There are a couple of other trends we think are worthwhile keeping an eye on.  Communal dining can be great fun, increases the number of seats that you can have for a given floorplan.  Farm to table is becoming increasingly popular and people are liking the experience...

Differentiation is the act providing a point of difference and it is becoming the increasingly popular secret weapon in restaurant marketing.  We are seeing a lot of successful restaurants who are moving away from cuisine as differentiation towards much finer types of...

When people think take away they think Pizza, Indian or Chinese, but a growing number of businesses are starting to offer take away or delivery.  Take away food broadens your target market, delivery even more so.  It offers a completely different experience – in home,...

In Australia there is not as much focus of Happy Hours as there is in the United States where they are very popular.  Many US restaurants do a great job of getting the most number of turns out of every seat possible.  This is something that many other restaurants do...

Big restaurants have big costs.  The rent is high, the wage bill is enormous.  We think there will be an upswing on micro restaurants, focusing like a laser on a product that they can produce to a very high level of quality and at a great price.   Examples are Food...