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Anna Patty is Consumer Affairs Editor and Senior Writer for The Sydney Morning Herald. She is a former Workplace Editor, Education Editor, State Political Reporter and Health Reporter.Connect via Twitter, Facebook or email.
Restaurant and cafe owners are struggling to pay staff award rates because of tough competition and low profit margins, but must be innovative to survive.
Food delivery service foodora will exit the Australian market at the end of the month to pursue other markets where it sees greater potential for market growth.
The owner of Katoomba's Paragon Cafe, which has become an institution, plans to close the business in May.
The union representing Streets ice-cream factory workers will urge the public to boycott its products including Paddle Pop, Golden Gaytime and Magnum over the summer if the company terminates their agreement on pay and conditions.
When most Australians were still drinking tea and Americans were drinking sodas, Greek migrant Joachim Tavlaridis introduced Sydney-siders to the milkshake 80 years ago.
Early Greek migrants introduced Australians to American food well before they felt confident enough to treat them to their home-cooked moussaka.