6th Form Coffee Case Study:
The Rodillian Academy

Results That Speak for Themselves

80

Drinks/Day
Sold on average

100%

Staff satisfaction
reported informally

Academy£1
Starbucks£3.45
Caffè Nero£3.3
Costa Coffee£3.25
Pret A Manger£3.1

Staff pay ~70% less per drink compared to high street chains — saving £2.25–£2.45 per cup, with convenience and no queues.

Staff quoted as saying “better than High Street coffee”

rodillian 6TH form cafe – hot drinks for students

The Rodillian Academy in Wakefield has created spaces for their sixth form students to study and socialise. Their cafe area has become an important part of student life. In line with the modern coffee shop culture, students were keen to have a high quality range of coffee and hot chocolate drinks for sale.

the objective

The cafe area has become extremely popular and the school and caterers decided to that the drink provision needed upgrading:

  • Improve quality of drinks provided
  • Increase range of hot drink options
  • Move to self-serve provision
  • Offer drinks outside staffed canteen hours

Vitro X3 Automatic Coffee machine with payment pod

  • Bean to cup coffee
  • Touch-screen easy to use interface
  • Cashless payment
  • Self-serve
  • Quick dispensing

The Vitro Coffee Machine uses fresh beans to produce a range of coffee shop quality drinks to meet the varied preferences of students. It also offers premium hot chocolate drinks.

Benefits For Students, School & Caterer

  •  Two payment solutions
  •  Pay at till & self-serve pay at machine
  • Self-serve increased throughput
  •  Simple selection with touch screen interface
  • Cashless payments
  • Quality ground coffee
  •  Range of hot drinks
  • Remote monitoring for maintenance

Whilst the cafe is open, students make their selection of coffee and pay at the till. along with any other food or drink chosen. When the cafe is closing for the day, the staff use a secure key to switch from ‘pay at till’ to ‘pay at machine’ enabling students to buy drinks on self serve basis. when the cafe is no longer staffed by the catering team. This innovative flexible solution is made possible by a payment pod that can be activated when necessary on the side of the machine.

Key Benefits

Quality Coffee

Self-serve

Cashless payment

24/7 Provision

Increased Throughput

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