[May 21, 2016]

Apex Introduces New Self-Serve Locker Applications for Restaurants

Apex (News - Alert) Supply Chain Technologies® is introducing new applications for its breakthrough AnyWhere™ order pick-up/carry out self-serve lockers. Whether in a sports stadium, grocery store or restaurant, Apex AnyWhere lockers allow today's on-the-go customers to shop, buy and pickup food and goods orders however, wherever and whenever they want. The technology will be displayed in booth #9122 at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago from May 21-24.

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Apex introduces new self-serve locker applications for restaurants. AnyWhere order pick-up lockers are on display at National Restaurant Association Show booth 9122. Visit www.apexsupplychain.com/foodservice to learn more. (Photo: Business Wire)

"Apex AnyWhere lockers enable foodservice retailers to open new service options for their customers by allowing them to buy and pick up their food ordersanytime and anywhere," said Kent Savage, Apex president and CEO. "Restaurants can now sell in any way that a customer wants to buy."

Purpose-Built for Any Situation

Apex AnyWhere lockers are purpose-built to accommodate virtually any food and beverage items that can be sold-from something as small as a cup of coffee to larger prepared food purchases like meals. Apex even has lockers where associates can load orders from the rear to optimize workflow efficiencies.

With AnyWhere lockers, consumers at a stadium could order food from their seats, walk to a locker during a timeout, enter a code or scan a smart phone to open the compartment and pick up the food. Or she could place an order online for team logo merchandise, bypass the checkout line, grab her shirts, hats, etc. from an Apex Anywhere locker, and be on her way. In still another example, a consumer could save time by ordering dinner online from a restaurant, and pick the dinner items up from an insulated locker at a convenient time and location, even after the restaurant or store is closed.

The Apex Trajectory Cloud™ software makes the lockers smart by serving as a single, secure, unified transaction platform. Trajectory integrates smoothly with retailers' existing POS, mobile app, digital ordering and inventory management systems and provides clear, real-time insights. Trajectory provides real-time service and delivery performance data, with actionable analytics into buying behaviors, trends and loyalty preferences.

AnyWhere lockers are the newest innovation from Apex Supply Chain Technologies, already a leader in real-time, automated vending solutions technology.

About Apex Supply Chain Technologies: Mason, Ohio-based Apex Supply Chain Technologies is a global leader in automated dispensing systems for applications in retail, professional, service and industrial settings. CEO and founder Kent Savage is widely recognized as an international expert on automated dispensing and technology solutions and a visionary for innovative applications of the technology. Apex has managed more than three billion automated vending transactions and serves thousands of global clients, including more than 300 Fortune 1000 companies. For more information email [email protected] visit www.apexsupplychain.com/foodservice or call +1 (800) 229-7912.

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