ALH

ALH SNAPS UP TWO NEW PUBS

Posted on March 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s biggest publican is back on the acquisition trail, picking up two more Queenslanders in a week. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) has been in flux for much of FY20 following the announcement of a plan by parent company Woolworths

ALH’S WESTMEADOWS TAVERN UNDER SIEGE

Posted on March 2nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Westmeadows Tavern saw squads of heavily-armed tactical police swarm the site in the early hours this morning, as two armed bandits were believed to be inside. Police were called to the ALH pub in northern Melbourne around 5am, receiving

WOOLWORTHS STRIKES BIG DEAL FOR SHORTYS

Posted on January 17th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Marty Short and family have announced sale of controlling interest in their thriving B2B liquor business Shorty’s to Woolworths’ Endeavour Group. Family patriarch Warwick Short began what was the Great Australian Wine Company in 1977, beside popular Crow’s Nest watering

ALH TAKES TWO ROCKS

Posted on October 28th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The Woolworths-backed ALH has emerged as buyer for the elegant ‘Tavern @ The Rocks’ in a major growth corridor out of Perth. The Tavern overlooks Two Rocks Marina, at the northern edge of the Perth metropolitan area, offering a large-format

ALH GET SAVVY ON SUNSHINE COAST

Posted on August 28th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
ALH has rebranded its former Wharf Tavern as the latest James Squire pub instalment, dubbed the Savvy Squire. Catering to Queensland’s growing love of craft beer, reported by IRI data as seeing 14.1 per cent value growth in FY19, Lion’s

ALH ACQUISITION SHAKES UP LOCALS

Posted on August 14th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s largest pub group has gotten a little larger on its road to independence, looking to shake up Ingham with a big-budget revival of the troubled East Ingham Hotel. The two-storey pub holds a generous 4,046sqm block, with main public

PUB CARPARK MURDERS

Posted on July 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Two men are being hunted and one has been arrested over two stabbing deaths in licensed venue carparks. Paul Rock. Image: Qld police Around 6pm on Monday night (1 July) an argument between three men took place in the carpark

WOOLWORTHS OUTLINE ALH SALE

Posted on July 3rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Woolworths has finally announced strategy to divest its contentious Hotels division, to be coupled with its key liquor division, leaving the future of Australia’s biggest drinks-hospitality group dithering. ASX-listed Woolworths (WOW) today released details of its plan to merge Endeavour

TEENS CHARGED WITH MURDER FOR CARPARK BASHING

Posted on July 1st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Two nineteen-year-olds have been charged with murder after a 46-year-old man died as a result of injuries sustained outside the Slug ‘n’ Lettuce on Saturday morning. Police were called to the ALH pub in Parafield Gardens, in northern Adelaide, around

ALH’S $45m REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PARKWAY

Posted on June 28th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
After considerable resistance, ALH will soon begin construction on its $45 million redevelopment of the Parkway Hotel, having cleared final hurdles. Back in 2015 the majority Woolworths-owned Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) submitted plans for a massive re-working of the