Food Magazine August 2018 | Page 85

GROWTH OF CONVENIENCE
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Following a move to HSBC in 2011 , the company has gone from strength to strength , where Khan now spends up to 40 % of his time driving the brand forward , and the remaining time at Gastronomy Foods .
GROWTH OF CONVENIENCE
As customers continue to turn to food outlets which can deliver food that is quick , tasty and high quality , Gastronomy Foods has placed significant investment in introducing new digital tools to support its ongoing services .
“ We ’ re putting kiosks into 90 % of our stores and are spending a lot of time with people like Google , Facebook and Amazon to see what technologies to factor in and see how we can get our products to customers in the most convenient way ,” Khan says .
“ This year , we will do 13 refurbishments , costing approximately £ 3mn . Getting our assets right is key , where we refurbish our stores every five years . Bladon & Kirkham look after all our new store openings and refurbishments and are fantastic .”
Additionally , the company has added eight new Starbucks , fully diversifying its
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