Restaurant & Cafe is a B2B publication serving news and insights for restaurant, cafe, QSR, fastfood and foodservice operators.
The publication and platform exists to support decision-makers responsible for running these foodservice and hospitality businesses. Our audience includes owners, operators, senior managers, and suppliers who work within the commercial realities of restaurants, cafes, and multi-site foodservice operations. Content is written for industry professionals, not consumers, with a focus on practical insight, commercial performance, and operational decision-making.
Restaurant & Cafe operates as a multi-platform media brand delivering timely news, in-depth features, and informed editorial commentary. Coverage spans operations, supply chains, equipment, food and beverage, staffing, compliance, technology, and the business systems that underpin foodservice businesses in New Zealand. The emphasis is on clarity, relevance, and usefulness at operator level.
The foodservice sector remains a significant contributor to New Zealand’s economy. The Restaurant Association of New Zealand’s 2024 Hospitality Report shows the industry generated $15.7 billion in annual sales for the year ending March 2024, representing a 5.8 percent increase on the previous year. Restaurants and cafes accounted for $7.8 billion of that total, a 4.6 percent year-on-year increase, reinforcing the sector’s central role within foodservice.
Hospitality employs approximately 145,000 people nationally, making it the country’s seventh largest employer. While operators continue to face pressures including rising costs, labour constraints, and inflation, many businesses are adapting by improving operational efficiency, adopting new technologies, refining customer engagement strategies, and managing food and beverage costs more strategically. Restaurant & Cafe reflects these realities through grounded, operator-focused editorial.
Restaurants and cafes represent more than half of foodservice industry sales, and they remain the primary readership of Restaurant & Cafe. Coverage also recognises the operational overlap between restaurants, cafes, and QSR or fast food businesses, particularly in areas such as supply, equipment, staffing, and technology. This ensures relevance across the broader foodservice ecosystem without diluting the publication’s core audience.
Audience, Platforms and Publishing
Restaurant & Cafe reaches a targeted, engaged audience of industry decision-makers through its digital platforms, digital magazine, newsletters, and social channels. The brand provides advertisers and industry partners with access to operators actively shaping the future of hospitality and foodservice in New Zealand.
Our media solutions are designed to be commercially effective and editorially credible, supported by high-quality content that informs, challenges, and engages readers. Editorial independence remains central to the brand, ensuring trust with both readers and industry stakeholders.
Restaurant & Cafe is one of a stable of multi-platform media brands published by Review Publishing Co Ltd, one of New Zealand's oldest privately owned publishers (est 1923). The title forms part of a stable of specialist B2B media brands serving key industry sectors.
Industry professionals are invited to share news, insights, and perspectives with the editorial team.
For editorial enquiries or commercial opportunities, contact edit@reviewmags.com
Restaurant & Cafe is published for the people who run the industry, not those who observe it.
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THE HISTORY OF REVIEW PUBLISHING CO LTD
DEEP ROOTS, STRONGER THAN EVER
Review Publishing Co has been a leading name in New Zealand’s B2B publishing industry for over 100 years. Established in 1923, we are the country’s oldest privately-owned media company and a trusted source of industry insights for professionals in the foodservice, hospitality, fmcg, education, technology, and aged care sectors.
Our journey began with the entrepreneurial Barker family, who were closely connected to Foodstuffs. Over the years, Review Publishing’s growth has paralleled the evolution of New Zealand’s hospitality, foodservice, fmcg, education, technology, and aged care sectors, evolving from humble beginnings to becoming a powerhouse in B2B media. Under the leadership of publishing veteran Peter Mitchell, the company expanded its reach, and today, the Mitchell family remains at the helm, with Managing Director Tania Walters leading the team.
Tania Walters brings 35 years of experience in food marketing, publishing, and events, playing a crucial role in the ongoing success of Review Publishing. She also serves as head judge for the prestigious Inspire+ New Zealand Artisan Awards and as a panel member for the ANUGA Taste Innovation Show, among other international and local award programmes. With her leadership, supported by a skilled team of journalists, designers, photographers, and marketers, Review Publishing delivers premium multi platform content to the professionals shaping New Zealand’s b2b industry sectors.
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