Oscars’ Mario and Bill Gravanis have made their first big move into the red hot regional market, partnering with Craig Power to purchase the entire The Pub Group Tamworth portfolio from Bevan Douglas. The Pub Group, based in the NSW regional centre of Tamworth, was founded in 1989 and has been owned and operated since […]
Faced with a pending summer of pent-up demand and falling unemployment figures, pubs around the country are working to find workers in the great hospitality staff crisis. Anticipating extraordinary demand over the warmer months, Australian Venue Co has launched an ambitious new recruitment drive to fill 500 jobs. AVC is targeting Australians abroad who want
Carlton & United Breweries has launched a campaign in support of pubs, reminding Australians of everything they’ve missed at their beloved watering holes. The ads focus on the things Aussies love about the pub, and their vital role in communities. It is a product of classic photographs by Josh Robenstone, Amanda Fordyce and Lyne Burdekin,
A new pub outfit headlined by Bruce Mathieson has secured the Merrimac Tavern, on the Gold Coast. The Queensland OLGR website reports approval for the licences to Merrimac Operations P/L, as trustee for the Merrimac Tavern Operations Unit Trust, which was formed in April of this year. Corporate documents show Merrimac Operations counts as directors
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After 51 years and too many beers to count, the McDonald family’s tenure at the celebrated Manly Hotel will come to an end at the end of the month. Stewart and Dulcie McDonald took on a lease at the pub in 1970, and later passed the reins to their kids Jenny, Doug and Sandy. The
Furthering the folklore that was The Pub the Whole Pub and Nothing But the Pub, intrepid advocate of the mighty watering hole Colin Whelan has now released the picturesque Drinking in The Rivers. Whelan began his affair with Australia’s wide open spaces at the age of 13, when he hitchhiked from Sydney to Perth and
After nearly four decades behind the wheel, the Hampton family has handed its Lake Illawarra Hotel in Windang to a growing hotelier. Once a Tooth’s brewery, the Lake Illawarra occupies a 6,038sqm site a stone’s throw from its namesake, around 15 kilometres south of Wollongong. The family-run Hotel quite recently underwent a major refurbishment, amplifying
Entering the procession of large-format regional operations hitting the market amid surging opportunity, the iconic Sir George Hotel is being offered for sale. Located on the M31, a major travel route between Sydney and Melbourne, and Canberra and Wagga Wagga, Jugiong is 337 kilometres south-west of Sydney and in ideal reach for the hordes of
Charter Hall and Hostplus have teamed again to pay around $1.7 billion for the entire portfolio of ASX-listed ALE – the previous largest pub landlord in the land. Funds manager Charter Hall has secured purchase of ALE (ASX:LEP) through the listed Charter Hall Long WALE REIT (ASX:CLW) and with ongoing real estate partner Hostplus, for
Following the success of its release in the northern states last year, Lion has announced the national launch of XXXX Dry. Despite being made available only in Queensland and the Northern Territory, XXXX Dry became the biggest beer launch in 2020. After more than $12 million in retail sales in its first 12 months, it’s
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