Food service experts BonCulina have announced a significant new partnership with the UK’s leading providers of automated hot food. The partnership with Bon Appetit means that BonCulina’s beautifully presented, healthy pre-made meals will now be available 24/7 via state of the art vending machines in businesses across the country.
BonCulina’s patented Torus Pak technology allows microwave-heated meals to be released from their packets without disrupting the presentation. Rather than removing the film and flipping the packet upside down, consumers of BonCulina’s meals can simply pull out a trapdoor at the base of the packet, lift the top part of the packet away and leave the meal, presented as the chefs intended, on the plate.
Bon Appetit provides hot meals via vending machines integrated with scanner microwave and contactless payment technology.
The collaboration between these two ground-breaking companies, which takes the name BonCulina Anytime, means that for the first time ever beautifully presented, hot, nutritious meals will be available from a vending machine.
BonCulina Anytime is instantly available in 70 hospitals across the UK and will soon be making its way to businesses and other spaces throughout the country. The hope is that this will help employees and customers throughout the country as people return to their normal places of work in 2021.
Speaking about the partnership, Keith Pordum, managing director Bon Appetit, said,
‘We are absolutely delighted to choose BonCulina as our trusted food partner. This collaboration is extremely exciting. The joint solution of our automated vending system and BonCulina’s incredible meals will provide a major opportunity for workplace caterers across business and industry to offer a unique, 24/7 ‘back to work’ catering solution.
‘We have been extremely impressed with the BonCulina food offer, the quality is strong, whilst plating through Torus Pak® ensures that each meal is delivered with perfect presentation, we know our customers will be delighted’
Chris O’Neil, BonCulina UK sales and operations director, added,
‘We are thrilled that Bon Appetit has chosen to work with us in helping the nation back to work. This is especially important for businesses who are struggling with how to safely and cost effectively re-open their in-house catering operations. Bon Appetit’s award-winning, vending solution is the perfect complement to our business and supports our ambitions to expand our sector share within the UK.’
