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365 RetailMarkets acquires Company Kitchen
365 RetailMarkets has announced the acquisition of the self- service technology company, Company Kitchen of Merriam, Kansas. The business confirmed that the Company Kitchen employees and customers will transition to be a part of 365 Retail Markets, the globalMicroMarket leader.
Joe Hessling, 365 Retail Markets, CEO said: “We are thrilled to work with other pioneers within the MicroMarket industry. There is no question that under one roof we will now have the most experienced and talented team in our space.We certainly expect to leverage this to expand our leadership position, to enhance the already great dining experience that CK offffers, and to bring our self- service technology expertise to customers we have not worked with in the past.”
Company Kitchen confirmed that this transaction will add thousands of new market locations, hundreds of new dining locations as well as a team of 30 people to the 365 family. The Company Kitchen customers will continue to be serviced by the current team from their offffices in Merriam, Kansas.
CoryWhite, CK director of operations said: “Company Kitchen couldn’t be more excited to become part of the 365 family. I have been with CK for eight years and am delighted to continue utilising the technology tha t we created and being able to innovate with 36 5 and their employees.We have a wonderful customer base that will continue to receive the amazing services they have known from CK and will only benefit from the expertise within 365. I look forward to growing with our new team and strategically helping the industry flourish.”
Krishna Vedula, 365 Retail Markets, CTO said: “It’s really exciting to bring the best of breed technology with the highest levels of security, privacy and operational ease in the industry to our customer base. Reducing friction and engaging the increasingly health conscious consumers in a meaningful way will continue to be the top areas of fo cus for this combined technolo gy team . ”
rtment for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has
announced that new forms of packaging and plasticmade from plants,wood chippings and food waste could be a step closer,r, thanks to new business and Government investment. Businesses are expected to jointly invest up to £149m, alongside a £60mGovernment invest ment, to help fight th e global batt
ttle against single-use plastics. The funding could be
used to find ways to cut waste in the supply chain, develop new businessmodels and create new sustainable recyclablematerials. This could include using plants instead of oils tomake plastic, which will help reduce their carbon impact.
Ubamarket, the retail app, has commissioned nationally
representative research across a sample of 2003 UK adults to find out how Brits feel about plastic packaging in our supermarkets. This research is released alongside Ubamarket’s feature ‘Plastic Alerts’, a new industry first that allows supermarket shoppers to easily identify themost en vironmentally friendly products.
• 82%- nearly 43million - of UK shoppers believe the level of plastic packaging on food and drink products needs to be changed drastically
• 77%of Brits, representingmore than think that, nomatt man
ufactures and supermarkets that tter howmuch they
most plastic pollution
• 44% of respondents, representing 23million nationally, actively purchased products that have less of an impact on the environment, even if they weremore expensive
• 42% - 21.7million nationally - of the British public want to be more environmentally conscious but feel they do not know enough about recycling and plastic pollution tomake informed changes
• 41% of respondents, representing 21 believe that plastic packaging is havi their health
ng an adverse effffect on .6million nationally,
• 65%, or 33.8million nationally,want tomake the switch to more environmentally friendly products but feel that these products are oftften significantlymor e expensiv e
Vending stalwart passes away The Automatic Vending Association (AV
VA
Alec Upton, of the Upton Group, has died after a short illness. AVA
stalwart and cha VA chief exe
cutive David Lewellyn said: “A “Alec was a racterful part of the vending industry, having
built Upton Group from a small sweet shop in Selby with his wife Janet.Our thoughts are with Janet, Tracy, Ross, their families and all at Upton Group at this time.”
Alec’s funeral took place on Monday October 7 with a reception aftfterwards at The Parsonage Hotel, Escric k
Retailers aremaking a concerted fefffort to reformas this year has been filled with concern for the levels of plastic waste that are being produced. Consumers have been placing the pressure on retailers to reformand give thema wider range of plastic-free alternatives on offffer in stores.
AVA) has announced that ft
Will Broome, CEOand founder of Ubamarket, commented: "British consumers aremore aware of plastic use and pollution than ever before, and this announcement fromthe Government is a positive step in the right
direction.According to Ubamarket's latest research, over 80% of us think food and drink packaging needs to drastically change, but 42% o f Brits don't feel informe d enough about recycling tomake the right purchases. These new forms of plastics and packaging, along with the right education, if adopted by retailers,will help cement the UK as a driving force in sustainability and reduce our single-use reliance drastically in th e coming years. "
recycle, they feel it is the 40million nationally,
are causing the
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