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Tips to Survive a COVID world.

This week's fresh serve of tips from around the globe to help the Catering and Restaurant Industry survive a COVID world. Keep up-to-date with the latest in Catering Equipment & Restaurant Equipment, Food Trends & Business Tips from around the web.

Can cheaper beer fix Australia's economy?

Cheap beer could be the key to stimulating Australia's economy as it battles its first recession in nearly 30 years, according to three of Australia's biggest brewers. Cooper, Lion and Carlton & United Breweries have called on the Government to "make frothies affordable" nearly two months after the beer tax was introduced. "We need to make a beer at the pub more affordable. It is as simple as that!" Brewers Association of Australia (BAA) chair Peter Filipovic said. Read more ... Original story and image on au.finance.yahoo.com Original story and image on skynews.com.au

Calls mount for easing of restrictions in hospitality sector

New South Wales senior government ministers have reportedly been in talks with key industry groups advocating for a stronger relaxation of coronavirus restrictions for restaurants, clubs and pubs. The Australian Hotel Association and Clubs NSW called on the government to ease the one person per four square metre rule to one person per two square metres, effectively doubling capacity. Read more ...

Pretentious Coffee Terms You Should Know in Australia

Australia is a country of coffee lovers and that means you'll need to become familiar with a bunch of coffee terms if you haven't already. The country's long association with quality coffee and subsequently, snobbery, first started when waves of Italian and Greek immigrants emigrated after World War Two introducing the addictive beverage. It's meant Australia has had decades since to cultivate and refine its quality coffee culture. To explain these changes, we've had develop or add new vernacular to our repertoire. Read more ... Original story and image on lifehacker.com.au Original story and image on fortune.com

Fewer waiters, no menus

Is Square's new service the future of dining? For restaurants, the pandemic has been brutal: It's meant fewer customers and higher cleaning costs. But it's also introduced new technologies aimed at making dining safer—and that could permanently change how we go out for dinner. The latest example is a new service from payment giant Square that reduces social interactions by eliminating many tasks performed by a waiter. Instead of looking at the menu and placing orders with a server, customers instead rely on their phone to receive their food and pay the check. Read more ...

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