Partner Offers & Discounts - Restaurant & Catering Australia

Partner Offers & Discounts
R&CA’s partners and sponsors provide special incentives and offers to create
business savings and efficiencies. These include, but are not limited to electricity,
banking and finance, insurance and equipment sectors.

SUPERANNUATION
                    Hostplus delivers consistent long-term investment performance, quality financial
                    advice and low-cost member fees to your staff. Combine this with a dedicated
                    employer team ready to help member businesses easily meet their super
                    obligations and it becomes clear Hostplus are THE fund for Australian hospitality.

MERCHANT SERVICES
                    American Express helps merchants grow and enhance their businesses, and
                    R&CA members receive industry insights, powerful marketing tools and national
                    campaigns to build stronger relationships with their customers. With their new
                    reduced merchant service rates, it is even easier to welcome American Express
                    card holders.

                    R&CA members can access group merchant rates, plus industry appropriate
                    terminal options, such as Albert, through Commonwealth Bank. Merchant rates
                    start at 26% and interchange + interchange + scheme.

INSURANCE
                     Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) is the endorsed broker of Restaurant & Catering
                     Australia, offering members competitively priced, tailored insurance solutions.
                     AJG can manage all elements of your business insurance, including management
                     liability, cyber insurance and workers’ compensation. Visit www.ajg.com.au/rca
                     for details.

BANKING & FINANCE
         Prospa is Australia's leading online lender to small business. Apply online in
         less than 10 minutes for unsecured loans from $5,000 to $250,000. We
         provide decisions in as little as one hour and funds usually the same business
         day*.                     *Terms and conditions apply

         Silver Chef is Australia’s only dedicated hospitality equipment funder. Silver
         Chef offers a Rent-Try-Buy® solution – a 12 month agreement that lets member
         businesses try before they buy and provides five flexible payment options to
         choose from throughout the term of the contract.

BEVERAGES

       Lion Co proudly manages Australia’s largest beer portfolio. Also available via
       Australia’s most reputable beverage distributors, members can easily order and
       pay for stock online plus access the Lion Beer Systems Education Centre.

       Taylors Wines will be exclusively serving the new Taylor Made on-premise only
       range of wines at each 2018 Savour Australia Hostplus Awards for Excellence
       event. In addition, members receive wine education, wine list development
       assistance, Family & Friends Membership and easy options to order – either
       online, by phone or via a local sales representative.

       Available via Australia’s most reputable beverage distributors, S. Pellegrino
       offers members the inspiration to stock world-renowned non-alcoholic aperitifs,
       soft drinks and extraordinary mineral waters; plus enter their young chefs in the
       S.Pellegrino Young Chef competition and access the “treasure-trove” of
       Finedininglovers.com.

ELECTRICTY & GAS
         SEM offers R&CA members FREE energy audits on electricity and/or gas bills.
         Over the last three years SEM has helped hundreds of members save a combined
         total exceeding $2 million.

EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY
        H&L’s Hospitality POS & Management Solution help members combat the two
        greatest costs for any food & beverage operation – labour & material. H&L’s
        POS seamlessly integrates with BooKBooK, Loyalty Solutions & other external
        accounting applications to increase profits and efficiency whilst reducing costs.

        MENULATOR translates Australian restaurant and café menus into 16
        languages at the touch of a finger, operated from Desktops, iPad,Tablet or
        iPhone. The service is FREE for Restaurants to join and enter their Menus
        Menulator Pro is a fee for mechanism that will allow members to download
        their own menu to a tablet or I Pad from the website in both the Preferred
        Language of the customer and English.

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FOOD SERVICE
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       Goodman Fielder is one of Australia¹s oldest and most trusted brands when it
       comes to top quality products. With recipes from real chefs, access to helpful
       tips and trends from around the kitchen Goodman Fielder has everything
       members need to run a successful kitchen.

IDENTIFICATION PRODUCTS & SIGNAGE
       Created by Hands is R&CA’s Awards for Excellence trophy supplier. Members
       can access a range services designed on innovative materials including
       corporate branded stationary, identification products, printing, signage and
       gifts.

       Evolis designs, produces and markets a complete range of plastic card
       solutions including price tags. Members can access the full range via
       Interactcard in Australia.

INDUSTRY TRADESHOWS
       Foodservice Australia (FSA) is an annual Trade-Only Foodservice show. R&CA
       members receive free entry into the show and significantly discounted tickets
       to the coinciding annual National Restaurant Conference which launched in
       2016. FSA and National Restaurant Conference will be held at the International
       Convention Centre Sydney from 27-29 May 2018.

       Members receive free entry to Australia’s largest trade exhibition for the
       foodservice & hospitality industries by registering online. Event is on 10-13
       September 2018 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

       Held from 18-19 June 2018 in Darling Harbour Sydney, the Drinks Industry Show
       showcases the best in wine, beer and spirits from across the globe. The show will
       connect producers and distributers of alcoholic beverages, with buyers from
       bars, clubs, restaurants, hotels, liquor stores and catering companies.

INNOVATIVE ONLINE TRAINING
       Tackle common issues like high staff turnover and poor performance by giving
       employees access to hundreds of online hospitality courses from the world's
       best instructors – watchable anytime, anywhere on any device! Typsy helps train
       staff quickly and enables management, from one simple platform. Sign up as a
       member and get 10% off your monthly subscription (using the code RCA2017).
       *This offer is exclusive to R&CA verified members.

Food, Health & Safety
        Alsco offers members “Best Priced Quotes” from their closest branch on rental
        linen, wipe, workwear, floor matting, towelling, first aid and washroom needs.

        Lotus Filters helps to minimise fire risk and enhance air quality in commercial
        kitchens. A partnership with Lotus Filters can help you make informed
        decisions about your risk management and compliance obligations and more.

        R&CA works with Rubbermaid to understand the needs and wants, attitudes
        and expectations of member businesses around food safety management
        including separation, flow and cross-contamination. Members are also be
        offered opportunities via marketing communications to trail the System FREE
        via numerous engagement incentives.

MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT
         APRA AMCOS helps music creators get paid for their work and gives music
         users easy ways to legally play and copy what they like. R&CA partners with
         APRA AMCOS to help members understand their copyright obligations and
         ensure licensing fees are fair and reasonable.

         Designed with restaurant owners in mind, Moo Music offers members the
         most advanced technology in internet-delivered music systems. R&CA
         members enjoy the first month free and a flat installation rate on
         subscriptions to their vast, directly licensed and major label music catalogue.

ONLINE RESERVATIONS / CUSTOMER
SERVICE / CUSTOMER PROGRAMS
       Airbnb hosts provide R&CA members unique exposure to domestic and
       international travellers by recommending local experiences and businesses to
       their guests. By helping travellers live like a local, host recommendations help
       distribute the benefits of tourism to local cafes and restaurants.

       Dimmi, Australia’s largest online restaurant bookings provider, offers R&CA
       members reservations management software, a profile on their iconic website
       and app, marketing exposure through partners such as Qantas Restaurants,
       Good Food & American Express, yield management solutions and the business
       intelligence needed to support growth.

       Entertainment Publications has a portfolio of products that can assist members
       in generating word of mouth, additional revenue and return patronage. There
       is no cost for businesses to appear in the program and restaurants are generally
       chosen based on awards, reviews and personal recommendations.

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       R&CA partners with Tripadvisor to help members understand the benefits of
       managing their online profiles, proactively manage reviews and more positively
       engage with TripAdvisor as a key online marketing platform. TripAdvisor Premium
       for Restaurants offers members a wide range of free tools including the ability to
       respond to reviews, add photos, update restaurant descriptions and view
       statistics.

VEHICLES
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TOURISM
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