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Ben Mathews

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Law academic, researcher, expert in child abuse law, mandatory reporting, children's rights, social policy. Now leading the Australian Child Maltreatment Study.
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What US consumers want from restaurants in 2026

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By Ben Mathews, Katharine Mattox
| McKinsey on Consumer and Retail
A new McKinsey analysis shows how cost consciousness, shifting tastes, and channel choices are reshaping the US restaurant landscape in the year ahead. After years of steady gains, the US restaurant sector may be reaching a turning point. Although food away from home now accounts for more than half of US food and beverage spending, growth is plateauing as persistent inflation, tariffs, and economic uncertainty are forcing diners to rethink the value of every restaurant visit.
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‘How many new memories did we create?’ Rethinking restaurant success

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By Ben Mathews
| McKinsey on Consumer and Retail
Union Square Hospitality Group CEO Chip Wade and president of full-service restaurants John Ragan explain why, in the future, chefs in its dining rooms are an asset and robots in its kitchens are not. At The View, one of Union Square Hospitality Group’s (USHG) newest restaurants, New York City unfurls in a single, 90-minute revolution. The 360-degree rotating restaurant in the sky, which first opened in 1985 but closed during the pandemic before USHG took over, is a concept befitting USHG.
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Childhood experiences of domestic violence and its association with mental disorders and health risk behaviours

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By Julie Blake, Hannah Thomas, Ben Mathews, David Lawrence
| Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Growing recognition of experiences of domestic violence (EDV) in childhood and the associated trauma has led to the explicit acknowledgement of children as victim-survivors of domestic violence (including intimate partner violence between caregivers) in their own right Reference Sawyer and McFarlane1 and is now well-recognised as a distinct type of child maltreatment.
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