Like all retailers, drinks stores and manufacturers naturally want to increase sales as much as possible. Traditionally, this means relying on advertising and promotions to draw more customers. But what if there was an easier and more cost effective way to increase foot traffic to your store or to your brand of drinks? With changes in technology this scenario is becoming a reality. New data-gathering tools can glean information about ...

From Saturday 1 October, over 1,100 bartenders in NSW, VIC, TAS, SA, WA and NT will be showing their U.G.L.Y. side for the Leukaemia Foundation. Venues around the country will be proudly taking up the challenge to see who will be their state’s U.G.L.Y. Bartender of the Year, raising funds to support the Leukaemia Foundation’s vital accommodation service. U.G.L.Y. = Understanding Generous Likable You, and the bartenders wearing the iconic ...

Whilst the rest of Australia is kicking off U.G.L.Y. Bartender of the Year in their states this weekend, Queensland have crowned their 2016 U.G.L.Y. Champion! Cheeky and charming bartender, Paolo Giancarlo Gabrielloni, from Edgewater Dining and Lounge Bar was one of 322 Queensland bartenders who took part in the Leukaemia Foundation’s unique U.G.L.Y. (Understanding, Generous, Likeable, You) competition raising over $490,000 towards free accommodation for regional blood cancer patients undergoing ...

Diageo Australia is on a mission to turn the ready-to-drink category around and, in the coming weeks, the company will be rolling out a new range of products through the on and off-premise channels that aim to break the mould of traditional RTDs and prove that this category can offer great tasting, better-for-you products that are lower in sugar and in alcohol. These new products are backed by Diageo’s biggest brands, ...

If you are surfing the internet to find out what’s happening in Barrow Creek, NT you will find that travellers share a helpful tip to see Mike, Mick and Michael at Barrow Creek Hotel. The cheeky and vivacious Michael Romeo (like the car) goes by many names, but the Leukaemia Foundation knows him as an U.G.L.Y. champion. Michael is in his 6th year as an U.G.L.Y. and over the years ...

After widespread consultation with the drinks industry, and major exhibitors and sponsors, the advice was that June 2017 would be a more effective date to hold the Drinks Industry Show. Discussions with the industry made it clear that the original dates were too close to the peak period for all stakeholders and June provided a more appropriate time that allowed exhibitors and visitors the time to engage more effectively. Exhibitions ...

The fight to beat blood cancer is underway in Queensland with 320 U.G.L.Y. Bartenders, from Port Douglas in the north to Tweed Heads in the south, competing for the U.G.L.Y. Bartender of the Year. The ALH Group in particular has taken this fight to their hearts, with their 122 venues contributing significantly to a state-wide total already standing at $170,000. U.G.L.Y. Bartender Joanne Harbort from ALH’s Bellbowrie Tavern was in ...

U.G.L.Y. Bartender is becoming a family affair in Tasmania with a set of sisters and a set of cousins all at different venues registering to take part this year. The Goodluck Sisters, Natasha and Shauntell, are set to compete against each other to see who can raise the most money for the Leukaemia Foundation. Both are based at Hobart venues, at the Globe Hotel and the Pembroke Hotel respectively, and ...

Nearly 1,000 bartenders have already nominated themselves to be the ‘face’ of U.G.L.Y. Bartender of the Year in their venue so far this year. Recognised across the industry as Australia’s premier hospitality fundraiser, U.G.L.Y. Bartender of the Year encourages bartenders to demonstrate the ‘Understanding Generous Likeable You’ and encourage patrons to get involved in their venue to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation. Queensland’s U.G.L.Y. campaign is already underway, wrapping ...

Déjà vu Sake Co. is currently taking orders for Japan’s popular seasonal product, Namazake, in Australia. Only available for a limited time each year, Déjà vu Sake Co. is using refrigerated air freight to import fresh Namazake from five of Japan’s top sake breweries to Sydney restaurants, with stock arriving at the end of August. Namazake is a unique, unpasteurised style of sake that is traditionally enjoyed in spring - at the end ...