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BigDish to Launch Nationwide Rollout
BigDish to Launch Nationwide Rollout.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 5244A BigDish PLC 30 May 2019 \n\n30 May 2019\n \nBigDish Plc\n(\"BigDish\" or the \"Company\")\n \nBigDish to Launch Nationwide Rollout\nBigDish Plc (LON: DISH), a food technology company that operates a yield management platform for restaurants, is pleased to announce that it is ready to commence its larger UK roll out.\nHighlights:\n· BigDish ready to commence its larger UK roll out\n· Brighton and Reading are expected to go live around 7 June 2019\n· The Company will develop new search functionality that will be more intuitive and provide for a better user experience.\nThe Company is pleased to announce, following successful launches in Swindon and Taunton, that Brighton and Reading are expected to go live with an initial selection of restaurants around 7 June 2019. The number of restaurants available is expected to increase significantly over the weeks following these launches. \nTo ensure a smooth roll out, BigDish has divided the United Kingdom into ten territories. Each territory will have one Territory Manager with the exception of London, which will have three. The Company currently has Territory Managers for both Territory 1 and Territory 2. BigDish will now recruit a further ten Territory Managers to cover the entire United Kingdom. It is estimated that the recruitment process will take three to four months. The Company expects new locations to go live at a more rapid pace as new Territory Managers are recruited throughout the United Kingdom. \nAlongside the national rollout, the strategy for June is to add more restaurants to existing locations in Territory 1 and 2.\nAdditionally, the Company will develop new search functionality that will be more intuitive and provide for a better user experience. This will take several months to develop and once completed, it will also create additional space within the App for new features and functionality. The Directors consider BigDish to be first and foremost a technology platform and, as such, innovation remains at the core of the business development strategy.\nThe Company now has over 150 restaurants on the BigDish platform which are predominantly independent restaurants. This is very encouraging when compared against platf...