, building anticipation for each child ahead of their wish being realised. In 2022 and 2023, Make-A-Wish Australia was proud to place in YouGov Australia’s Top 10 Charity Rankings.