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Dan Clarke joins FRANKE

Coffee Systems UK as

Senior National Account

Manager

Q. What's your

background in coffee and
equipment? where I managed multiple in-house
and franchise brands such as KFC and
My career in coffee started in Burger King while also supporting the

1996 while working for Moto launch of Coffee Primo across all UK
Motorway Services (known as sites. This is where my passion for

Granada at the time), where coffee began to develop further, as I
gained experience at a more senior
my primary role was level and collaborated closely with

managing the hot drinks leading equipment manufacturers.
counters.
September 2005 marked a turning
Our coffee solutions involved a point for me. I was approached by
variety of coffee products, starting
with one-cup filters and moving on Cimbali UK, which kickstarted a career I
to Kenco and Douwe Egberts had only ever dreamed of. My roles
cafetières. We then moved into and responsibilities over the next 18
automatic equipment, where cold years developed rapidly, encompassing
milk would be heated externally and Head of Training, Account Manager,
pumped through the equipment to Business Development Manager, Sales
provide a finished beverage (a Manager, Sales Director, Managing
cleaning nightmare). In 2002, James Director, and finally, Commercial

Martin awarded me 'Best Hot Drinks Director. The confidence, knowledge,
Management', a highlight of my and connections I gained throughout
career to date. my career at Cimbali UK are
experiences I’ll never forget, and I’m
I joined Welcome Break in 2003, incredibly grateful to everyone who
progressing through various roles, placed their trust in me and provided
including Restaurant Manager, guidance over the years.

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