COLUMBIA, Md., March 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MICROS
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), a leading provider of information
technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is
pleased to announce that PizzaExpress India, a venture of Bharti
Group in India, has selected
MICROS as its technology partner for its four current restaurant
locations and for its fifth location opening in April.
PizzaExpress is a leading pizza chain known for its authentic
Italian food made from fresh ingredients, impeccable service
standards, unique restaurant designs and overall warm experiences,
and was one of the first restaurants to adopt an open kitchen
concept where customers can watch the making of a pizza live and
interact with their chefs. With 489 restaurants in the
United Kingdom, Middle East and Asia using MICROS, PizzaExpress plans rapid
expansion in India through its
joint venture with Bharti Group. To support this expansion,
PizzaExpress India has selected MICROS for its point-of-sale,
inventory, and business intelligence software. With its strong
worldwide presence, offering, training, service, and support for
its state-of-the-art solutions, MICROS is able to address the
increasing demands of this globally expanding restaurant chain.
"At the restaurant level, MICROS RES is extremely user friendly
for our employees and has improved order accuracy, resulting in an
improved guest experience and increased profitability. In addition,
MICROS myinventory is doing an excellent job of streamlining our
inventory processes," stated Sanjay
Nandrajog, CEO, PizzaExpress India. "From a corporate
standpoint, mymicros.net provides our management team real-time
reporting and business intelligence. These capabilities allow the
team to make time sensitive and immediately actionable decisions,
which affect all facets of our business from a local level and
corporate level. We are confident that MICROS will continue to
provide us with superior software solutions and services as we
expand our operations."
"We are very pleased to expand and strengthen our partnership
with PizzaExpress India as it embraces more innovative solution for
its expanding operations in the emerging Indian market," added
Stefan Piringer, President,
Asia Pacific for MICROS Systems
Inc. "Through our comprehensive solutions and reliable local
support team, MICROS is committed to providing PizzaExpress India
with the tools it requires to automate more of its business
functions, allowing more time to focus on its guests and expanding
business."
About PizzaExpress
PizzaExpress is one of the world's
leading casual dining and consumer brands. Established in 1965 in
London, UK it is a part of Gondola
Holdings Ltd, a privately owned group. They have 425 managed
restaurants in the UK and 64 restaurants internationally across 9
markets. Gondola entered a joint venture with Bharti Group, one of
India's leading conglomerates to
launch the brand into India.
Follow PizzaExpress on twitter @pizzaexpressIN and Facebook on
PizzaExpress India.
About MICROS Systems, Inc.
MICROS Systems, Inc.
provides leading enterprise-wide applications, services and
hardware for the hospitality and retail industries. Serving an
extensive portfolio of clients worldwide, MICROS solutions are
utilized in hotels, casinos, table and quick service restaurants,
retail, leisure and entertainment, fuel and convenience, cruise,
and travel operations in more than 180 countries, and on all seven
continents. MICROS combines its industry knowledge and expertise to
provide cloud-based, mobile and on premise solutions that allow its
clients to streamline operations and successfully engage their
customers.
MICROS applications include point of sale, property management,
central systems, business intelligence, eCommerce, loyalty, CRM,
loss prevention, distributed order management, labor management,
inventory management, and merchandise planning solutions. MICROS
services include hosting and SaaS, platform implementation and
integration, strategic business consulting, interactive marketing,
design services including creative and user experience, and managed
services. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol
MCRS.
For more information on MICROS and its advanced information
technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries,
please contact Louise Casamento,
Vice President of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (866) 287-4736.
You can also visit the MICROS website at www.micros.com or send an
email to info@micros.com. Follow MICROS on Facebook,
LinkedIn, YouTube, and the MICROS Blog.
The MICROS logo is a registered trademark of MICROS Systems,
Inc.
All other product and brand names are the property of their
respective owners.
Contact: Louise J.
Casamento
Vice President of
Marketing
443-285-8144
lcasamento@micros.com
SOURCE MICROS Systems, Inc.