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The Growers, a brand-new contemporary and casual indoor-outdoor bar and eatery in Worrigee, Shoalhaven, is about a love of the NSW South Coast, where coast meets country.
Set in a beautiful natural environment, with a large garden and views of the countryside, it is less than 20 min by car from Jervis Bay and 10 min from Greenwell Point oyster farms. The Growers feels like a beach-side holiday, but one that is steadfastly country, reminding us of our rural Australian setting.
After expanding south to Melbourne late last year, Camperdown's Acre Eatery has ventured north and opened a sprawling plant-filled restaurant on Sydney's lower north shore.
Acre Artarmon Is the Lower North Shore's Sprawling New Restaurant, Bakery and Urban Farm. The 2000-square-metre space is also home to a water fountain, banana trees and a greenery-filled terrace bar.
The latest NSW Pub Gaming market data indicates continuing strength up to 31 December 2019 across both the Metro and Regional Areas.
Our full report is available here.
The latest NSW Clubs Gaming Industry data presents a challenging picture, prior to the impact of bush fires, coronavirus and recent storms. While the total NSW Clubs industry recorded flat net gaming revenue for the 12 months to 30 November 2019, 80% of Metro LGAs recorded a decline in net gaming revenue for the 12 months. Only the Western Metro LGAs (in aggregate) recorded some growth. Growth was also divergent in the regional LGAs, with the coastal LGAs in decline and the inland LGAs recording growth.
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After opening its new pop culture-heavy sports bar Taffy's back in September, The Oaks has just revealed the final stage of its multimillion-dollar makeover: this week, the venue has opened the doors to a craft beer bottle shop, a takeaway rotisserie and garden conservatory bar Alala's.
https://concreteplayground.com/sydney/food-drink/the-oaks-alalas-bottle-shop
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Taffy’s, a contemporary take on the classic sports bar isn't merely a place to watch the game. There's the biggest foosball table in NSW, arcade-style basketball hoops and air hockey, and a manly menu with a few gourmet twists: you can feed the beast with Taffy's foot-long, fully-loaded hotdogs, and there is a huge craft beer selection.
https://www.oakshotel.com.au/taffys-sports-bar/
Tully Heard Consulting team developed the positioning strategy and supported The Oaks Management team during the execution phase.
NSW Clubs Industry Insights and Trends report available for download here
GenNEXT competition is a joint initiative by Tully Heard and ClubNSW to identify and reward the club industry’s best talent for their strategy on how clubs should be positioned to thrive in a time when our future customers – Millennials (75 per cent of the global workforce by 2025) – are seeking ways to be engaged, empowered and inspired by business and leaders in local communities.
The three finalists presented their strategy during ClubNSW conference the 14th of October 2018.
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What we have experienced in 2018.
What we’re seeing within and around hospitality and the registered club industry.
Hospitality is real-time. It's unpredictable and constantly changing. From automation to the golden age of television, what to look out for in the next decade.
SMH article with some concerning statistics for the hospitality industry regarding labour shortages. Click here to read the article.
Vaughn Campbell Director PKF Business Intelligence & Analytics provides a NSW Club Industry update for the latest gaming data from November 2016. Click here to get the report.
Hormel's secret weapon for predicting the future of food.
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If you're not making your food multi-task as much as you are, you're doing it all wrong.
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The future of produce is ugly. Twisted, blemished, mutated and deformed, to be specific. That's because an increasing number of grocery chains and crop-sharing services have begun stocking and distributing fruits and vegetables that were once deemed unfit for sale based solely on appearance.
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