SUCCESS STORY | CAFÉS & RESTAURANTS
Ansa Coffee
Extending the Café Experience Beyond the Coffee Cup
For cafés, every guest interaction is an opportunity to increase loyalty, grow average spend, and create reasons for customers to return.
Ansa Coffee introduced Solato to complement its specialty coffee program with freshly made artisan gelato, creating a premium pairing that naturally extends the customer experience.
The Opportunity
Independent cafés must continuously innovate while operating within limited space and staffing.
Adding a traditional dessert program often requires additional labor, equipment, and preparation, making it difficult to justify operationally.
Ansa Coffee wanted to expand its menu without expanding complexity.
The Experience
Solato enables cafés to serve freshly made artisan gelato on demand through a compact platform that integrates naturally alongside specialty coffee.
The result is a premium menu extension that creates new purchase occasions while remaining remarkably simple to operate.
Success at a Glance
2
Machines activated
600+
Freshly made gelatos and sorbets served each month
Highest-performing café deployment
Highest average utilization among café and restaurant locations
Menu innovation
Demonstrates how freshly made gelato naturally complements specialty coffee.
Why It Matters
Ansa Coffee demonstrates that even compact café environments can successfully introduce a premium dessert experience that enhances the menu, increases guest engagement, and creates new revenue opportunities without adding operational burden.
Why
Solato?
Today’s guests expect experiences that are memorable, premium, and effortless. At the same time, operators face increasing pressure to do more with less—less labor, less space, and less operational complexity.
Solato bridges that gap by delivering freshly made artisan gelato on demand through a compact, self-service platform that’s easy to operate and designed to scale.
Whether it’s an airport lounge, luxury resort, sports arena, café, or managed foodservice operation, Solato transforms dessert from a menu item into a memorable guest experience.
Create Memorable Guest Experiences
Transform dessert into an experience guests photograph, share, and remember.
Unlock New Revenue
Increase dessert sales. Create premium menu offerings. Enhance guest satisfaction and loyalty.
Simple to Operate
No plumbing. No scooping. No specialist staff.No complicated operations.
Ready to Scale
Perfect for independent operators, regional groups, and national hospitality brands.
