Masterplanning

10 Quick Service Restaurants We're Enjoying Right Now

10 Quick Service Restaurants We're Enjoying Right Now

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. 

The Global Food and Beverage Market in 2017

The Global Food and Beverage Market in 2017

Around the globe, the food and beverage markets is growing with reasons for and rate of growth varying dependant on the region whether it's The Middle East and Africa, The Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. These variations come from changes in lifestyle situations, cultural shifts and the economic status of each region however, one thing that does not vary between regions is that the food and beverage market is attracting bigger spends from consumers in each region than ever before. We've put together a brief snapshot of how the global food and beverage market looks today as determined by Cushman & Wakefield's market report for 2017 as well as discuss what the future growth of food and beverage holds for regions around the world. 

8 Stats that Show Food is Retail’s Best Friend

8 Stats that Show Food is Retail’s Best Friend

Where once the only way to access new clothes, homewares, luxury items and groceries was to visit a brick and mortar store, now people can do all of their shopping online without visiting a store at all. Australia’s e-commerce alone sales topped $20 billion in 2016. So how do you keep people coming in to your shopfront, retail centre of precinct? How does brick and mortar retail remain relevant in a world where people do their retail shopping online? The answer is you provide an experience and that experience is food. 

The 3 P’s of Masterplanning a Food and Beverage Precinct

The 3 P’s of Masterplanning a Food and Beverage Precinct

We’ve broken down the three core elements of a successful food precinct - people, place and product. By delivering on all three elements, your food precinct is set to be a successful, thriving space that people want visit, spend money at and return to time and time again. 

Who is Your Target Customer? A customer-centric guide to creating a food and beverage mix that works for your visitors

Who is Your Target Customer? A customer-centric guide to creating a food and beverage mix that works for your visitors

Analysing your target customer is step one to providing a curated and strategic food and beverage masterplan. The Future Food model to masterplanning is customer-centric meaning our team work to understand and intricately assess just who uses the space in order to create a set of food and beverage concepts that satisfy everyone’s wants and needs.

We’ve put together a quick guide to show you the different types of concepts, who uses them and how this looks in reality with examples given from one of our recent retail projects at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne, Australia.