Issue link: http://osercommunicationsgroup.uberflip.com/i/831594
OCG Show Daily 3 1 Tuesday, June 6, 2017 A-NIKS: A COMPLETE OUTDOOR COMFORT PROVIDER A-NIKS Outdoor Comfort Solutions is a family-owned business that started in 2004. Deb and Al Erturk saw a need for controlling insects in Central Florida and made a decision to create quality options for home and business owners to reduce their insect population to near zero. As the business started to grow, it was decided that A-NIKS would be a company that allowed all people, homeowners and business owners alike, to take back their outdoor spaces, so the brand was expanded. Since opening the doors in 2004, A-NIKS has added a multitude of lines and features to the brand. The lines include, but are not limited to, Vortex umbrellas (rated up to 65 mph), retractable screens, retractable awnings, pergotendas, per- golas, insect misting systems, outdoor heaters (electric, natural gas and propane), and finally, its most dynamic piece of equipment to date: the TurboCool™ Outdoor Cooling System. All of its products are designed for commercial and residential applica- tions. Business owners should pay partic- ular attention to its outdoor products, because A-NIKS allows you to maxi- mize your outdoor patio spaces. It can minimize exposure to the elements with retractable awnings and screens – these will allow your customers to enjoy your outdoor seating areas and not be bombarded by the weather. It also allows you to determine how much sun- light an area gets with the press of a button on a remote. Additionally, it can help increase the comfort level of your patrons with strategic placement of heaters when it's chilly, or cool your space down when it's hot outside. When speaking of lowering the overall temperature in your businesses' out- door space, use the patent-pending TurboCool technology, which allows you to cool most outdoor spaces. The TurboCool technology uses a specific combination of pump, motor, ports and nozzles to create a cooling mist that evap- orates within three to five feet of the nozzle. This ensures your patrons will stay comfort- able in your outdoor space while not getting wet. The potential to increase your ROI on your outdoor space is limitless. You can have happy customers enjoying the outdoors while dining and relaxing. Remember A-NIKS is a family-owned company committed to ensuring you have the greatest outdoor experience possible. For more information, go to www.aniks.com. SOLVE CHALLENGES BROUGHT ON BY MOBILE ORDER AHEAD & PAY AHEAD The massive popularity of mobile apps and online ordering has been a boon for many restaurants. A 2016 Deloitte survey found that 40 percent of customers would rather order online, at their convenience. That's great news, because customers who order online spend more – an aver- age of 13 percent more at casual and fast casual restaurants, and up to 26 percent more at quick serve restaurants (QSR). But that's not the whole story. Not surprisingly, most mobile and online orders are for carryout. But all that new carryout business means growing pains – operational issues that need to be solved. Many of these challenges involve streamlining order pick-up – that crucial "last inch handoff" that can make or ruin the customer experience. Fortunately, this challenge is easily solved. AnyWhere™ Order Pick-Up Solutions are helping restaurants and foodservice companies solve their opera- tional challenges, and make order pick- up the fast, convenient experience cus- tomers want. Challenge 1: Carryout Means Longer Lines, and Longer Waits After your customers' easy, breezy mobile order and pay experience, they expect order pick-up to go just as smoothly. Instead, they're often greet- ed with lines at the register, crowds in the lobby and confusion about where to get their order. Their busy-yet-effi- cient day comes to a screeching halt…not good. AnyWhere Solutions – The End of the Line Now imagine a different scenario. With AnyWhere Order Pick-Up Solutions, customers skip the line and pick up their order in seconds. They're self-serve, so customers just scan their pick-up code on their app, grab their order and go. It's a fast, easy process that earns their loyalty and keeps them coming back. It even keeps dine-in customers happy, because it reduces lines at the register, too. Challenge 2: Carryout Can Be Just Plain Awkward Even restaurants with a significant car- ryout business don't always account for the extra work and unique traffic pat- terns that require employees to bring orders to the pick-up station. This leads to workflow bottlenecks and extra traf- fic in customer areas, and can leave nearby customers feeling like they're in the way. AnyWhere Solutions – Nailing the Carry-Out Process Awkward workflow inef- ficiencies are eliminated with AnyWhere Order Pick-Up Solutions. They're available in a variety of modular configurations, depending on the restau- rant category, menu and floor plan. AnyWhere Flow-Thru™ Pick-Up Solutions are available as stand-alone or built-in units with rear-loading access so employees won't get in the way of cus- tomers picking up at the front. You get an efficient workflow with less congestion in your customer zones. And customers get the one thing they really want – fast order pick-up. Discover how AnyWhere Order Pick-Up solutions help restaurant and foodservice brands make the most of order pick-up opportunities at www.apexsupplychain .com/foodservice. MIKEY'S ADDS TO PALEO BAKED GOODS LINE Mikey's, which makes frozen bakery products, showcased an entire line of English muffins, pizza crusts, bread and muffin tops this year at Natural Products Expo West. The exhibit marked the debut of Chocolate Chip as the most recent fla- vor addition to the gluten-free muffin tops line. Mikey's aims to serve those with alternative dietary needs, those who shop the frozen food aisle, and health-con- scious individuals by delivering whole- some serving sizes that are low calorie, low carbohydrate and low glycemic. All of Mikey's frozen delights are gluten and grain-free multi-purpose alternatives to traditional breads and grain items. "We are excited to introduce our new Chocolate Chip Muffin Top, a clean and healthy spin on an old classic," said Michael Tierney, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Mikey's. "It means a lot to be sampling our new addition along- side the popular Mikey's core line-up – especially in an environment of people who value real ingredients and quality food that not only tastes good, but is real- ly good for you." Mikey's signature English muffins are available in original, cinnamon raisin and toasted onion flavors; muffin tops in double chocolate and lemon blueberry flavors; sliced bread; and a pizza crust. All ingredients are responsibly sourced and offer consumers an ingredient deck that's easy to understand and possible to pronounce, like almond and coconut flour, kosher salt and non-GMO eggs, among others. Mikey's is available in more than 4,500 retailers nationwide, including Whole Foods, Sprouts, Walmart and more. For more information, visit www .eatmikeys.com. SKECHERS DIRECT CORPORATE SHOE PROGRAM Are you tired of costly slip-and-falls? Are you frustrated with your current shoe program? The SKECHERS Direct Corporate Shoe Program is the answer. This program is cost-free with no mini- mum purchasing requirements or setup fees – your employees buy direct from SKECHERS and save. SKECHERS will put together a cus- tom ecommerce site and will customize the selection based on your company's uniform policy. Your employees can pur- chase shoes online with free shipping and free returns or by shopping at any of over 450 SKECHERS retail stores in the United States and Canada. "This cost-free program has some incredible benefits and will provide your employees with a substantial discount on safe, comfortable and durable trend-right footwear resulting in improved worker safety, morale and overall efficiency," says National Sales Manager Harold Surabian. The SKECHERS Direct program is available to com- panies with 100 or more employees and who are based in the United States or Canada. The program offers employees a year-round 30 per- cent discount on SKECHERS slip- resistant work shoes and corporate casu- al styles. All of the SKECHERS slip- resistant shoes are ASTM Mark II tested to meet or exceed a coefficient of fric- tion of 0.50 or greater. Included in the program is its $5,000 slip and fall war- ranty that helps protect your company from costly slip-and-falls. In addition, employees will benefit from SKECHERS Quarterly Friends and Family Days events on shoes for the entire family, including kids shoes, walking shoes, run- ning shoes and even golf shoes (save 30 percent off on over 3,000 great styles). Should you choose to participate, you may also offer your employees a payroll deduction program for their shoe purchases, which would enable them to spread the cost of their shoes over multiple paychecks. This part of the program is entirely optional for the employer, and you need not offer a pay- roll deduction plan to enable your employees to enjoy all the other bene- fits of the SKECHERS Direct Corporate Shoe Program.