Vending
Sodexo taps Cantaloupe Seed for convenience services business platform
December 8, 2022
Sodexo, a global provider of food and facilities services, has chosen Cantaloupe Inc. as its hardware provider and business platform for InReach, Sodexo's convenience services business, according to a press release. As part of the agreement, InReach will upgrade all 18 of its branches — including 18,800 vending machines and 1,200 micro markets — onto Cantaloupe's Seed platform, bringing cashless payments and operational visibility to its business units. It also leverages Seed Delivery managing office coffee services throughout its 18 branches.
"With Seed, we now have the best overall back-end solution with the ability to leverage telemetry to manage planograms, pricing, scheduling of trucks, inventories and more," Ken Sullivan, CEO of InReach, said in the press release. "It helps us enable seamless digital payments for our customers and run efficient operations across all of our 18 branches. Seed has become part of the foundation we are using to build out what we expect to be a significant player within the industry — it makes acquiring and onboarding new business faster, easier and more streamlined, which also helps us reach our aggressive growth targets."
The Seed platform connects self-service operators with insights that help streamline routes, optimize planograms and proactively monitor machine health. Pairing this functionality with cashless telemetry from Cantaloupe's ePort card readers, Seed provides insights in real-time.
"When Sodexo acquired Frontline Food Service (aka Accent Food Service) earlier this year, Sodexo saw first-hand how the Seed platform, which Accent/Frontline was already using, helped its business achieve success," said Jeff Dumbrell, CRO of Cantaloupe.
