Cafe Bar and Autobar Merge (May 2009)

May 2009

Leading brands, Cafe Bar and Autobar (both part of the Autobar Group) have grown significantly over the past 5 years in the UK.

In order to build on this growth, and strengthen their UK market position, a new company Autobar UK Limited has been launched.  The new company will still retain the brands Autobar Vending and Cafe Bar, and both brands will continue to trade in their market sectors, offering industry leading solutions and brands which customers know and trust.

Autobar Vending is the UK’s most dynamic vending provider, whilst Cafe Bar is the leading supplier of hot beverage solutions.  Both divisions are experts in providing bespoke solutions to suit their customers needs and objectives.

The new structure, implemented by Steven Murray CEO, will allow the company to get closer to their customers and enable them to better understand their markets and business challenges, placing them in a stronger position to deliver more customised, creative and profitable business solutions.

“Both Autobar and Cafe Bar have always been customer focused organisations and we realised that in order to better focus on our customers needs we needed to utilise the resources and best practices within each business more effectively.  For example, by combining our field service engineer networks we now have the largest engineer network in the industry.  Creating one umbrella company will allow us to provide enhanced customer service."
Simon Bracken
Sales and Marketing Director

The new company is effective as of now, however it is stressed that this new structure will not affect any existing supply arrangements with either brand, and customers will still receive the excellent levels of service and support they currently enjoy.