About 550 consultants employed by the local branches will be made redundantLooking for a new job or job candidate? Post jobs and search for local talent onLiquidators were appointed to sell the Australian and New Zealand companies, just a month after the US company closed its doors.
“This has resulted in a decision to immediately cease trading from stores and employees being made redundant, which is an unfortunate outcome and one which the administrators had sought to avoid.” A spokesperson for Jenny Craig Australia and New Zealand told 7NEWS.com.au in a statement at the time that it would not be closing: “While this is unfortunate news for our colleagues in the USA, the Jenny Craig operations here in Australia and New Zealand do act independently.”
Australian entrepreneur Jenny Craig founded the empire after she struggled to lose weight following the birth of her second child, and opened the first Jenny Craig Weight Loss Centre with husband Sid Craig in Melbourne in 1983.