Thursday, July 2, 2009

New $11m hospitality training facility launched

Brisbane-based Hospitality Training Association Inc. (HTA) has has unveiled the second stage of its $17.8m refurbishment and expansion program.

The kitchens have used equipment provided by one of our great suppliers, Angelo Po who are a leading Italian brand.

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Pizza giant Eagle Boys in store opening frenzy

Everyone loves a pizza but apparently no one more than Eagle Boys. Eagle Boys have announced that they are opening 10 stores over the final 9 days of the financial year.

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Awards for best Sydney businesses

The City of Sydney is again looking for Sydney’s best small to medium sized businesses as it launches the sixth annual City of Sydney Business Awards.

I Know myself the prestige that a business award can bring to your business. So to find out more about these awards and how to enter Click here

Targeting Restaurants and Cafes for providing Ambience

The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia, has begun targeting cafes and restaurants with a new, raised tariff for providing piped our radio music to the customers.

Maybe they haven't heard that there is a recession on, or that restaurants and cafe's are doing it particularly tough. Especially for the FREE to AIR radio broadcasts the radio stations have already paid the copyright fees.

In my opinion they are double dipping and riding roughshod over an industry that is already in crisis.

Shame on them!

To read the full story by Lars Brandle, Brisbane click here

Friday, June 19, 2009

Food For Thought Magazine Gets A Fresh Look

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Associated Media Group has announced their takeover of Restaurant and Catering NSW/ACT's official magazine, Food For Thought...

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AUS: Natural foods big at food fair

By FoodWeek Online

This year's Fine Food Australia in Sydney is shaping up as a showcase for everything new in natural foods for retail and hospitality businesses, according to exhibition manager, Minnie Constan.

“We’re seeing that changing consumption habits are driving an increase in organic food sales, despite the economic downturn," she said.

While the economic downturn has led to more Australian families eating in, they are increasingly opting to cook with healthy, natural produce. It even appears that the economic downturn has pulled organic, natural and ethical foods, along with gluten-free foods, into the mainstream of the food industry.

Read more .... http://www.foodweek.com.au/main-features

Small business woe not our fault, say Treasurer Wayne Swan

TREASURER Wayne Swan acknowledges that small businesses are doing it tough but says it's not the Federal Government's fault.

Labor was doing all it could to ease the pain being felt by business owners as a result of the global financial crisis, he said.

Read more .... http://www.news.com.au/Small business woe not our fault