Mentoring owners and staff
Hands-on mentoring for owners and their teams, from someone who runs a business himself.
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Business Advisor
Andrew Yoannidis
Operations, logistics and business sales.
Andrew is a Melbourne business owner who runs a cold storage and refrigerated transport company. He brings hands-on experience in operations, logistics and hospitality, and more than ten years in business sales.
- Business owner
- Business broker
- Logistics and supply chain
- Hospitality
- Melbourne based
- Runs
- FBN Cold Storage
- Also
- Business broker since 2015
- Background
- Hospitality, logistics and food distribution
- Based in
- Melbourne
About Andrew
An owner who still runs a business
Andrew started his working life in his family’s textiles business, where he spent ten years. He then moved into hospitality, owning and running several cafes in Melbourne, including Little Bean Blue in the CBD.
Since 2015 he has worked as a business broker with Benchmark Business Sales & Valuations, focused on small to medium business sales and exit strategies, and from 2019 to 2022 he worked in deal origination with EP Advisors.
Today he is the director and owner of FBN Cold Storage, a third-party logistics and refrigerated transport business in Campbellfield. He joined Benchmark Business Advisory in 2024, bringing a practical operator’s view of operations, supply chain, marketing and team leadership.
Career highlights
- Ten yearsFamily textiles business
- 2014 to 2019Director, Little Bean Blue specialty coffee, Melbourne CBD
- 2015Business broker, Benchmark Business Sales & Valuations
- 2021Director and owner, FBN Cold Storage
- 2024Joined Benchmark Business Advisory
Talk to Andrew about
- Running operations more efficiently
- Buying or selling a business
- Logistics and supply chain
How Andrew helps owners
Where he spends most of his time
Strategic growth
Setting direction and priorities for growth, backed by practical marketing and team leadership.
Explore Value BuilderOperational effectiveness
Making day-to-day operations, logistics and supply chain run reliably and efficiently.
Explore Value BuilderSale readiness
Getting a business ready for sale, drawing on more than ten years in business sales.
Explore Sale Ready
Peter Spinda
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Jo-Anne Wilson
Paula Burgess
Suzie SolatorioClient stories
See all client storiesSome of our client work
Manufacturing · Value building and exit planningA business less dependent on its owner.ObservedOwner moved from production to strategy
Education and training · Digital transformationNew ways to deliver. More room to grow.Measured3 months to move from face-to-face to online
Accommodation · Sale preparationOrganised for sale. Ready for the next chapter.MeasuredTarget price achieved at sale
Work with Andrew
Book a free 20-minute call with Andrew
Tell us a little about your business and Andrew will call you to talk through your priorities. No cost and no obligation.
1A free 20-minute call with Andrew
2An honest view of where we could help
3If it’s a fit, a program matched to your priorities
Rather talk now? Call 1300 366 521
