Fast food
Published: 22 July, 2010
With centres under pressure to increase their catering offers, a new RMU-style coffee bar could be the answer
Catering solutions specialist Space has unveiled its latest innovation, the Space Station. This new self-contained modular servery unit offers an instant trading platform for just about any location, opening up instant profit opportunities. Flexible, portable and ready to use in minutes, it’s the smart solution for retailing hot and cold drinks, snacks and sandwiches, enabling centres to upgrade their catering offer quickly and flexibly.
The Space Station is a secure, lockable trading platform with a variety of different display options that can be set up quickly and easily in a foyer area, atrium or any enclosed retail space.
Complete with built-in refrigeration, lockable cupboards, cash till and open storage, it’s a fully fitted out portable unit that helps generate profit from new locations. The unit can be branded and finished to suit any kind of catering operation or outlet, offering a bespoke look without the price tag.
Mike Mellor, managing director at Space Catering Equipment says: “While we have over the years created many hundreds of beautiful bespoke coffee bars for many hundreds of clients, this is the first time we have made a ready-to-go solution as well. What we’ve come up with is a multi-purpose unit that can be tailored to any customer’s specific requirements. It’s mobile, secure and ready to trade instantly. And it’s available to buy or to rent, so it doesn’t tie up a huge chunk of capital outlay, and is ideal for any indoor retailing space.
“Space Station allows you the ability to vary your offering and introduce new eating and drinking occasions to pull in a wider audience. It’s completely portable, entirely flexible and really easy to use.”
The Space Station offers almost six metres of space to market and display products. It opens up to give ample working space to allow a smooth operation whilst trading, then closes into a compact, lockable unit to keep products secure when not in use.
Choose between refrigerator or freezer space with solid or glass doors; any type of counter top display, hot or cold, either self help or assisted service; then add your choice of beverage or ancillary equipment, from coffee machines and soup kettles to toasters and Panini grills.
The whole package is then enhanced with finishes and surfaces of your choice, with a variety of different colours and materials to choose from. Bespoke signage and branding can be added, to create a really visible display, and finishing touches including stainless steel grab bars, impulse display baskets and napkin dispensers, plus a wide range of furniture options.
Mike Mellor concludes: “The Space Station is the ideal solution for caterers everywhere looking to extend their offer or set up a new trading platform in an instant. It’s infinitely versatile, completely practical and looks the part, too.”
