Print Mates Inc. and Vons to Pilot New Mobile Phone/Social Media
Photo Printing Kiosks
- Vons, a division of the Albertsons Companies, has agreed to
pilot Print Mates™ kiosks in select Vons stores in Southern
California while the companies consider a broader agreement.
- Albertsons is one of the largest grocery, food and drug
retailers in the United States operating in 34 states, under 20
well-known banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, and more
than a dozen others.
SAN DIEGO, CA -- May 22, 2019 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire
-- Generation NEXT Franchise Brands, Inc. (OTCQB: VEND)
announced today that Vons, a division of Albertsons Companies, one
of the largest grocery, food, and drug retailers in the United
States and recently-acquired, Generation Next subsidiary, Print
Mates™ have agreed to pilot Print Mates™ photo printing
kiosks in select stores in Southern California.
The pilot phase will measure consumer engagement and response to
the Print Mates™ kiosks, designed to reinvent the premium-quality
photo printing experience by making it fast, fun, and inexpensive
to get your photos “out of your phone and into your home.”
Print Mates™ easy-to-use, touchscreen kiosks are
promising to close the loop on the consumer photo lifecycle,
allowing customers to instantly, easily and cost-effectively print
high-quality photos directly from their smartphones or favorite
social media and cloud storage accounts. Consumers can also
conveniently order decor and other photo products, gifts and
accessories ranging from frames, posters, jumbo-sized prints and
fridge magnets to beautiful canvas and wood prints and have them
conveniently shipped to their home with just a few taps.
In addition, Print Mates™ latest feature – instant passport
photos – are expected to prove popular, particularly in the pilot
markets of California.
Albertsons Companies has proven time and again, its willingness
to engage the latest technology in forward-thinking ways that
improve customers’ shopping experience. From deploying
the latest in artificial intelligence technology from
Microsoft to offer its customers new and transformative experiences
to piloting IBM’s Food Trust blockchain technology to improve
how food is traced from farm to store shelf, Albertsons Companies
is leading the grocery and supermarket segment into the
future.
As one of the largest grocery, food and drug retailers in the
United States serving 34 million customers per week from its more
than 2,300 supermarkets in 34 states operating under 20 well-known
banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, and more than a dozen
others, the pilot program represents an incredible opportunity for
Print Mates™ and Generation Next, according to the company’s CEO,
Nick Yates.
“We couldn’t be more excited at this opportunity to pilot Print
Mates™ with Vons. It is an honor to work with one of
America’s largest and most diverse grocery and supermarket
conglomerates. Vons is a market leader in its embrace of
technology that improves customers’ experiences, and to have such a
company take interest in our product and our technology is
gratifying, to say the least. We are looking forward to a
successful pilot that can further our relationship and see Print
Mates™ deployed to more stores in the future,” Yates said.
“Albertsons Companies is always looking for ways to offer our
shoppers more convenient services from our stores. We are a
company that embraces technology that empowers our customers and
provides them with amazing in-store experiences. We are eager
and optimistic to see how Print Mates ™ performs in our Vons stores
during this pilot,” said Jenny Crandall, Director of Front End
Operations for Albertsons and Vons in Southern California.
About Print Mates ™
Print Mates™ was formed by a team of entrepreneurs, engineers,
and photography professionals in San Diego that are on a mission to
reinvent the premium-quality photo printing experience by making it
fast, fun, and inexpensive to get your photos “out of your phone
and into your hand” with the Print Mates™ Kiosk - and creating a
golden opportunity for retailers in the process.
Print Mates’™ easy-to-use, proprietary touchscreen kiosks are
promising to close the loop on the consumer photo lifecycle, as
well as drive much-needed foot traffic to traditional
brick-and-mortar businesses ranging from supermarkets, grocery and
drug stores to big-box retailers, shopping malls, family fun
centers, and more.
Customers love using the Print Mates™ Kiosk because they can
instantly, easily and cost-effectively print high-quality photos
directly from their smartphones or through their favorite social
media (Facebook, Instagram, Google Photos, Dropbox and Flickr)
photo sharing, or cloud storage accounts in six different sizes of
prints in just seconds.
The company began a nationwide expansion in 2019 by offering
business owners and forward-thinking retailers across the country
an opportunity to participate in an emerging multi billion-dollar
industry.
Print Mates™ Kiosks and ever-expanding product line of
photographic decor, gifts, prints, and accessories are proudly Made
in the USA.
www.printmates.com
About Generation NEXT Franchise Brands,
Inc.
Generation NEXT Franchise Brands, Inc., based in San Diego,
California, is a publicly traded company on the OTC Markets trading
under the symbol OTCBB: VEND. Generation NEXT Franchise Brands,
Inc. is parent company to Reis and Irvy’s Inc and Print Mates
Inc.
www.gennextbrands.com
About Albertsons Companies
Albertsons Companies is one of the largest food and drug retailers
in the United States, with both a strong local presence and
national scale. We operate stores across 34 states, and the
District of Columbia under 20 well-known banners including
Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, Acme, Tom Thumb,
Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen, and
Carrs, as well as meal kit company Plated based in New York City.
Albertsons Companies is committed to helping people across the
country live better lives by making a meaningful difference,
neighborhood by neighborhood. In 2018 alone, along with the
Albertsons Companies Foundation, the company gave $262 million in
food and financial support. These efforts helped millions of people
in the areas of hunger relief, education, cancer research and
treatment, programs for people with disabilities and veterans
outreach.
This information is not intended as an offer to sell, or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, a franchise. It is for information
purposes only. No Reis & Irvy’s franchises will be sold to any
resident of any state until the offering has been exempted from the
requirements of, or duly registered in and declared effective by,
such state and the required FDD (if any) has been delivered to the
prospective franchisee before the sale in compliance with
applicable law. Currently, the following states in the United
States regulate the offer and sale of franchises: California,
Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York,
North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia,
Washington, and Wisconsin. If you reside in one of these states, or
even if you reside elsewhere, you may have certain rights under
applicable franchise laws or regulations.
Cautionary note on forward-looking statements:
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements
concerning our future financial performance, including statements
regarding: our ability to generate revenue and recognize deferred
revenue; our ability to timely launch delivery and installation of
our frozen yogurt robots; and our ability to grow our franchising
and licensing divisions and launch our corporate-owned and direct
sales platforms. The Company bases these forward-looking statements
on its current expectations, estimates and projections about future
events and the industry in which it operates using information
currently available to it. Actual results could differ materially
from those discussed in, or implied by, these forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are identified by words such
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“will,” “may,” “estimates,” variations of such words and other
similar expressions. In addition, any statements that refer to
expectations, projections or other characterizations of future
events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ from those implied by the
forward-looking statements contained in this press release are set
forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended June 30, 2018, our Quarterly Reports, and our Current
Reports on Form 8-K. Be advised that developments subsequent to
this press release are likely to cause these statements to become
outdated and the Company is under no obligation (and expressly
disclaims any such obligation) to update or revise any
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
future events, or otherwise.
Contact:
Andrew Beach
Andrew.beach@gennextbrands.com