Joe Hessling Founder & CEO 365 Retail Markets Inc. 10 Best Companies of the Year 2020

Joe Hessling
Founder & CEO 365 Retail Markets


Joe Hessling Founder & CEO 365 Retail Markets 10 Best Companies of Year the 2020

“Convenience Technologies Experts”

Working in his garage, Joe Hessling had never anticipated that his startup 365 Retail Markets would culminate into one of the most sought-after global self-service convenience technologies. “The first 365 technology was our Gen1 kiosk, which not only took convenience to a whole other level, but it brought a new self-service option to thousands of consumers and workplaces around the world,” says Joe, CEO and Founder of 365 Retail Markets.

"We’re the global self-service convenience technology leader who not only provides the heart of your operations, but a partnership that’s dedicated to you and your success.365 is your micro market provider and more. We are better together."

Today, 365 Retail Markets technologies range from vending, dining, mobile, and MicroMarkets and they are even bringing convenience to semi-public areas. Over the years, the company has won awards for their innovation in technology and for their workplace. “We’re proud to be global industry leaders who are constantly learning, evolving, and expanding,” says Joe.

365 Retail Markets technologies bring convenience to food operators and their consumers. They continue to create self-service technologies for every foodservice industry to ensure that convenience exceeds consumer and operator needs wherever they may be. They even built a complete connected ecosystem, called Connected Campus, to ensure that consumers have secure technology at every touch point. It’s the first fully integrated consumer experience of its kind.

The 365 Connected Campus is the most innovative convenience option in the industry—seamless connection to MicroMarket, OCS, Vending, and Dining technologies all by using one Global Market Account (GMA). All the consumer needs to use is one mobile app—365Pay— to check out at any 365 points of sale.

According to Joe, 365 Retail Markets keeps themselves abreast as the global leaders by providing new versatile convenience options, innovative partnerships, and focuses on consumer engagement. They constantly strive to seek out, respond to and create new solutions to help the industry grow. “We research trends, enhance our consumer engagement offerings and we are proactive in developing unique solutions,” adds the steadfast leader. “Our convenience technologies not only offer food service operators answers for their business, but can be used to help other industries in the future.”

A new 365 Retail Markets technology being launched in 2020 is the PicoMarket, which can be used as a controlled cooler technology (PicoCooler) or on a vending machine (PicoVend). This gives consumers the option to use it as they see fit.

The PicoCooler, which will be available in early spring, provides operators with the opportunity to grow into new areas such as hotels and malls. It provides them controlled cooler access— reducing theft and offering a worry-free cooler with temperature control. It is a high-tech cooler technology that is unlocking opportunities, bringing healthy options to consumers and freshening up semi-public areas.

Another upcoming technology by the company is 365Dining technologies. Previously 365 offered ReadyTouch solutions only and now that we have merged with Company Kitchen, operators and consumers can experience the power of 365Dining. It provides cutting-edge technology through point-of-sale systems. Their new dining platforms include capabilities such as an intuitive cashier, self-service, kitchen-ready and flexible technology modes. “We foresee our dining technologies becoming the next best thing since MicroMarkets. We’re excited to announce many 365Dining innovations over the coming months,” adds Joe.

365 Retail Markets is constantly striving to achieve 100% customer satisfaction. “Our customers are always our best opportunity for growth; the more solutions and success we provide to them, the more opportunities for growth we achieve as well,” says Joe.

Some of the keys to 365’s success revolve around providing strategic relationships with their customers, putting in structures to go beyond supplier/customer relationships and building unique solutions to meet their needs. “Our biggest chance is to continue to diversify our product portfolio to help our operators expand into new markets and new industries,” adds Joe. “The more solutions we offer our clients, the more we are making a difference in the convenience industry. Our technologies and partnerships help us expand globally and we look forward to a decade of providing even more to our operators and their consumers. We are better together.”


Company

365 Retail Markets

Management

Joe Hessling
Founder & CEO 365 Retail Markets

Description

Over the past decade, 365 Retail Markets has grown quickly, efficiently and enthusiastically to become the global leader in self-service convenience technologies. We work with the top Foodservice operators around the world helping to facilitate their success and meet consumers snacking and meal needs.


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