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Should You Open a Restaurant With Your Spouse? (2026 Reality Check)

Foodie Coaches Published on: 01/06/2026

The two rules that decide whether a family café, restaurant, bar or takeaway business builds the relationship or destroys it. Read before you sign the lease.

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7 Brutal Challenges of Running a Restaurant in 2026

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How to Upsell in a Restaurant Without Being Pushy

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Australia's leading hospo podcast, hosted by Tim Kummerfeld. Real member stories, straight-up expert insights, and the legends of the industry on how they actually pulled it off.

The Man Behind Brisbane's Best Bars on What It Actually Takes to Build Them with Martin Lange

How John Rivera Built His Dream Restaurant Without Sacrificing Time With His Kids

From Food Truck to Full Restaurant: The Kings of the Wings Share 13 Years of Hard Lessons

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Start up Series

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Thinking about opening your own café, restaurant, or bar? This is the stuff nobody tells you before you sign the lease. Structure, fit-out, numbers and the mistakes that sink people in year one.

Hospo Bookkeeping Basics: The Setup Every New Restaurant Owner Needs Before Day One

4 Business Structures, 1 Wrong Choice Could Sink Your Restaurant

He's Designed 500 Restaurants. This Is How You Should Be Designing Yours

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Every month, Tim sits down with Wes Lambert from ARCA to break down what is changing in the hospo industry and what it means for your bottom line. Wages, awards, surcharges, tax. What is coming, and what to do about it.

Wage Hike Confirmed, Payday Super Looms & Trust Tax Changes: What's Coming

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Should You Open a Restaurant With Your Spouse? (2026 Reality Check)

Should You Open a Restaurant With Your Spouse? (2026 Reality Check)

Foodie Coaches
Published on: 01/06/2026

The two rules that decide whether a family café, restaurant, bar or takeaway business builds the relationship or destroys it. Read before you sign the lease.

Hospitality
Are Restaurant Loyalty Cards Worth It? (2026)

Are Restaurant Loyalty Cards Worth It? (2026)

Foodie Coaches
Published on: 01/05/2026

Why most café, restaurant, bar and takeaway loyalty programs lose money instead of building loyalty, and what to do instead to keep your regulars coming back.

Hospitality
How to Upsell in a Restaurant Without Being Pushy

How to Upsell in a Restaurant Without Being Pushy

Foodie Coaches
Published on: 01/04/2026

How one café, restaurant, bar and takeaway operator added $35K a year from a single line. The three-step upsell system that doesn't feel like selling.

Hospitality
Real Hospitality Staff Incentives That Work in 2026

Real Hospitality Staff Incentives That Work in 2026

Foodie Coaches
Published on: 01/03/2026

Visa gift cards and pizza Fridays aren't the answer. What actually retains café, restaurant, bar and takeaway staff in 2026, from operators who've done it.

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