| Janet Teplik
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08.08.2024
The vending machines offer freshly prepared meals and snacks without preservatives and are available to employees 24 hours a day, all year round.
A healthy and balanced diet is essential for the mind and body. However, it is a well-known problem that these factors are often neglected in working life. It has to be quick, filling and, ideally, tasty too. If there is no canteen in the office building, you can switch to products from the supermarket, have something prepared at home or look for a place to eat – although the latter is a financial question.
In order to help full-time employees with this problem, creative minds have presented several innovations in recent years – including Florian Gschwandtner, who is investing in the start-up company “Fit to go”, which, according to its own information, produces high-quality, balanced frozen meals and sells them both in the B2B sector and in the B2C online shop (LEADERSNET reported).
24 hours, 365 days a year
The Hungry Club is now taking a similar approach. An Austrian start-up founded by Carl Wolfgang Stubenberg and Waldemar Benedict. The company offers fresh, regional meals from smart refrigerators that are designed to enable healthy eating in the workplace. The meals are prepared by M*Eventcatering and its branded products “das grüne M” and “Aloha Bowl” – also companies owned by Stubenberg and Benedict. According to The Hungry Club, their concept goes beyond conventional offerings, as they offer freshly prepared meals and snacks without preservatives and around the clock, all year round, for employees.
The food ranges from farmer’s yoghurts and muesli to sandwiches, main courses in a glass, salads, bowl dishes, desserts and a selection of drinks. It is also said that The Hungry Club focuses on sustainability through organic and regional products as well as a waste recycling system and ecological packaging.
Smart refrigerators
The smart refrigerators can be opened by customers using credit and debit cards. The intelligent device then automatically recognizes which products are being taken out, communicates with the customer and settles the bill with the company either cashlessly after the transaction or at the end of the month. Using the app, interested parties can always find out the current status of the filling, their personal bills or any promotions.
According to The Hungry Club, the costs for companies are manageable, as in addition to the food, which can either be paid for entirely by the end consumer or supported by the company with tax benefits, there is only a monthly service fee per appliance. This depends on the filling frequency and additional services such as recycling and social food sharing. To accommodate every company size, The Hungry Club offers three configurations of its intelligent refrigerator.
