ALH

WOOLWORTHS’ ALH SELL-OFF DILEMMA

Posted on June 24th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Speculation is rife Woolworths and the Mathieson family are poised to announce sell-off of the $3.6 billion ALH pubs portfolio. Senior management of Woolworths Group and Bruce Mathieson Jr are believed to be back at the negotiating table, discussing plans

IRIS LANDS ALH’S CAMBRIDGE TAVERN FOR $56m

Posted on June 19th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Sam Arnaout’s Iris Group has snapped up another massive Sydney pub, securing the freehold operation of ALH’s high-performing Cambridge Hotel in Fairfield for $56 million. Still celebrating last month’s milestone acquisition of Manly’s The Steyne, Iris continues its rapid portfolio

ILGA DISCIPLINARY HEARING ON ALH & PUBLICAN CONVICTED

Posted on June 19th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
ILGA has announced the conviction of the former operator of Kings Cross’ Dollhouse, and disciplinary hearing against two ALH pubs over serious gaming breaches. In March, the regulators handed down a lifetime ban to Ulysses Flevotomos for activities at Potts

ALH FORCED TO RESUME AND REOPEN THE ARCHER

Posted on April 26th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Three years after on-selling the leasehold interest, Australia’s biggest pub group ALH has resumed control and re-opened The Archer in North Adelaide. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) sold the business to Bloody Mary Group’s Huntsman Hotel P/L in 2016. The

VIC HOTEL SUBIACO OFFERED UP

Posted on March 13th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Perth icon the Vic Hotel is being offered as a rare freehold going concern, as the local operator and landlord team up and head to market amid surging local activity. Established 1898, on arterial Hay Street through the west Perth

ALH’S ROYAL OAK BANS 72-YEAR-OLD FOR SHORTS

Posted on March 13th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
ALH’s Royal Oak Hotel is the subject of commentary suggesting the world has “gone mad” with political correctness, after a 72-year-old regular was banned for commenting on a staffer wearing shorts in a heatwave. Leonard Lee is a retired screenwriter,

ALH’S ROYAL SUNBURY SELLS ON RAZOR YIELD

Posted on August 31st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The freehold interest of ALH’s Royal Hotel Sunbury has been sold on a tight return between two pub families. The Royal enjoys a prominent corner in the heart of Sunbury, around 45 minutes’ north-west of Melbourne’s CBD, in a significant

ALH INVESTIGATES GAMING PRACTISES AS SHAREHOLDERS PONDER INVESTMENTS

Posted on May 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The controversy over ALH’s gaming room practises continues, but at least one stakeholder has voted with financial results over purported ethical obstacles. Earlier this year anti-pokies campaigner Andrew Wilkie MP unveiled allegations that Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH), majority owned

ALH IN DAMAGE CONTROL FOLLOWING WILD ACCUSATIONS

Posted on February 28th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Fairfax has published a damning expose on the alleged workings of Woolworths-backed ALH and its approach to optimising gaming revenue through patron monitoring and inducements. Yesterday’s story in the Sydney Morning Herald alludes to a company-wide system of recording and

2017 RESULTS PROPHETIC FOR A-GRADE A-REIT ALE

Posted on February 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The biggest landlord to Australia’s biggest publican reports strong half-yearly results, boding well for the industry and commercial interests. Listed A-REIT ALE (ASX: LEP) released end of 2017 results Wednesday, showing distributable profit down slightly (three per cent) but distributions