Bunnings is making a massive change to its iconic sausage sizzles to make it easier to get your hands on one of their famous snags.
The hardware store chain has announced it will now offer a mobile payment option for shoppers looking to buy food and drinks at one of the fry-ups.
Until now, Bunnings customers could only use cash at its sausage sizzles, despite the hardware store itself accepting other forms of payment.
Fans will now be able to use their phones to pay for sangers via a QR code, as well as the traditional cash option.
“We offer a free mobile payment option to community groups fundraising through sausage sizzles at our stores, providing an easy way for them to maximise fundraising and offering customers a cashless way to pay for their snag and support their local community group,” Bunnings general manager of operations Matt Tyler confirmed in a statement.
For more than 25 years, the much-loved Bunnings sausage sizzle has provided community groups with a simple way to raise funds.
Community groups wanted to host a sizzle are now required to bring along at least three volunteers and adequate supplies, while Bunnings provides the barbecues, shade shelters and payment facilities.
The price of the snags is standardised at $3.50 for a sausage in bread, with or without onions. Drinks are $1.50.
One shopper at a Bunnings store said she was “really excited” about the change.
“I couldn’t believe it,” she told 7 News.
“So many times I’ve had to give the sausage sizzle a miss because I didn’t have any change or notes on me.
“So I was really excited to see that you can now pay with your phone. It was really easy. One tap and I was done.”
News.com.au understands that there will be no additional cost for customers or community groups hoping to use mobile payments, with Bunnings absorbing all transaction fees to ensure the community group receives 100 per cent of funds raised.
The decision to offer the new mobile payment option is at the discretion of each community group.
Last month, the hardware titan revealed another massive change, announcing that it would trial a four-day working week for thousands of workers.
A new working conditions deal, signed with the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association, allows full-time Bunnings employees the option to request to work 38 hours over four days.
It also entitles Bunnings’ staff to pay rises over the next three years and more holidays.