We’re hospitality consultants partnering with building and restaurant owners to create world-class food destinations.

Hospitality specialists who mean business!

We bring business advice to hospitality, and hospitality advice to businesses.

We partner with building owners to create destinational dining precincts; and restaurant and café owners to create thriving eateries.

Mean Business understands that it takes a lot more than a good idea and nice fit-out to build a successful food destination, so we work closely with our clients to bring great concepts to life, by:


• Developing food precinct strategies that attract customers and increase revenue.
• Designing tenancy mixes that maximise foot traffic and portfolio performance.
• Measuring food precinct performance and benchmarking across the industry.
• Streamlining restaurant and café operations to grow profitability, efficiency and customer appeal.

While we work with a broad range of clients and concepts, our philosophy is grounded in the notion that when hospitality wins, everyone wins - restaurant owners, landlords, suppliers and customers.

We bring business advice to hospitality, and hospitality advice to businesses.

We keep good company . . .

Mean Business partners with the industry’s best, and can easily connect you with the right interior designers, fit-out companies, food and beverage suppliers, technology companies and graphic designers you need to support your project.

“Stu implemented an excellent strategy and programme to ensure all our food-retailers opened on time and were operationally ready to trade with the best commercial advice and systems in place.  Stu’s pre-opening process played a critical role in the success of Harbour Eats at Commercial Bay. ”

—Tim Woods, Precinct Properties