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Hospitality

Endeavour Group hit by retail headwinds, but hotel and loyalty deliver 
Customer loyalty remained a strong point in FY25.

Endeavour Group hit by retail headwinds, but hotel and loyalty deliver 

Retail drinks giant Endeavour Group has reported a profit dip as cost-of-living pressures hit Dan Murphy’s and BWS sales, though strong hotel and digital performance helped soften the impact. In full-year r...
Collins Foods commences restructure, to exit Taco Bell business
Brewer Stone & Wood opens bespoke bar at Sydney Airport
How CosMc’s branding trifecta is set to capture the Gen Z market
Diageo aims to revolutionise Aussie cocktail culture with draught model

Hospitality Archives

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Sipped or shaken? Worksmith introduces new Grada coffee cocktail

The co-creators shared that it took them 18 months to perfect a hot extraction technique that can lift more complex flav...

Endeavour Group reports $11.9 billion in full-year sales

For the 52 weeks to June 25, the group registered $11.9 billion in sales, up 2.5 per cent while tax-paid profit reached ...

Post-Covid, restaurants, hotels and caterers are racing to upgrade

The pandemic may have stopped hotels, restaurants and caterers in their tracks, but it has also acted as an accelerator....
First tenants revealed in Queen Victoria Market redevelopment

Tenants revealed for Queen Victoria Market expansion

The new space has 1800sqm of hospitality and retail offerings, with 19 new occupancies across two buildings.

“We were amateurs in e-commerce”: Why Vittoria is finally going DTC

In the next few months, the coffee behemoth will relaunch a more e-commerce-friendly website, allowing customers to orde...

Drinkwise partners in system to help wine tasters stay under the limit

New 'scratchie cards' introduced in Victoria to help wine tasters keep track of their drinking.

Collins Foods snaps up more Dutch KFC stores

Deal follows the sealing of a corporate franchise agreement earlier this month.

McDonald’s revamps worldwide packaging designs

The packaging designs include the cool blue waves on the Filet-O-Fish clamshell to the golden melting cheese on the Quar...

Malaysians get a taste for in-car dining during lockdowns

"We have to think of a new way to find more income," says restaurant manager.

McDonald’s launches new growth strategy; beats profit estimates

McDonald's Corp said on Monday it would test a loyalty program for customers and launch a new crispy chicken sandwich ne...
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Zarraffa’s Coffee rolls out Aus-Tex Smokehouse concept

The founders of Australia's Zarraffa's Coffee have built a new business venture, Sugar Creek Smokehouse,

McDonald’s faces potential class action for allegedly withholding rest breaks

Fast Food giant McDonald’s could be facing a class action lawsuit due to allegedly withholding rest breaks to 250,000 st...

McDonald’s sues Hungry Jack’s over ‘copied’ Big Jack burger

Burger King's Hungry Jack's released the new burger in July.

McDonald’s has started building its 1000th restaurant in Australia

The global fast food brand will open its first sustainable flagship in Australia later this year.

Melbourne restaurants, food producers join online retail pantry concept

Melbourne restaurants, cafes and food producers have joined a new online retail platform called Co-Lab Pantry, conceived...