OpinionOpinion byVaughn DaviesNZ Herald·22 Jun, 2026 06:00 AM5 mins to readVaughn Davis is the creative director of Auckland advertising agency The Goat Farm.Burger Burger is the latest hospitality company in receivership. Photo / Babiche MartensTHE FACTSGourmet burger chain Burger Burger, with six stores across the North Island, has been placed into receivership, owing about $1.8m.Some 414 hospitality liquidations have been recorded in the past year – a 49% increase on the 12 months prior.The chain, which employs almost 90 people, was founded in 2014 as a sit-down restaurant focusing on high-quality ingredients at an affordable price.Somewhere in the back of my mind, there’s a place where a hamburger costs 30c, a cheeseburger 40c and a Big Mac a whopping (if we can use that word) 75c.
Those numbers were seared into my brain on day one of my first after-school job, taking orders
