EP#241 ~ What can we do to save Australian restaurants and cafes from disaster?
This isn’t just about $8 lattes anymore. This is about jobs, high streets filled with empty shop windows and the very survival of communities and our way of life. And Wes Lambert is just the leader, advocate and experienced passionate policy influencer who cafes and restaurants need fighting in their corner.
Afternoons with Michael McLaren on 2GB
Listen NOW to Australian Restaurant & Cafe Association CEO Wes Lambert CPA, FGIA, CAE, MAICD on Afternoons with Michael McLaren on 2GB (from 42.18) highlighting the challenges faced by the Restaurant & Cafe segment of the Accommodation & Foodservice Industry, and some outside the square solutions to help the industry to thrive.
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New figures reveal how working from home sees Sydney CBD suffer
CBD cafes, restaurants and bars are being starved of patrons. Business owners say the life of the city is at stake – and one day of the week is killing it more than any other.
What’s Harder Than Opening a Restaurant? Staying Open
The outlook for many hospitality businesses isn’t as bad as you think. It’s worse.
Feeds: Will Aussie cafes and restaurants survive?
Australian restaurants and cafes are grappling with the impacts of the cost of living, COVID, immigration reform, and wages, jeopardising their survival. Wes Lambert is the head of a new peak body, alongside Neil Perry and Chris Lucas, tackling these pressing challenges to sustain the $64 billion sector.
‘Quadruple whammy’: Why it’s costing more than ever to eat out
Queenslanders are paying almost 10 per cent more for a meal out at a restaurant than the same time last year, as venues are forced to pass rising costs onto consumers.
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“The recent formation of the Australian Restaurant & Cafe Association, which plans to lobby the government on behalf of the industry, may be a good start, as long as it focuses as much on independent operators as it does on large restaurant groups.
Imagine a worid in which hospitality was taken as seriously as, say, mining, finance or industry.
It is one of our largest employers and strongest tourism draws, and yet operates without nearly the same level of government support as those other sectors.
There are so many reasons we all should work extremely hard to save this industry from the crisis it’s facing.”
Restaurateur Chris Lucas unveils plans for two new mega CBD venues in $1bn skyscraper project
Chin Chin boss Chris Lucas has thrown his support behind Melbourne’s struggling CBD, revealing he’s planning to open not one — but two — new restaurants as part of a $1bn project.
Lucas, who last fortnight was revealed as a board member of new industry lobby group Australian Restaurant Cafe Association, said the city reminded him of a mini-Manhattan.
Egg purchase limits, orange juice shortage put Australia’s cafes on edge
Australian restaurants will struggle to absorb further price hikes or pass those costs to brunch diners, industry advocates say, as hospitality businesses respond to an avian influenza outbreak across several egg farms and a global shortage of oranges.
Farmhouse cafe owners Amanda and John Scott slugged with $350k payroll tax debt by state government
The owners of an award-winning cafe in Brisbane’s north have fallen victim to an “outdated” state government rule and hit with a monster tax bill, triggering calls from industry experts for it to be scrapped entirely.