Express Retail Group, a specialist in automated retail shopping and operator of various retail vending concepts has retained Nick Iozzo and Tony Manni at The Ancillary Agency to assist in the expansion of the Carlo’s Bake Shop vending concept. Carlo’s Bake Shop was made popular by celebrity baker Bartolo ‘Buddy’ Valastro Jr and the television show Cake Boss on the TLC network. The Carlo’s Bake Shop premium vending concept was launched by Express Retail in 2019 in Toronto’s Financial District. Since 2020, the brand has expanded into shopping centres, transit hubs, and entertainment venues across North America. About 30 of the ‘Cake ATMs’ are in Canada, in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton, serving slices of the fresh cakes from the temperature controlled and restocked daily vending machines. The Ancillary Agency has been retained to source locations for the Carlo’s vending brand across Canada with focus on amusement/entertainment venues, transit terminals, airports and retail/office complexes connected to these transit and entertainment nodes. The company is particularly interested in high-traffic locations in Lower Mainland British Columbia as the Carlo’s brand expand into the Vancouver market.
The Ancillary Agency – Toronto, Ontario (Nick Iozzo – 416/618-0672 [email protected] ) & (Tony Manni – 416/856-8701 [email protected] )
Express Retail Group – 130 King St West, Suite 1900, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1E3 (888/548-1142 www.expressretailgroup.com & www.carlosbakery.ca)