Future Food has long been recognised as a leader in Food & Hospitality Master Planning. However, in the past 5 years, we have assembled a new specialist skill set that involves actively managing expressions of interest (EOI) and tender campaigns for a wide range of companies and sectors. This niche service is gaining popularity in the food and hospitality industry, and at Future Food, we have revolutionised the methodology of connecting our clients with the talent they have been seeking for the betterment of their assets, precincts, and venues.

Across Australia in a diversity of sectors, employees that have live-in accommodation and food provided by their employer, as part of their working life, experience a gap in living standards. The gap in expectations is continuously fluctuating with everyday home life, no more so than from the perspective of millennials and Gen Z who have high expectations…

The topic of this blog is one that many will be glad to have personally overcome. It has tested the strongest of families at the best of times, and is pertinent to my family right now, yet had previously acquired very little of my attention: ‘Conquering the challenges of ‘Family Dining’

As Australia’s top food and hospitality consultants, Future Food work with and travel to, many of the leading Clubs in Australia who have already made food, beverage, and hospitality a central focus of their strategy. In doing so they continue to differentiate themselves in the market, providing their members and visitors with multiple reasons to engage, of which gaming is but one element.

As a Food Consultant working with shopping centres and mixed-use development clients in Australia, New Zealand and globally, I share with you the changes I see across various industry sectors regarding the diversity of food, hospitality and entertainment as the future for maximising market share, sales, rental growth and asset value.

The ups and down of the past 24 months has; and is continuing to batter the food and hospitality industry from every angle. It is hard to plot a road map for the industry’s short and medium terms due to the non-stop challenges that face each specific sector, none bigger than the shortage of trained staff, increased operating costs, rent, and fitout costs.

In the current business environment, securing the best F&B operators within your project, development or institution, can be challenging. This may be compounded, by shifting operator demands, (complicated lease conditions, staged incentives, abatement clauses, etc) and a new expectation of rental revenue models, what is the rental return that can realistically be achieved?

The food, hospitality and broader retail landscape is currently facing unprecedented challenges that will undoubtedly reshape it for years to come.

‘Out of adversity comes opportunity’ and it is Future Food’s belief that opportunity now exists to challenge the status quo, do things differently and employ a more holistic approach when attracting and engaging food and hospitality operators for your project.