How the pandemic helped more businesses discover the Micro Market.

Due to the changing demands in the modern workplace, the Micro Market has positioned itself as an attractive on-site refreshment solution for businesses across the past 18 months.

Smart insights driven by a central management system, combined with the fact the Micro Market is totally unmanned, means it conforms to every challenge the modern workplace requires.

How Covid-19 has impacted the workplace.

It’s important to firstly understand how employee demands have changed over the last 18 months. Through doing so, the Micro Market has elevated its claim to become a trusted refreshment facility for any business.

Covid-19 forced a lifestyle on us that was nothing like many of us have ever seen or ever will see again. Almost overnight, we had to rethink how we work, communicate, and interact.

We all know about working from home, social distancing, zoom calls and the like. What’s not as obvious is the hidden implications of the restrictions and guidelines of the past 18 months, most notably towards mental health.

The modern workplace needs to understand that normality as we once knew it isn’t normality anymore. Businesses must regroup and recover to navigate towards the future, but not at the expense of employee wellness.

Now health, safety and hygiene has been thrust into the limelight for all to see and question, you can’t simply expect it to disappear again. Too much has happened.

Your working environment still needs to consider touch points, distancing, and flexible working amongst other things.

The rise of the Micro Market.

It goes without saying, then, that Covid-19 has posed another problem for a lot of businesses. How do you offer the facilities your employees need to stay happy and productive whilst conforming to Covid guidelines?

Lots of companies simply chose to withdraw these facilities. This solved the issue of shared touch points and so forth provided reassurance but meant that employees were forced to go without what were once valuable employee perks.

Take the staff canteen. Because contract catering revolves around set mealtimes, it wasn’t practical to continue with this type of service during Covid. This is because you’ll have external employees coming onto site and your staff being forced to congregate for extended periods of time.

Now we’re on the topic of on-site refreshments, this is where the Micro Market set itself apart to offer the perfect facility for any business.

Now, what is a Micro Market we hear you cry? For those that don’t know, it’s almost like a self-service convenience shop tailored made for the workplace. It’s totally unmanned, with replenishment handled automatically through telemetry and payment made using an app or terminal.

The fundamental characteristics of the market were enough to catch leaders’ and CEO’s eye. No more external visitors daily and no more forced ignorance in the way of distancing. You can even encourage a one-way system around your market if you want to.

This is also ideal for those companies that have adopted flexible working or increased the emphasis on shift patterns.

A closer look into the Micro Market through enquiry and clients continued to be impressed. This hygienic on-site refreshment solution could just the most valuable employee perk ever to exist, enough to significantly raise company culture.

Today, in November 2021, automated Micro Markets have risen in popularity by 367% last year.

Is the Micro Market for me?

We do outline specific criteria for businesses when they show an interest in the Micro Market, but this is just a guideline. Because each Micro Market is designed to suit from the ground up, the fact is it can work almost anywhere.

We pride ourselves on taking the time to discuss and visualise your requirements before a site visit allows us to demonstrate our plans. Your Micro Market can simply contain just a few shelves and a fridge, but if required it can help totally transform any location with a tailored design and vast product selection. Employee wellness very much starts here.

Businesses that realise Covid-19 simply means you must adapt your on-site services rather than abandon them completely are already enjoying a happier, safer, and more productive environment for their teams to thrive in.

There is no doubt that your workplace requirements will have changed during the last 18 or so months. The Micro Market proves itself to be a flexible solution that ticks more boxes than the competition.

And compared to similar solutions, such as contract catering, it could work out as a much more cost-effective facility.

Contact our team today or visit our website for more information and to see some our live Micro Markets’ out in the field.