Fourth Hospitality has strengthened its position as the leading provider of back office systems to the UK hospitality market with the acquisition of recipe and menu management solutions company Star Logic.
The deal is in line with Fourth's goal of providing a total back office solution for the UK hospitality industry and enhances its plans for developing global opportunities.
For the hospitality industry as a whole, the Star Logic deal will provide increased focus and consolidation while meeting the need to provide consumers with accurate nutritional information.
Fourth managing director Ben Hood said: "The Star Logic acquisition will provide Fourth's customers with an even more comprehensive and flexible offering. Whether the requirement is for labour, payroll, purchasing, stock control, menu planning or nutrition, Fourth can offer a 'best of breed' solution for every business critical area in hospitality. In addition, Fourth and Star Logic both have a number of clients in the US and as a combined force we believe we can realise our ambitious plans for that important market over the coming years."
The deal will see Star Logic founder Stuart Wilson remain at the helm of the company while the firm's Star Chef solution will continue as a standalone system although Fourth's future strategy includes launching a single platform covering all its modules.
Stuart Wilson added: "This acquisition provides Star Logic with all the tools we need to accelerate our ambitious development plans. Customers will soon benefit from increased functionality, tighter integration to trade simple and fnb manager, and a total joined-up solution that removes the need for using disparate systems."
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About Fourth Hospitality
Fourth spends in excess of £2 million a year on research and development and has developed a platform of products specifically for the hospitality sector that enable businesses to manage labour, stock and purchasing. Its e-trading platform trade simple provides electronic trading, supplier integration, invoice management and procurement, fnb manager handles stock control, recipe and menu engineering and online ordering and people system manages employee lifecycle from HR and scheduling to payroll and benefits.
In 2009, Fourth was placed as the top hospitality business in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 and won awards for Outsourcing Provider of the Year and Best Payroll Project of the Year at the annual Pay Awards.
Fourth has 150 employees across four offices delivering material benefits to over 20,000 users and its software is used by the hospitality sector in 12 countries including the USA and Russia.
Clients include Pizza Express, Fuller's, Marston's, Wagamama, Carluccios, Hilton, the Gordon Ramsay Group and ASK.
About Star Logic
Starlogic Limited specialises in the development of innovative technology solutions for the global foodservice and hospitality industry.
Founded in 1995, it has a developed a reputation for delivering robust, cutting edge products that are both feature-rich and cost effective.
Starlogic is committed to providing customers with the highest quality software, training and support, and collaborate with a number of industry professionals including dieticians, foodservice consultants, chefs, food safety consultants and food suppliers to help improve and expand its product offering.
As a leading supplier of specialist catering software, Starlogic's products are used by all sectors of the global foodservice and hospitality industry from retail and fine dining through to education and healthcare. Clients include operations of all sizes including hotel groups, restaurant chains, schools, universities, casinos, pub groups, caterers and foodservice organisations from around the world.
For further information go to: www.starchef.net.
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