Keko Box provides reusable dishware (including plates, bowls, cups and to-go containers) “as-a-service” to food businesses. Keko Box provides the products, the service, and the technology needed to easily implement cost effective reuse programs.
Keko box is designed to service high volume venues or dense business districts that use a high number of dishes and containers each day, such as food halls, stadiums, mixed-use development areas and offices that cater. Their service is end-to-end and includes dish collection, dishwashing and distribution. They also provide a complete communication system and 24/7 customer service.
The Keko Box service has a simple, predictable pricing structure that is cost comparable to the all-in cost of using premium single use items, and is free for consumers.
Keko Box’s family of reusable dishes are beautiful, durable and NSF-certified. Dishes are good for both hot and cold food and drinks and are stackable. Keko Box is currently developing a circular solution to the end of life fate of their reusables, but are currently focused on minimizing loss rate to ensure each dish is used as many times as possible.
Keko Box pick up bins are customizable to meet the space and usage requirements of different location types, and weigh no more than 50 lbs.
Keko Box provides restaurants or food service providers a regular supply of dishes based on the volume of meals served per day. Customers can choose to receive their meal on Keko Box reusable dishware without the need for a user account, keeping the experience easy for high volume participation. After they enjoy their meal, customers return their dishes to one of several collection stations placed throughout the establishment.
Keko Box provides daily pick up and drop off of their reusables by car or truck. All reusables are commercially washed, sanitized and re-packed by professional staff following standard operating procedures that are in compliance with Health and Safety standards.
Keko Box partners with their customer facility teams to support on site operations. They provide upfront support with program design and product selection, then provide onsite communications materials and custom staff training to drive program success.
Keko Box is currently developing a proprietary dishware management platform to seamlessly collect data and manage daily operations. A beta version of the platform has been deployed with current pilots. Future releases will include item-level tracking technology to automate dishware tracking and to show the number of uses of each item.
Keko Box has run three pilot programs and serviced over 19,000 dishes with 18 participating companies. They have several additional program locations that will begin after COVID-19 closures have ended.
One of these pilot programs is with the San Diego Airport Innovation Lab, for which they will operate a trial program at the San Diego Airport with the goal of scaling their solution to additional airport locations nationwide.
As the founder and CEO of Keko Box, Ashleigh is on a mission to eliminate single-use food and beverage packaging. Frustrated that her love for exploring and trying new foods so often left her with a piece of garbage at the end of her meal, she started thinking about alternative solutions. A few years of research and exploration later, Keko Box was officially born. Prior to launching Keko Box, Ashleigh was a founding Partner at Workhorse, a brand and creative content agency in Washington, DC. Her career has also included roles as a Digital Media Strategist for the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Ashoka Changemakers.
Campbell is the Chief Creative Officer at Keko Box, responsible for branding and design, as well as working with the team on strategy and positioning. She has a background in traditional and social advertising, having worked as an Art Director at Ogilvy & Mather in NYC with top Consumer Packaged Goods brands Kimberly-Clark and Unilever. Before joining Keko Box, she was a creative lead at iStrategyLabs in D.C., working with clients in the food + beverage and hospitality space. Campbell is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
CTO responsible for building technology that makes the Keko Box system efficient, scalable, and easy to use for our customers. Eli has a background in building and and quickly scaling technology that is both operationally complicated technology and delivers a great brand experience. He was the first employee and Director of Operations Technology at Casper and has extensive experience building software, web products, apps, and internal operational systems.
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