##{"id":101376,"date":"2022-05-07T04:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/07\/365-retail-markets-acquires-sentry-an-australian-vending-management-software-company\/"},"modified":"2022-05-07T04:03:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T18:03:00","slug":"365-retail-markets-acquires-sentry-an-australian-vending-management-software-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/07\/365-retail-markets-acquires-sentry-an-australian-vending-management-software-company\/","title":{"rendered":"365 Retail Markets Acquires Sentry, an Australian Vending Management Software Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Global technology leader to benefit from adding vending management software to their portfolio <\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">TROY, Mich.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 7, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&#038;l=en&#038;o=3528947-1&#038;h=2756873077&#038;u=https%3A%2F%2F365retailmarkets.com%2F&#038;a=365+Retail+Markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">365 Retail Markets<\/a> (&#034;365&#034;), a leading provider of self-service commerce technology to the foodservice industry, today announced its acquisition of Sentry, an <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span>-based vending management software (VMS) company.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg192dleft\" dir=\"ltr\">   <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1812535\/sentry_365_header_alternate.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg192dleft\" style=\"width: 400px;height: 167px\" title=\"365 Acquires Sentry\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1812535\/sentry_365_header_alternate.jpg?p=medium600\" alt=\"365 Acquires Sentry\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/a>   <br \/>   <span>365 Acquires Sentry<\/span>  <\/div>\n<p>Sentry is a complete vending machine and micromarket management platform that includes a full-featured web application as well as a driver and inventory management mobile app.&#160; Designed to enhance the capability of vending and micromarket businesses, Sentry&#8217;s robust capability will complement 365&#8217;s existing product offerings well. &#160;Its most notable features include intuitive planograms and optimized merchandising, routing, market maintenance and picking systems\u2014all supported by a complete back-office system. The deal will add value to the company&#8217;s expanding suite of consumer-centric solutions.<\/p>\n<p>&#034;Sentry is a perfect fit within our long-term strategy of turning the data from our vast point of sale fleet into actionable insights for our global customer base of over 2,000 operators,&#034; said 365 Retail Markets CEO, <span class=\"xn-person\">Joe Hessling<\/span>. &#034;We will continue to invest in VMS and other data related technologies as the demand for self-service technology continues to rapidly expand.&#160;&#160; I would like to thank the teams at Sentry, 365 and our lead investor Providence Equity for their assistance in making this transaction a success.&#160; We intend to begin offering a 365 VMS product to the field within the summer of 2022.&#034;<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition empowers Sentry to realize its full potential while contributing to 365&#8217;s growth plans and larger product portfolio. 365 Retail markets will assume full ownership beginning <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 6, 2022<\/span>, thereby providing Sentry investors with an exit.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Koley Jessen P.C<\/span>., L.L.O. acted as the U.S. legal advisor on the acquisition. The Koley Jessen team was led by <span class=\"xn-person\">Eric Oxley<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Comran Sharif<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About 365 Retail Markets<\/b><br \/>365 Retail Markets is the global leader of self-service commerce technology to the foodservice industry. Founded in 2008, 365 provides a full suite of best-in-class, self-service technologies for food service operators. including end-to-end integrated SaaS software, payment processing and point of-sale hardware. Today, the Company&#8217;s technology solutions autonomously power food retail spaces at corporate offices, manufacturing and distribution facilities, and more, in order to provide compelling foodservice options for consumers. 365&#8217;s technology solutions include a growing suite of frictionless smart-stores, micromarkets, vending, catering, and dining point-of-sale options to meet the expanding needs of its customers. 365 continuously pioneers innovation in the industry with superior technology, strategic partnerships and ultimate flexibility in customization and branding.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about 365 Retail Markets, visit&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&#038;l=en&#038;o=3528947-1&#038;h=2843086355&#038;u=https%3A%2F%2F365retailmarkets.com%2F&#038;a=www.365retailmarkets.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>www.365retailmarkets.com<\/b><\/a>&#160;and connect on&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&#038;l=en&#038;o=3528947-1&#038;h=3713375738&#038;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F365RetailMarkets%2F&#038;a=Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a>,&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&#038;l=en&#038;o=3528947-1&#038;h=2585677475&#038;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F365retailmarket&#038;a=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a><b>,&#160;<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&#038;l=en&#038;o=3528947-1&#038;h=4201100662&#038;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2F365retailmarkets&#038;a=YouTube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>YouTube<\/b><\/a><b>,<\/b>&#160;and&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&#038;l=en&#038;o=3528947-1&#038;h=3496559719&#038;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2F365-retail-markets%2F&#038;a=LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>LinkedIn<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Sentry<\/b>&#160;Sentry is a leading vending and micro market management software platform for operators in the Contract Foodservice industry. Sentry offers a range of software applications including Sentry VMS, SentrySuppliers, and SentryMobile which are used by vending and micro market operators to grow their businesses. Sentry offers a complete solution to operators seeking a modern, intuitive, and user-friendly platform to take their business to the next level. With a range of integrations on the horizon, Sentry is poised to grow from strength to strength.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Sentry, visit&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&#038;l=en&#038;o=3528947-1&#038;h=3566727676&#038;u=https%3A%2F%2Fnam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fsentryvend.com%252F%26data%3D05%257C01%257CPeter.Flesvig%2540365smartshop.com%257Cb703701204974e643f3908da2f17dc9b%257C640d4cbc045e41758ab0767924d09bea%257C0%257C1%257C637874076792275949%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C3000%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3D2Xay8CoQrIIrGbDi%252BVTrcileMxNhKeSyQW63THGKbI4%253D%26reserved%3D0&#038;a=https%3A%2F%2Fsentryvend.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/sentryvend.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Media Contacts<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>365 Retail Markets<br \/><\/b><span class=\"xn-person\">Peter Flesvig<\/span><br \/><a href=\"mailto:peter.flesvig@365smartshop.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">peter.flesvig@365smartshop.com<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&#038;l=en&#038;o=3528947-1&#038;h=1842659459&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.365retailmarkets.com%2F&#038;a=www.365RetailMarkets.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.365RetailMarkets.com<\/a>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;<\/p>\n<p><b>Sentry<br \/><\/b><span class=\"xn-person\">Simon Collins<\/span> <br \/><a href=\"mailto:simon@sentryvend.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">simon@sentryvend.com<\/a><br \/>+61409414746<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&#038;l=en&#038;o=3528947-1&#038;h=876889474&#038;u=https%3A%2F%2Fsentryvend.com&#038;a=Sentry+%E2%80%93+Vending+Machine+Management+Platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sentry \u2013 Vending Machine Management Platform<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global technology leader to benefit from adding vending management software to their portfolio TROY, Mich., May 7, 2022 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}