In this episode of the Pizza Marketplace Podcast, host Mandy Detwiler, editor of Pizza Marketplace, talks with Les Tomlin, co-founder and president of PizzaForno, North America’s first automated pizzeria, about the rise of food vending machines.
« The concept of automated pizza is relatively new to North America but has been around Europe for almost 20 years, » Tomlin told Detwiler. « We found this technology platform — we being my business partner and myself — in France, and we were just amazed that this technology platform had not yet made it to North America. »
The pizza vending machine helps with square footage, rent, waste and wages. It bakes an 11-inch pizza in under three minutes in 65 square feet, Tomlin added.
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