Case studies

Amazon Go

Amazon Go is a pioneering chain of partially-automated convenience stores in the United States, operated by the online retailer Amazon.

Pret a Manger

Based in the UK, Pret a Manger is an international sandwich shop chain with nearly 600 locations in 11 countries, including around 80 locations in the U.S. The chain is considered a pioneer in both cold and hot food-to-go.

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Circle K

Circle K Stores is an international chain of convenience stores with over 15,000 locations. It has around 10,000 stores in North America and a further 2,700 stores in Europe.

QuikTrip

QuikTrip is an American chain of convenience stores. The company has over 950 locations, operating across the Midwestern, Southern, and Southeastern United States, as well as Arizona.

M&S

M&S is a major British multinational retailer specialising in high quality clothing, home products and food. M&S currently has 959 stores across the UK alone, including 615 M&S Foodhalls that only sell food.

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Greggs

With over 2,000 branches, Greggs plc is the largest bakery chain in the United Kingdom and sells savoury products such as bakes, sausage rolls and sandwiches, and sweet items including doughnuts and muffins.

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Co-op Food

Co-op Food operates over 4,000 shops in the UK which range from small to large convenience stores.

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Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the UK, with a 16% share of the market. The 2,200+ food retail locations comprise supermarkets and convenience stores.

Morrisons

Morrisons is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the UK with nearly 500 stores. Morrisons employs c. 110,000 employees and serves around 11 million customers each week.

Cineworld

The Cineworld cinema brand is part of Cineworld group – the world’s second largest cinema chain, with 9,518 screens across 790 sites in 11 countries, including the UK, the US and Canada.

Compass Group

Compass Group plc is a British multinational contract foodservice company. It is the largest contract foodservice company in the world, with operations in 45 countries and employs over 600,000 people.

SPAR

SPAR is a Dutch multinational franchise that manages independently owned and operated food retail stores, with more than 13,112 locations in 48 countries.

SSP Group

SSP Group is a British multinational company which operates in over 125 airports and 270 railway stations around the world as a concessionaire with brands such as Starbucks, YO! Sushi and Burger King.

HMSHost

HMSHost is an American highway and airport foodservice company that manages franchise locations in 120 airports and 80 highway stops across North America.

Woolworths

The second largest company in Australia by revenue, Woolworths Group is a major retailer operating throughout Australia and New Zealand.

ICA

ICA is the leading grocery retailer in Sweden and the second largest retail company in the Nordic countries. ICA also owns other retail brands in Latvia, Norway, Lithuania and Estonia.

IGA

IGA is an American brand of grocery stores that operates franchises in more than 30 countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia and the Philippines.

QuickChek

QuickChek is a US convenience store chain with 153 locations in New Jersey and New York, ranging from smaller corner-type shops to larger convenience stores.

Albert Heijn

Albert Heijn is the largest and most famous Dutch supermarket chain. Albert Heijn's market share in the Netherlands is around 30%, with 959 locations and a further 42 stores in Belgium.

Coles

Coles is an Australian supermarket, retail and consumer services chain. With over 100,000 employees, Coles has 1,502 locations, including supermarkets and Coles Express petrol stations.

BP

BP is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, UK. The company has almost 7,000 gas stations in the U.S. with over 1,000 of these accompanied by an ampm c-store, and over 1,200 service stations across the UK, serving customers food-to-go through its Wild Bean Café in-store format.

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Crussh

Dubbed “London's original juice, smoothie & healthy food chain”, Crussh is the UK capital’s leading healthy eating retailer. It offers an extensive range of ‘Fit Food’, handmade daily in Crussh kitchens across its 35 stores in London and the South East.

ODEON

The Odeon Cinema Group is Europe's largest cinema operator. With over 360 cinemas, comprising a total of 2,900 screens – across 14 countries in Europe – it typically receives more than 2.2 million guests per week.

Paul Bakery

Paul is a French chain of bakery/café restaurants established in 1889. The chain has 10,000 employees across 29 countries, serving breads, crêpes, sandwiches, macarons, soups, cakes, pastries, coffee, wine, and beer.

Rewe TO GO

Rewe TO GO is the convenience store format of Rewe, a supermarket chain in Germany and the main brand of Rewe Group. The Group is the second largest food retailer in Germany, with about 3,300 stores.

Rollover

Rollover, owned by the Kerry Group, is the UK's largest hot dog brand, selling over 25 million hot dogs a year. Founded in 1991, Rollover can be found in UK universities, theme parks, cinemas, stadiums and everywhere in between.

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Stone Willy’s Pizza

Stone Willy’s is a pizza brand and ‘all-in-one food concept’ founded in the USA and brought to the UK. Its pizza is available in 150 locations across the UK, including over 100 fish & chip shops.

YO! Sushi

Founded in 1997 in London, YO! Sushi has 100 restaurants around the world. The sushi restaurant is regarded as an innovator in UK dining, with its 'kaiten' conveyor belt and colour-coded dishes.