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Sunday penalty rates ruling serves as a win for small businesses

PENALTY RATES: Mary Jane's Restaurant manager Brent Riach said varied Sunday penalty rates could potentially impact Orange's larger restaurants. Photo:...

Retail Food splurges on coffee, pizza chains

RETAIL Food Group has paid $31 million for mobile coffee franchise Cafe 2U as well as the franchise rights for the La Porchetta pizza restaurant chain...

Restaurants shrink menus, focus efforts

The restaurant industry's Next Big Thing is shrinking the menus. For years, most major restaurant chains have been expanding their menus at a breathless...

VIC: Pub sale, 293-299 La Trobe Street, Melbourne

A PRIME development site, the Duke of Kent hotel, in central Melbourne has sold for $14.08 million. Singaporean developer Fig Tree Holdings purchased...

How to handle angry customers

Customers might get angry for a variety of reasons, some justified, some not. Whether they confront you face-to-face, over the phone or in Live Chat, you...

Here are the finalists for the 2014 South Australian Food Industry Awards

STATE OF CHAMPIONS: Alex Knoll from Barossa Fine Foods, Victoria McClurg of Barossa Valley Cheese Co, Sam Tucker from Tucker’s Natural, Virginia Beal...

WIAA forum forges connections

"The forum will be leading-edge, interactive and results driven" A SPECIAL business forum in Melbourne in October will give women the chance to...

Tips for Product labelling

Labels are a key feature of most products. They help to market the product, allow customers to tell it apart from the competition, and give important messages...

Restaurants claim victory in fight for lower weekend penalty rates

Penalty rates ... are about to change after a decision from the Fair Work Commission. WEEKEND trading will be a bit more affordable for Australian restaurants...

Diners evacuated in Vic restaurant blaze

A FIRE at a popular inner Melbourne restaurant that forced the evacuation of diners has caused more than $400,000 worth of damage. ABOUT 50 people were...