Free Press: Zingerman's opens new addition, plans to add more than 60 jobs over 5 years
Zingerman's Deli, on Ann Arbor's Detroit Street, has opened its 10,400-square-foot addition to the public.
Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com
As AnnArbor.com reported two weeks ago, the $6.7 million addition, which is set back between the original deli building and Zingerman's Next Door, more than doubles the indoor seating capacity. Zingerman's Deli managing partner Grace Singleton predicts that the expansion will lead to the company hiring an additional 60 or more employees.
Zingerman's Deli managing partner Rick Strutz shows off a prototype of the tablet-based ordering system the deli is testing.
Jessica Webster | AnnArbor.com
The deli staff is also testing a new tablet-based ordering system in place of the old handwritten order pads. Food orders are now transmitted directly to computer screens in the kitchen.
When it is completed in early 2013, the new building will be connected to the original deli building by a glass atrium.
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