You may have thought it was impossible to enjoy fast-food faster than ordering it in your car at a drive-through, but the reality is, one clever business has managed to pull off quick and tasty food at a rate that’s more convenient than most could have ever imagined.
Meet Smullers – a fast-food restaurant chain in the Netherlands, located at 27 key transit locations, designed for busy commuters to grab food on the go. Smullers say the premise of their operation is to provide customers with delicious meal or snack options, contact-free and at lightning speed.
But how?
MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE
They do it with Your Food Pal.
Your Food Pal is a hot food vending machine that allows customers to purchase and devour food immediately.
The concept, which Smullers celebrates as a key part of its success, may sound genius but it’s actually pretty simple. Tap and go food for people who don’t have time to line up and order.
Shop manager, Rene Thielen, says the company has built its entire business around the Your Food Pal machine model.
FASTER FOOD = MORE SALES
“The machines generate most of our turnover. People disembark from the train and quickly want to grab some food. This is what our company Smullers is about. We cannot operate without them,” Rene says.
Be it French fries, sweet potato chips, croquettes, burgers or spring rolls, when customers are hungry – Smullers are there with Your Food Pal.
“By using the machines we are able to serve customers faster, which results in more sales.”
Rene says they have set up rows of the hot food vending machines to serve travellers as they come and go all day long.
“Most of our product is set at 30 minutes, because we’d like everything in the machine to be fresh. Having said that, it’s very unlikely that we have to throw out any food, because we have so much foot traffic and high turnover,” he says.
DEMAND SOARS
And it’s not just Smullers who are having major success with Your Food Pal. The machines are now exploding in a range of different locations and businesses, such as petrol stations, theme parks and supermarkets.
Your Food Pal owner Wiel Jansen says the possibilities for operators are endless.
“The machines can be placed almost anywhere there are people, offering additional streams of revenue for almost any business.”
He adds that low staff costs and being able to operate outside of normal business hours are all also key benefits.
COVID-19 DEPENDABLE
Possibly one of the most important features given the current climate, Wiel says, is the fact that Your Food Pal is cashless and contact free.
“You simply tap the machine with your card and don’t have to worry about coming into contact with people.”
And as an extra precaution Your Food Pal also has an anti-bacterial coating to ensure food and customers are safe from harmful bacteria and viruses
To enjoy the same benefits as Smullers and so many others, learn about how a full turn-key business solution from Your Food Pal could be just the thing you need to take your enterprise to the next level.
