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Using Food & Hospitality to bridge the gap between Live-in Work Life and Home Life
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…
Conquering the challenges of ‘Family Dining’
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’
Hospitality Strategies Deliver Clubs as Lifestyle Destinations
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.
The World of Hospitality in Mixed-Use Developments - A Powerhouse of Sales, Rental & Asset Growth
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.
Shifting Strategic Approach to EOI – A Win-Win Solution for Food Operators, Landlords & Developers
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.
The elevation of F&B in the Hotel industry
Future Food are leaders in Food & Hospitality Consulting to the hotel industry, partnering with developers and hotel operators around the world to maximise the benefit food and beverage can bring to their property.
Throughout 2018/2019 it seemed that every week we were picking up the newspaper and reading announcements of the “Next New” hotel being built in one of our capital cities, or the first of its kind new ‘Lifestyle’ hotel brand entering the market to cater towards new customer demands in the aspirational hotel market.
With the introduction of brands like 25 Hours Hotels by Accor, Voco Hotels by IHG and W Hotels by Marriott, it appeared that the ‘lifestyle’ product was on-trend and in high demand, yet the announcement of global leaders including St Regis, Ritz Carlton and Mandarin Oriental also eyeing off new locations in Sydney, Perth and Melbourne revealed the push across all levels of hotel positioning.
Customer & Industry Trends
Customer and industry trends identified in the 2019 Eating Out in Australia report, highlight a disconnect between the perspective of both customers and operators. Yet it also offers some magnificent insights in staying relevant and thrive in what has always been a competitive market.
Let’s start by looking at the key industry concerns.
Food Trends Insights in Australia For 2019 & Beyond
“Real insights lie beyond surface impressions”
Francis Loughran, Managing Director. Future Food
Food and hospitality has evolved into much more than just eating, it has become part of our customers’ lives and the communities in which we serve it
This is an exciting time to be part of the Food and Hospitality industry. Increased focus on eating and drinking from the media, customers and landlords means that innovation, competition and choice have never been higher.
In thinking about where we have been over the last 12 months and where we feel that the next year will take us, Future Food has distilled our observations into a few broad categories.
Eating Out in Australia: 2017 in Review
It’s one thing to say that the food and beverage industry has continued to grow but it’s another to back it up with data. Intermedia have released their annual market research report exploring the spend, behaviour and preference of the Australian population when it comes to eating out. Continue reading to learn just what Australians got up to last when they went out to eat, dine and enjoy.
Future Food's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2017
In 2017, we explored food and hospitality from all angles delving into what it means from a social, technological and economical perspective. We went back into what food means on a very fundamental level through to what food and hospitality will mean in the future and landed on the fact that food and hospitality are mainstays in modern precincts and developments for the life it brings to a space and the experiential aspect of enjoying a meal that current and future generations are seeking. From how to design a menu through to what tech disruption is causing in the food and hospitality industry, here are our most read articles of 2017.
Food, Hospitality & Beverage Industry Trends - 2018
Francis Loughran, founder and managing director of Future Food, foresees more beautiful cafes and restaurants in our malls and high streets as operators move beyond just food and focus on design-driven spaces and genuine customer service. Read Future Food's ten predictions for food, beverage and hospitality trends that will surface in 2018.
Eating out in Australia: 2016 (Australian Food Statistics)
2016 brought in a new set of data delivered by Intermedia on what it means as Australia to ‘eat out’. It’s the first time data has been assessed like this thanks to a combination of operator research, consumer interviews and statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Here's what we learnt.