HOT DRINKS AT ANY TIME OF DAY.

The Kings Academy Middlesbrough caters to nearly 1200 students for their secondary education. Recruiting, retaining and motivating a cohesive team of staff team, both teaching and non-teaching, is a high priority for the school.

The Objectives

Given the diverse schedules of the substantial staff team, with varying work hours and break times, the school wanted to provide a high quality self-service hot drinks solution in the staff room. As well as boosting morale, the school wanted to encourage the team to visit the staff room and interact with colleagues.

THE SOLUTION – FRESH BEAN COFFEE & HOT DRINKS

Livewell Vending offers several coffee and hot drink vending solutions tailored to meet the needs of staff rooms. The optimal solution depends on the number of staff members and the variety of drinks desired. Livewell met with the MAT and School stakeholders to review the specifics of the requirement for the staff room at Kings Academy. The chosen solution was a Gaggia La Radiosa fresh bean fresh milk coffee machine.

THE OUTCome

The La Radiosa Gaggia Milano fresh milk hot drink machine was installed, providing a premium range of popular coffee drinks as well as hot chocolate. Fresh milk is supplied to the machine from the fridge unit positioned alongside the coffee machine. A high capacity machine, staff can quickly make their selection via the touch screen and enjoy their drink of choice. With two grinders, the machine can offer all coffee drinks made with decaffeinated beans for those watching their caffeine intake, or for drinks later in the day.

The Benefits

• • Hot drinks available 24/7
• • Fresh milk drinks
• • Barista quality coffee
• • Self-serve provision
• • Simple selection with touch screen interface

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Studying Is Thirsty Work!

Burnage Academy is an outstanding secondary school for boys, educating just over 900 11-16 year old pupils from Burnage as well as the wider Manchester area. It is one of the top performing schools for boys in the North of England.

The Objectives

Keeping pupils hydrated is an important part of keeping them healthy as wells as enhancing both concentration and performance. Supplying drinks is part of the schools catering provision but it was proving difficult to meet demand in short breaks. As a result there was a problem with long queues at the catering facility, making it difficult to for pupils to get both drinks and food. The school and caterer were looking for ways to meet demand and reduce queues.

THE SOLUTION – HeALTHY DRINKS Vending

Livewell were approached as they had a track record in providing healthy drinks vending in schools. They also had proven experience working with cashless suppliers to integrate their self serve Hydration Station with the schools catering payment system. As well as taking the client through the equipment, Livewell were also able to demonstrate both the health and environmental credentials of the drinks range. In particular, the school were pleased that the bottles would all be made from recycled packaging. With the bottles also being fully recyclable, single use plastic is eliminated from the drinks range available from the vending at the school.

THE OUTCome

Livewell supplied two ‘Hydration Stations’ stocked with a variety of ‘low-sugar’ drinks in a variety of flavours, all in rPET bottles made from recycled plastic. The drinks have been really popular with pupils, who enjoy using the machine and can get an ice cold drink in 15 seconds. Queues at the counter have reduced significantly, and the catering team are now able to serve more meals to pupils during the short breaks.

THE BENEFITS

• • Modern Vending with stylish design
• • School compliant low and no sugar drinks
• • Eco-friendly drinks packaging to eliminate single use plastic
• • Quick and easy self-serve provision
• • Integration with school catering payment system
• • Remote data collection to optimise stock control by Livewell

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