Omaha | Berkshire Hathaway-owned fast food chain Dairy Queen is exploring options to set up a franchise in Australia, following other US fast food brands such as Wendy’s which believe it is a mature enough market to make the trans-Pacific leap.

Dairy Queen chief executive Troy Bader said Australia was a logical market for expansion, but that more work needed to be done on the cost of logistics and consumer tastes. “Certainly, Australia is one of the markets that we think there’s a big opportunity there, we need to understand the opportunity, though,” Mr Bader said.