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Making the most of every minute: The Orchid way to maximise the 24 minute lunch
Mon 3 December 2007
Latest Orchid customer research (carried out by Retail Eyes) reveals that the average worker in the UK only escapes the office for a measly 24 minutes a day.*
The dilemma for customers is whether to dine out, enjoy a drink and a chat with friends, plug-in their iPod to wind down with some music or, make the ultimate sacrifice and work through.
Bearing all this in mind, the team at Orchid has been working hard to make the most of the ever shrinking lunchtime opportunity.
Within Orchid’s invested estate you’ll find a whole host of new measures to help customers maximise their 24 minutes. From free Wi-Fi, free to use laptops, secure iPod and mobile chargers right through to deli counters and a range of tempting takeaway ideas, multi-tasking can be enjoyable as well as efficient.
If your break time is filled with thoughts of microchips rather than potato chips there is no longer any reason to compromise. The airwaves at Orchid pubs are buzzing with the free Wi-Fi allowing you to log onto the net and carry on your work in the clean, contemporary, surroundings that surely beat staring at the stationary cupboard any day. What’s more, customers can even phone or email ahead to have their lunchtime order waiting for them on arrival.
Pubs like The George in Harpenden are a shining example of pub evolution. Heralded as ‘the most technologically advanced pub in the country’, The George won’t disappoint.
If the mobile is looking a little low on juice for example, The George offers free secure charging points. Relax safe in the knowledge that when you are ready to leave your phone will be fully charged! The same service is also available for for your I-Pod so you’ll never be without music on the move. There’s a free to use laptop as well as free Wi-Fi throughout.
If your break time is filled with thoughts of microchips rather than potato chips there is no longer any reason to compromise. The airwaves at Orchid pubs are buzzing with the free Wi-Fi allowing you to log onto the net and carry on your work in the clean, contemporary, surroundings that surely beat staring at the stationary cupboard any day. What’s more, customers can even phone or email ahead to have their lunchtime order waiting for them on arrival.
Pubs like The George in Harpenden are a shining example of pub evolution. Heralded as ‘the most technologically advanced pub in the country’, The George won’t disappoint.
If the mobile is looking a little low on juice for example, The George offers free secure charging points. Relax safe in the knowledge that when you are ready to leave your phone will be fully charged! The same service is also available for for your I-Pod so you’ll never be without music on the move. There’s a free to use laptop as well as free Wi-Fi throughout.
Of course boys will be boys and The George has now introduced the UK’s first digital games machines. Boasting better graphics and a wide choice of games everyone will have ever opportunity to become a gaming legend in their own lunch hour.
At Contemporary Carvery, The White Swan in Southampton, Manager Anthony Tracey has been tempting customers to purchase pudding by offering their delectable desserts to takeaway in bento boxes: “It’s a great idea for those in a hurry, or for others who are full from a hearty carvery lunch but may fancy something sweet a little later.”
The dilemma for customers is whether to dine out, enjoy a drink and a chat with friends, plug-in their iPod to wind down with some music or, make the ultimate sacrifice and work through.
Bearing all this in mind, the team at Orchid has been working hard to make the most of the ever shrinking lunchtime opportunity.
Within Orchid’s invested estate you’ll find a whole host of new measures to help customers maximise their 24 minutes. From free Wi-Fi, free to use laptops, secure iPod and mobile chargers right through to deli counters and a range of tempting takeaway ideas, multi-tasking can be enjoyable as well as efficient.
If your break time is filled with thoughts of microchips rather than potato chips there is no longer any reason to compromise. The airwaves at Orchid pubs are buzzing with the free Wi-Fi allowing you to log onto the net and carry on your work in the clean, contemporary, surroundings that surely beat staring at the stationary cupboard any day. What’s more, customers can even phone or email ahead to have their lunchtime order waiting for them on arrival.
Pubs like The George in Harpenden are a shining example of pub evolution. Heralded as ‘the most technologically advanced pub in the country’, The George won’t disappoint.
If the mobile is looking a little low on juice for example, The George offers free secure charging points. Relax safe in the knowledge that when you are ready to leave your phone will be fully charged! The same service is also available for for your I-Pod so you’ll never be without music on the move. There’s a free to use laptop as well as free Wi-Fi throughout.
If your break time is filled with thoughts of microchips rather than potato chips there is no longer any reason to compromise. The airwaves at Orchid pubs are buzzing with the free Wi-Fi allowing you to log onto the net and carry on your work in the clean, contemporary, surroundings that surely beat staring at the stationary cupboard any day. What’s more, customers can even phone or email ahead to have their lunchtime order waiting for them on arrival.
Pubs like The George in Harpenden are a shining example of pub evolution. Heralded as ‘the most technologically advanced pub in the country’, The George won’t disappoint.
If the mobile is looking a little low on juice for example, The George offers free secure charging points. Relax safe in the knowledge that when you are ready to leave your phone will be fully charged! The same service is also available for for your I-Pod so you’ll never be without music on the move. There’s a free to use laptop as well as free Wi-Fi throughout.
Of course boys will be boys and The George has now introduced the UK’s first digital games machines. Boasting better graphics and a wide choice of games everyone will have ever opportunity to become a gaming legend in their own lunch hour.
At Contemporary Carvery, The White Swan in Southampton, Manager Anthony Tracey has been tempting customers to purchase pudding by offering their delectable desserts to takeaway in bento boxes: “It’s a great idea for those in a hurry, or for others who are full from a hearty carvery lunch but may fancy something sweet a little later.”
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