Due North announced it has entered into an exclusive agreement with G&J Marketing and Sales to represent Due North’s retail refrigeration merchandisers to the micro market industry across the U.S.
Due North is a leading North American manufacturer of self-contained retail refrigerated merchandisers through its Minus Forty and QBD brands. G&J, a leading vending sales broker serving the micro market category, leverages hundreds of key customer relationships and business development managers who support them.
The G&J and Due North partnership provides capabilities, expertise and scale to help micro market operators access leading retail refrigeration technologies.
“Vending operators embracing micro markets are leading the charge in revolutionizing food and beverage retail, and we have the right products, the manufacturing capacity, and the technology and custom self-contained design capabilities to support their growth,” Julian Attree, chief commercial and strategy officer at Due North, said in the announcement. “G&J and Due North will provide reliable, attractive and advanced refrigerated merchandising options that enable the ability to create advanced, flexible and innovative micro market solutions that meet the needs of the customer, advancing the self-service experience to a new level.”
Greg Sidwell, owner at G&J Marketing and Sales, added in the announcement: “We are proud to bring this exclusive partnership to the vending and micro market operators. This program offering will truly help advance their competitive advantage and simplify their refrigerated retail merchandising. Unattended retail presents many new opportunities and micro markets are fast growing. They are pushing boundaries and want merchandiser technology providers to work closely with them and step beyond traditional offerings, by offering flexibility, variety and efficiency.”
