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La Marzocco Linea Mini

An instant classic. The La Marzocco Linea Mini was first introduced to the world of coffee back in 2014. With inspiration taken from the legendary Linea Classic, the Mini lives up to the hype. It’s the perfect companion for a coffee roaster to extract the results, for a home barista looking to make the perfect […]

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Managing Your Café’s Cash Flow

Here’s how it works: If the dream of owning your own café has become a stressful nightmare when it comes to paying the bills, here are some savvy tips for managing your cash flow.
Effective cash flow management is critical to any café’s survival and growth. Understanding your café’s underlying cash flows will help you to identify potential tweaks to your management practices that will improve your cash flow and profitability.

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VIC $5000 Dining Grant Alert

Application Closing date: 11 Dec 2020 12:00 AM AEDT This is a reminder for those who haven’t yet got their application in for the outdoor dining package. There are 6 weeks until the deadline. Don’t put it off for too long! WHAT IS IT? The Outdoor Eating and Entertainment Package will provide $87.5 million to councils […]

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Create Your Café’s Facebook Page

Maybe it’s been at the back of your mind for a while. Maybe your staff members are nagging you about it. Either way – it’s time to admit that your cafe or restaurant needs a Facebook page. It really is non-negotiable. While rumours often circulate about how Facebook is facing an impending death and all of the […]

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TOP 5 CHALLENGES FACING RESTAURANT START-UPS

Intense competition and ever-changing public tastes ensure Australia’s restaurant industry poses challenges for innovators looking to explore business opportunities in the sector. The restaurant sector continues to be a high-risk economic proposition and one fraught with ownership issues. Between the demands of operations, marketing and customer service, you have a raft of detailed concepts to […]

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ROSTER AUTOMATION TOOLS FOR HOSPITALITY

Many of our clients increasingly point to rostering as one of the management tasks that take up more time than they should. So many factors (such as sudden weather changes having an impact on foot traffic, or staff taking sick days) can’t be predicted in advance, so a duty manager has to effectively be on […]

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HOW TO LIST MY BUSINESS ON TRIPADVISOR

Finding new customers can sometimes feel like a scattered approach. There’s the tried ‘n’ tested in-house, traditional hospitality in its purest form, which we hope will help retain loyal customers as well as find more through word-of-mouth; there’s our own marketing output, such as social media interaction, print, photography, video etc.; and then there’s crowd-sourced […]

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5 SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS THAT WILL TAKE OVER IN 2019

Even small, regional businesses are seeing that social media matters. One million active users sign up on social media each day. With around 3.3 billion active social media users globally, it’s commercial folly to ignore that potential audience. Even as it expands, social media continues to evolve and social media marketing is changing with it. […]

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