Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops to Dish Out Near Real-Time Sales Data Via MICROS RES3000, Eclipse POS Terminals and mymicros.net
February 24 2004 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops to Dish Out Near Real-Time Sales Data
Via MICROS RES3000, Eclipse POS Terminals and mymicros.net System
Cuts Information Delivery Time from Weeks to Minutes, Accelerating
Fast Decision-Making COLUMBIA, Md., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- MICROS Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of information
technology solutions for the hospitality industry, and Ben &
Jerry's Homemade, Inc., the socially-conscious manufacturer of
super-premium frozen desserts, have signed a major account
agreement for the purchase and installation of the MICROS RES3000,
combined with hardware and the easily accessible and powerful
mymicros.net business intelligence portal. Ben & Jerry's
selected MICROS for its ability to provide near real-time,
actionable data, security, durability and ease of use from a field
of 16 competitors. To support an aggressive franchise network
growth objective, Ben & Jerry's will purchase 300 software
licenses and 300 Eclipse Workstations for the MICROS RES3000 system
over the next two years. Scoop Shop owners and Ben & Jerry's
Burlington-based Retail Operations team will be able to view and
analyze sales data, labor costs and other sales related information
in near real-time through the mymicros.net portal from any
location, reducing the information lag from as much as six weeks to
under fifteen minutes. "Each of our Scoop Shops manages about
7,000-10,000 transactions a month during peak ice cream season. The
mymicros.net portal will allow us to view these transactions and
our business in a totally different way," Will Patten, Director of
Retail Operations for Ben & Jerry's, stated. "Instead of
reacting to "old" data, we'll receive fresh, real-time data, which
we can collect and view anywhere in the world.This immediacy of
information permits us to make better decisions faster and gives
our valued franchisees real tools for success." "MICROS is
extremely pleased to be the chosen partner for Ben & Jerry's,"
noted Alan Hayman, Executive Vice President, Restaurant Sales and
Strategies for MICROS. "MICROS is able to offer Ben & Jerry's a
cost effective solution for its operators and franchisees who
experience widely varying transaction volume depending on the
season. And with mymicros.net, they now have near real time data to
better manage their operations." About Ben & Jerry's Ben &
Jerry's produces a wide variety of super premium ice cream and ice
cream novelties, using Vermont dairy products and high quality, all
natural ingredients. The company is committed to using milk and
cream that have not been treated with the synthetic hormone, rBGH.
Ben and Jerry's products are distributed nationwide and in selected
foreign countries in supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience
stores, franchise Ben & Jerry's scoop shops, restaurants and
other venues. Ben & Jerry's, a wholly-owned autonomous
subsidiary of Unilever, operates its business on a three-part
mission statement emphasizing product quality, economic reward and
a commitment to the community. Ben & Jerry's contributes a
minimum of $1.1 million annually through corporate philanthropy
that is primarily employee led. Contributions made via the Ben
& Jerry's Foundation in 2001 totaled over $1.4 million.
Additionally, the company makes significant product donations to
community groups and nonprofits both in Vermont and across the
nation. The purpose of Ben & Jerry's philanthropy is to support
the founding values of the company: economic and social justice,
environmental restoration and peace through understanding, and to
support our Vermont communities. About MICROS Systems, Inc. MICROS
Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality
and retail industries worldwide. Over 150,000 MICROS systems are
currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels,
motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations
in more than 130 countries, and on all seven continents. In
addition, MICROS provides property management systems, central
reservation and customer information solutions under the brand
MICROS-Fidelio for more than 15,000 hotels worldwide, as well as
point- of-sale and loss prevention products through it's subsidiary
Datavantage for more than 50,000 specialty retail stores
worldwide.MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol
MCRS. For more information on MICROS and its advanced information
technology solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact
Louise Casamento, Director of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (800)
638-0985. You can also visit the MICROS website at
http://www.micros.com/ or send an email to . The MICROS logo is a
registered trademark of MICROS Systems, Inc. All other product and
brand names are the property of their respective owners.
DATASOURCE: MICROS Systems, Inc. CONTACT: Louise Casamento,
Director of Marketing of MICROS Systems, Inc., +1-443-285-8144 Web
site: http://www.micros.com/
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