Flexeserve units integrated seamlessly into Amazon Go's revolutionary self-service concept

Entering hot grab and go with quality and efficiency

Amazon Go enters hot grab and go with quality and efficiency, creating a great tasting menu with Flexeserve's leading hot-holding units and expertise

Amazon Go wanted …

excellent hot food quality

simplicity and compatibility

profitability and efficiency

Showcasing the unrivalled range of hot food that our hot-holding units can hold at just-cooked quality, for hours, not minutes

Support from A to Z

Amazon’s pioneering retail concept had begun rollout across the U.S., and consumers demanded a hot food range.

Amazon had no prior expertise in hot food and wanted to offer great tasting products, delivered with excellent efficiency by utilizing hot-holding. The Amazon team loved our technology and needed it to integrate seamlessly with the technology of the groundbreaking Amazon Go self-service concept.

We worked with them, from start to finish, to create a hot food menu and operation from the ground up, and created custom units that integrated with their brand and technology.

“We can help you create a hot food operation that makes the most of true hot-holding. Working with you, we’ll optimize operational and energy efficiency, food quality and wastage – so you can sell more and waste less.”

Warwick Wakefield, Director of Customer Experience

Billy Eatenton, Head of Culinary, demonstrates the hot food that Flexeserve units can hot-hold.

Flexeserve Solution

Through Flexeserve Solution, our culinary, technical and implementation experts helped Amazon embrace true hot-holding and create a hot food operation smoothly, efficiently and profitably.

Flexeserve Solution in 4 mins

Technology

Amazon loved our technology‘s ability to hold food for several hours at just-cooked quality. We specified Flexeserve Zone, which accurately maintains multiple shelf temperatures within the same unit. This allows them to offer incredible hot food variety in a self-service format.

Food

We helped the food team develop a menu from the ground up. Our culinary experts inspired Amazon with true hot-holding’s incredible product potential and advised on the best recipes for hot-holding, unlocking a broad selection of great tasting hot food.

Culinary

Amazon needed a simple and efficient operation that complemented their technology. We devised processes with products cooked in-packaging, in large batches. We conducted food testing both remotely and in person, refining their cook methods for optimum quality.

Packaging

Packaging is pivotal for optimum hot-holding results. We guided Amazon on tailoring packaging to their range and a cook-in-packaging approach. By managing air flow for each product type, they can use our versatile hot air recirculation to their advantage.

Implement

We created a custom, premium Flexeserve Zone with black, acid-etched end panels and no reflective surfaces, to work with Amazon’s automatic purchase technology. In addition, we delivered a custom range of accessories to ensure the necessary separation between product types.

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With its groundbreaking concept, we helped Amazon Go to create an entirely new grab and go menu based around true hot-holding

Hot and ready to-go

We helped Amazon successfully launch an entirely new, great tasting hot food range with an operation based around simplicity and true hot-holding. The in-packaging cooking, “one-touch” process we recommended delivers greater food security and optimized efficiency.

One-touch food security

Next-level energy efficiency

Minimal food waste

“We helped Amazon Go create a profitable hot food menu with challenging products, such as grilled cheese sandwiches, meatball wraps and mac’n’cheese. This led to us assisting their UK team to do the same and more…”