Wes Lambert
Wes Lambert is CEO of Australian Restaurant & Cafe Association (ARCA), a member-based not-for-profit industry association. ACRA is one of the strongest voices for the restaurant and café segment of the accommodation and foodservice industry, representing a segment that employs nearly 500,000 across more than 56,000 venues in Australia.
Wes is the former CEO of the 2020 Association of the Year Restaurant & Catering Australia (R&CA), where he was praised by the board for his advocacy efforts on behalf of the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wes was a winner of the AuSAE 2020 Influencer Award, and is a board member of several industry bodies, including the Australian Foodservice Advocacy Body, and the Council of Small Business Organizations Australia.
2:45pm - 3:30pm
Thursday 20th March 2025 Day 1
How To Position Your Business For Success
Want to start a café from the ground up? Keen to expand your business? Hear from industry experts about building your audience, how to scale and save costs, the importance of café efficiency, and the commonalities all successful and healthy cafés share. Experts will also address the current state of the Australian café landscape, the biggest challenges facing café operators, and how to be a profitable café in today’s challenging landscape.
