California Pizza Kitchen Partners With T-ROC Global for National Expansion of Automated Retail Kiosks

Integrated partnership brings CPK favorites to airports, universities, hospitals and other high-traffic locations where consumers crave convenient, high-quality hot food

COSTA MESA, Calif. & CORAL GABLES, Fla., August 21, 2026--California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), the iconic restaurant brand that revolutionized pizza with its California-inspired creativity, today announced a partnership with T-ROC Global, a leading provider of technology-enabled retail solutions, to dramatically expand access to CPK through a new generation of automated retail experiences.

Through the partnership, T-ROC will implement and operate up to 1,000 CPK automated retail machines nationwide over the next three years, bringing the brand and its iconic menu items to high-traffic locations where a traditional restaurant may be impractical, but consumers are often underserved with elevated food options.

From airports and universities to hospitals, hotels, office complexes, residential communities, EV charging stations, sports venues, and other destinations, CPK's strategy is simple: bring a taste of the restaurant experience to more consumers, wherever they are.

"For decades, CPK has been dedicated to meeting consumers wherever they are, whether through our global restaurant network, airport and non-traditional locations, off-site events, or the local grocery store where we've been a leading premium pizza brand for 25 years," said Michael Beacham, President of California Pizza Kitchen Global. "Our automated retail strategy, now accelerated through a partnership with T-ROC, introduces CPK to entirely new occasions and venues where consumers desire quality food on the go."

The CPK and T-ROC automated retail experience goes well beyond conventional food vending, leveraging Turbo-chef powered cooking, data-driven intelligence, and engaging touch-screen technology that can deliver a CPK pizza in as little as 90 seconds, creating an on-demand restaurant-quality experience wherever consumers live, work, travel, study and gather.

"CPK is exactly the kind of iconic consumer brand that can redefine what automated retail can be," said Brett Beveridge, CEO and Founder of T-ROC Global. "Consumers increasingly expect their favorite brands to meet them where they are, and technology is making that possible in entirely new ways. By combining CPK's brand, food and loyal following with T-ROC's nationwide infrastructure and technology capabilities, we have an opportunity to build a new national distribution channel at a meaningful scale."