MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, July 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Compass Group Canada and SJW Robotics at this time introduced an unique partnership the place the worldwide meals service chief will pilot three 24/7 autonomous kitchen robots named RoWok™ in choose Canadian operations. The partnership is aimed toward addressing a niche in meals service – the place heat, recent, customizable meals should not out there – offering a welcome possibility for healthcare employees on an evening shift or college students finding out after hours. RoWok™ is designed to serve areas that historically could not have an out there footprint for an on-site kitchen or kitchen workers out there 24/7, whereas additionally offering an easy-to-use, scorching and recent meals various all through the day. Today’s announcement is one other step in Compass Group Canada’s mission to be the nation’s most progressive meals service supplier – providing new service and business fashions whereas bettering experiences for patrons, purchasers and associates.
“We looked at traditional hot food service models and saw a real need for 24/7 meal availability with wow factor,” mentioned Michael Hachey, chief innovation officer. “By partnering with RoWok, we are adapting to different needs in the market and augmenting existing hot food service models that typically require labour and a full-service kitchen. People never used to think about grabbing a hot, fresh, customized meal at 3 a.m. because it was simply not available – now it’s possible with this cutting-edge technology that solves for these complexities,” he mentioned.
Using robotics, AI, machine studying, knowledge science and cloud analytics expertise, RoWok™ presents an attractive and progressive buyer expertise – whereas occupying solely 100 sq. toes of house. With the power to supply 60+ meals per hour, the product is a pure match for a few of Compass Groups managed services the place kitchen providers should not out there. The firm intends to increase these providers to offer one other choice to large-scale kitchen operations and blended schedules, for instance, healthcare employees and hospital company consuming throughout non-business hours or workplace employees with out easy accessibility to recent cafeteria providers.
“Our team has developed a fully autonomous QSR solution with one goal in mind – to cook incredibly fresh and great-tasting meals at high speed. Our partnership with Compass allows us to rapidly scale up within the infrastructure of one the best workplaces in retail and hospitality – and the team at Compass have been an invaluable complement to help accelerate our deployment,” mentioned Nipun Sharma, co-founder & CEO, SJW Robotics Inc.
The RoWok™ machine works hand in hand with foodservice associates on website, who’re required to prep, inventory and monitor the standard of product and service. The expertise can even assist cut back the prices and labour complexities related to providing a 24/7 staffed, recent meals service operation.
“Building an eco-system of partners allows us to implement and deploy new ideas, quickly and effectively. We are thrilled to partner with the SJW Robotics team and bring RoWok into our facilities, combining their state-of-art technology with our expertise in food service,” mentioned Heather Wilkie, vice-president, innovation at Compass Group Canada. “We are challenging the status quo and pushing boundaries with this partnership, and we can’t wait to hear what our clients and guests have to say about RoWok.”
Today’s announcement is one among a number of new ideas from Compass Group Canada’s newly introduced innovation group. Compass Group Canada and SJW Robotics have begun exploring pilot areas throughout Ontario and plan to put in three machine this coming Fall within the Healthcare, Business & Industry and Educational areas.
About Compass Group Canada
Compass Group Canada is Canada’s main foodservice and assist providers supplier with over 20,000 associates working in additional than 2,200 areas all through the nation. The firm focuses on offering foodservices and assist providers, together with services administration and merchandising providers. Compass Group Canada works throughout core sectors together with main sports activities and leisure venues, govt eating rooms and cafes, colleges, universities, seniors’ residences, and hospitals in addition to distant camps and offshore oil rigs.
Compass Group Canada has been acknowledged as one among Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures in 2021, an award recognizing best-in-class Canadian organizations for having cultures that assist improve efficiency and aggressive benefit, in addition to a Great Place to Work®, in 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019, as a Best Workplaces™ in Canada in 2022, Best Workplaces™ in Retail and Hospitality in 2021 and 2020 and as a GTA Top Employer in 2021. To be taught extra, go to www.compass-canada.com, LinkedIn and Instagram!
About SJW Robotics
SJW Robotics is a pioneering FoodTech firm growing autonomous kitchen robotic methods for the hospitality trade. Drawing upon eighty years of mixed expertise in autonomous machine engineering, restaurant idea growth and foodservice manufacturing, the corporate’s multi-disciplinary core group is reshaping the foodservice trade through scalable and worthwhile automated options – merging the artwork of cooking with the science of automation. To be taught extra, go to http://sjwrobotics.com or LinkedIn.
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