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Basil Street Pizza, a startup that has built an automated pizza kiosk , is partnering with Celestica, an engineering company.
The companies will work together to meet what Basil Street says is “strong demand” for its automated pizza kiosk, as well as “growing consumer interest in automated pizza kitchens .”
In anticipation of its nationwide launch scheduled for fall , Basil Street says Celestica is a leader in design, manufacturing and supply chain solutions for the world's most innovative companies.
Celestica will provide manufacturing solutions as part of a mass-market introduction and distribution of Basil Street's innovative automated brick oven-style pizza kitchens to locations nationwide.
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Deglin Kenealy, CEO of Basil Street, says: “With the adoption of retail automation growing steadily in the United States and demand for our automated pizza kitchen units across the country, we needed to ensure that our manufacturing processes to meet demand and our partnership with Celestica does just that.
“Given the experience and expertise that Celestica brings to the table, Basil Street is now well positioned to deliver on our aggressive APK rollout and bring our restaurant-quality pizza to the masses at the touch of a button.” .
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In , Basil Street ran a successful multi-state pilot program using prototype kiosks developed and refined by the brand's internal research and development team, led by Basil Street COO Jeff Klemp.
Klemp also serves as COO of Commercial Automation, a company that has played a key role in the initial development of the Basil Street solution by leveraging more than years of experience in retail operations and managing I divisions. +D.
The engineering solutions team that Basil Street has assembled is a best-in-class diverse group of subject matter experts who have a long history of building successful robotic kiosks for consumers.
Klemp says: “The process of migrating from a development concept to a volume retail solution can take years and be an exhaustive exercise.
“As interest in our automated pizza kitchens continues to grow and considering the maturity of our retail solution, the time has come to engage a best-in-class manufacturing partner.
“Through an extensive selection process and discussions with company executives to ensure synergy and confidence in the offering, it is clear that Celestica is the ideal match for Basil Street.
“As we move forward into our next chapter, we are confident in our selection of partners because of Celestica’s leadership in high-reliability design, manufacturing and supply chain solutions.”
Through the partnership with Basil Street, Celestica will leverage its expansive global reach to help optimize pizza brand building value by increasing APK consistency and quality.
As all industries seek to address changes in lead times and congestion in the delivery of critical components affecting retail channels, Basil Street believes that having a global supply chain presence reduces supply and manufacturing risks, a challenge that will be minimized due to Celestica's global presence.
Greg Marvell, vice president of capital equipment at Celestica, says: “Our experience in the design and construction of complex, large form factor electromechanical products allows us to accelerate the design, manufacturing and delivery of Basil Street's innovative product for meet growing customer demand.