cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message selecta group is a european vending services operator . the company has over 4 000 employees serving 5 million consumers every day through 150 000 point of sales . selecta generates over 695 million in revenue . selecta has 250 offices in 18 countries austria belgium denmark estonia finland france germany ireland latvian lithuania netherlands norway spain sweden switzerland uk contents 1 history 2 milestones 3 business segments 4 public and private vending 5 external links history edit in 1950 joseph jeger a swiss employee working in basel went on a business trip to the united states and saw his first vending machines in factories there . he thought it would be a great idea to put similar vending machines in the factory of the company he worked for . spending all his savings he ordered five machines from the us producer and was allowed to install them in the factory . joseph jeger s employer is still a client of selecta . factory workers used jeger s machines day in and day out . the american machines were produced with american fittings making them expensive to maintain . to overcome this joseph rented a garage in his home town of murten hired his first employee and produced the first vending machine made in switzerland . this vending machine was the first to carry the name selecta . it was 1957 . since then selecta has grown and expanded in europe . milestones edit 1957 selecta is founded in switzerland 1985 selecta joins the valora group in switzerland 1997 selecta floats on the swiss stock exchange at chf 515 million 2001 compass group acquires selecta for chf 1.35 billion 2005 selecta introduces balanced options a range of healthy eating options into the vending market 2007 selecta is purchased by allianz capital partners at chf 1.80 billion 2009 selecta introduces its own coffee brand miofino 2015 selecta is purchased by kkr along the way many local companies such as safaa france vendepac uk sag ch canteen sweden and olland nl and go express spa has become part of the selecta group . business segments edit private and semi public areas business and industry government education healthcare leisure . public areas railway stations and trains underground stations petrol stations airports shopping centers . public and private vending edit private vending public vending external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to selecta . selecta group website selecta uk website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title selecta vending company & oldid 733512544 categories service companies of switzerlandvending machine manufacturersvendingcompanies established in 1957swiss brandshidden categories articles lacking sources from may 2013all articles lacking sourcescommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aissvenska edit links this page was last modified on 8 august 2016 at 09 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view