TIME TO RETUNE YOUR MENU
Specialist kitchen consultant Paul Rifkin discusses foodservice profitability in the current environment, and beyond. * Over the past six months I have consulted with many pubs and clubs – both regional and in the city The one common theme is
LAUNDY NABS HUNTS HOTEL CASULA
Pub king Arthur Laundy has picked up the sprawling Hunts Hotel in Casula, less than six months after the record-setting sale in the precinct of the Crossroads Hotel. Hunts is located directly opposite the big Crossroads, which sold to Nelson
LUCINDA ON OFFER, IN PARADISE
The Lucinda Point Hotel Motel has hit the market, strategically located on north Queensland’s tourist trail beside idyllic Hinchinbrook Island. The Hotel occupies a large 4,056sqm site on main drag Keast Street, with dual street frontage and easy access to
PUB TACKLING MENTAL HEALTH HURDLES IN DEEPWATER
It’s not common to find a mental health themed pub in the Australian bush, but this is just what Stuart O’Neill has done after taking the reins of the Deepwater Top Pub, a hotel-motel in a New England community of
INDUSTRY LOOKS TO HOSPOFUTURE
The Australian Hotels Association (Victoria) is presenting the inaugural HospoFuture Expo event to bring together operators and solutions. HospoFuture Expo will take place Thursday, 6 October (2022), from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, at The Park, at 36 Lakeside Drive,
GALLAGHER MOVING ON FROM MEADOWBROOK
Pat Gallagher and friends have listed their large-format Meadowbrook Hotel, presenting a rare gaming operation in the heart of the Sunshine State’s south-east. The pub was built in the late 90s on a 5,934sqm site in Meadowbrook, in Logan City,
DIAGEO SNAPS UP COFFEE LIQUEUR CONNOISSEURS MR BLACK
Diageo has swooped on another skyrocketing start-up, acquiring Australian coffee-based spirits brand Mr Black, to meet the consumer demand for crafted cocktails. Mr Black was launched in 2013 in the NSW Central Coast by designer Tom Baker and award-winning distiller
ALH FREEHOLD ON THE BLOCK
A private investor has listed blue-chip investment the Crown Inn, on a long lease to Australia’s largest publican, ALH Group. Located in the Adelaide suburb of Old Reynella, the Crown occupies a commanding 6,550sqm site in the heart of
CROCODILE FARM NEXT METRO PRIZE TO BE SNAPPED UP
The Crocodile Farm Hotel in Ashfield is the latest gaming-centric metro pub to market, being sold for the first time in its history. The Crocodile is located in the heart of the Ashfield high street retail precinct at the main
CARLISLE CASTLE REMOVES GAMING, TO THE DELIGHT OF THE AGR
Newtown’s Castle has joined the list of pubs ditching EGMs in the offering, and anti-gaming pundits have wasted no time picking it up as a political football. Located in the inner west suburban heartland of Newtown, the Carlisle Castle is
