In this article, Allan Forsdick delves into practical strategies for shopping centres and F&B operators to consider, in order to meet the specific needs of...
Category - Food Focus
More people are working from home, and Australia is leading the world! 34% of Australian workers are ‘hybrid’ – more than in the US, UK and Canada. This means...
Future Food provides food consultancy for some of Australia’s best fresh food markets; both existing and under redevelopment. With exposure to projects such as...
The term ‘retail centre’ is definitely ‘old-hat’. Today our centres are lifestyle destinations, pleasure domes, entertainment hubs, experiential spaces…...
Canberra Centre has officially opened the second and largest stage of the highly anticipated Tiger Lane precinct. Spanning 2,000m2, Tiger Lane is a never...
In this article, Titanium Food & Place’s Suzee Brain crystal balls the F&B landscape across the major retail asset classes with some fascinating...
Ongoing sustainability and social consciousness are the future for food retailers. Customers are increasingly preferencing businesses that are environmentally...
The link between food and beverage and leisure and entertainment has never been stronger. And it looks like it’s a continuing trend. In his latest article...
Prophets are widespread; predicting the future is easy, getting it right is the hard part! When it comes to F&B trends, Suzee Brain reckons she’s in front...
You could never operate an entire food court without gas. Or could you? Suzee Brain maintains you can; it’s a radical change but there’s nothing new in that...
This article written by Suzee Brain, Director Brain & Poulter was first published in SCN Vol.39 No. 2 – CBD Guns 2021 Whatever the ‘new normal’ produces...
Sydney’s hottest drinking and dining destination – and new home of Kylie Kwong and Matt Whiley – is now welcoming food and drink lovers to Redfern. A stone’s...
Melbourne’s Burwood Brickworks officially unveiled its dining precinct Eat Street today, welcoming guests to the neighbourhood food space with a colourful and...
Brisbane’s iconic riverfront dining destination welcomes two new venues in time for Christmas. COPPA and Cha Cha Char Steak and Lobster will open at Eagle...
In part one of this series, Francis Loughran discussed the customer’s timeless desire and appreciation of quality food and service and how this is the platform...
In part one of Future Food’s Future Series, Francis Loughran discusses the proposition that successful and profitable food and hospitality venues do not just...
Cockburn Gateway Shopping City is proud to be the first shopping centre in Australia with multiple retailers awarded FoodSafe certification. The City of...
Walker Corporation’s Parramatta Square outdoor dining precinct opened last week, setting a new benchmark in dining for the growing CBD of Parramatta. The food...
The food court as we know it – a mass of seats, surrounded by fast food outlets on the perimeter – is very ill, dying or, according to Suzee Brain, dead...
Francis Loughran says the ‘mall’ is changing. So much so, in fact, that in the future we might not even call it a ‘mall’ at all. At SCN, we can’t ever remember...
With the recent announcement from the Victorian government of a long and slow timeline to reopening, the states food and hospitality industry has been left...
In the second instalment of this two-part article (part one published last week), Francis Loughran of Future Food, explores the big issues facing the...
Australia’s hospitality industry is in a state of disaster. From the morning coffee to the late-night cocktail; our favourite Sunday brunch to the working...
In part one of this series, Francis Loughran of Future Food discussed how flexibility must be the foundation from which to develop future-focused food and...
This week, as Melbourne heads into stage 4 lockdown, non-essential retail closes and supermarkets once again feel the brunt of panic-shoppers, Francis Loughran...
Food courts are likely never to be the same again. What’s the future? The ‘street restaurants’ – those outside shopping centres – have adapted; they’ve...
In his regular column for Shopping Centre News, Francis Loughran of Future Food discusses some of the current challenges facing our industry and how food...
As we witness the gradual relaxing of restrictions placed on food operators state by state and an uncertain return to trading, one thing is certain – the food...
Food & Beverage (F&B) has been and will continue to be impacted enormously. Many restaurants, cafés, food court operators and specialised food outlets...
A partnership approach to food and hospitality is vital – especially as we enter the recovery phase. Future Food’s close industry insights support an approach...
We need to think beyond the ‘now’. Presently, our focus is on ‘getting back to normal’; but that won’t happen because ‘normal’ has disappeared forever. When...
Food and hospitality operators across Australia and New Zealand have been catastrophically affected by the coronavirus. However, in the face of ongoing...
