6 April 2025
Kingaroy businesspeople Daniel and Mary Huskisson hosted the Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s March meet’n’greet on Tuesday night at their Utopia Café in Kingaroy Street.
Daniel introduced the crowd to the various businesses the couple own – and have started up – in recent years.
They have been running Utopia successfully for eight years but had less luck with their plans for Husky’s Burgers in the IGA complex in Avoca Street.
KCCI secretary Paula Greenwood, left, and vice-president Jacqui Trace, right, with Jessica Sarquis, who is learning the ropes to eventually take over from Paula as secretary.
The last time they hosted a KCCI meet’n’greet was five years ago when Husky’s was opening.
Unfortunately, the hamburger business opened just before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
The lockdowns and uncertainty proved devastating for many hospitality businesses, including Husky’s.
Likewise, an ice cream shop the couple started in Kingaroy Shoppingworld also didn’t take off, and both businesses were forced to close.
But that hasn’t stopped Daniel and Mary’s entrepreneurial spirit.
Daniel shared his business vision with the audience: “If you have growth, you have chaos. If you have no growth, you have stability”.
He said the Utopia Café was now on the market to allow the pair concentrate on their other businesses: Proclean Property Maintenance and SB Pest Control.
These two businesses are booming and taking up a lot of time. They were no doing 100 yards and 100 cleans a week.
Daniel has also just started a new business in partnership with Nathan Hendy, SB Transfer and Hire, which aims to fill a gap in the local market in regards to transport for medical appointments.
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