Autonomous convenience stores are increasingly replacing company restaurants. Partnering with Ahold Delhaize, Selecta is expanding from market leader in coffee solutions to leader in foodtech. “The potential is huge”.
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The pandemic has completely upended the corporate catering market. As many employees work from home at least two days a week, staffed company restaurants have become too expensive for many employers. Technology offers a solution: smart refrigerators and unmanned convenience stores are replacing the company restaurant. Selecta, until recently mainly a coffee distributor, is now attacking traditional catering players with innovative concepts. Out of sheer necessity, Tim Goossens explains: “We started innovating at breakneck speed.”
