Barbeques Galore Group enters dual insolvency process

Fifteen companies within the Barbeques Galore Group entered voluntary administration on 12 February 2026, with secured lenders simultaneously appointing receivers and managers in a dual-track restructuring that will see the business continue trading while a sale or recapitalisation is explored.

Grant Thornton Australia partners Phillip Campbell-Wilson, Lisa Gibb and Matthew Byrnes were appointed voluntary administrators to the companies, while Ankura partners Quentin Olde, Liam Healey and Luke Pittorino were appointed joint and several receivers and managers over the same entities.

The appointments will run concurrently, with the Ankura receivers assuming responsibility for day-to-day trading of the group’s stores and online operations and conducting a sale of business process. Grant Thornton, as voluntary administrators, will investigate the affairs of the companies and report to unsecured creditors.

The Barbeques Galore Group operates a national network of company-owned and franchised stores specialising in barbecues, outdoor furniture and related lifestyle products, supported by a centralised supply chain and e-commerce platform. It was founded in 1977, later going public before being purchased by Australian private equity firm Ironbridge Capital. More recently, in December 2025, lender Gordon Brothers reportedly purchased the business from then owner Quadrant Private Equity, with David White appointed as CEO.

The group, which currently employs about 500 people across 95 stores, had been contending with sustained working capital pressure driven by softer discretionary spending, heightened competition in the home and outdoor category, elevated freight and inventory costs, and rising rent and wage expenses, which together strained cash flow and limited its ability to meet short term obligations as they fell due.