At Future Food, we are constantly on the lookout for operators and concepts that are pushing the envelope on the food and beverage experience. Whether it's a modern update on the classic sandwich bar or an on-trend superfood cafe to replace the chain coffee shop, we are enjoying the growth in unique, customer-centric and exciting options we have when it comes to masterplanning precincts and projects which we work on. We've listed 10 food and beverage brands from around Australia which have caught our eye this year.
Future Food News: Celebrating the 1st Year Anniversary of Marae Izakaya
In October 2016, the doors to the reinvigorated Chadstone Shopping Centre were swung wide open. Future Food had the pleasure of working alongside this project, assisting in creating an innovative and strategic food mix across both new dining precincts, including 24 outlets in Food Central and seven full-service style restaurants in The Dining Terrace, one of which was Marae Izakaya. Last Thursday marked the one year anniversary since the opening of Marae Izakaya. The team enjoyed a night filled with music, Japanese tradition, culture, delicious food and vintage sake cracking barrel services.
Global City Hopping: Mumbai
The team at Future Food have worked in India for many years. Our work has required us to visit my cities including Delhi, Channai and Bangalore. One city has stood out in culinary terms and that city is Mumbai. Last month, Francis Loughran spent three days in Mumbai as part of a research trip to look at food and placemaking for a new project in the heart of Mumbai’s business hub, Bandra Kurla. Here is the city as he experienced it, in all it's food glory.
Fancy Fast Food: The Concepts That are Bridging the Gap Between Fast Food and Fine Dining
Fine dining has been evolving in the hospitality world lately and it’s not doing it in the direction of becoming more ‘fine’ in its accessibility but it’s actually evolving into the fast food category meaning people are able to get their hands on high quality food, quickly in many more retail precincts around the world. Fast ‘fine’ food is elevating the way people see food in these precincts and is allowing people to make good food choices without having to think too hard at all.
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.




