A food company that serves blind vendors has entered into negotiations to acquire Rainbow Food Services of Little Falls, NJ...

Pierre Foods Inc., a leading maker of sandwiches sold through vending machines, is merging with two Oklahoma-based convenience food makers. Advance Pierre Foods is the new company...

Vend Natural has contracted with the United States Naval Academy to provide healthier snacks and beverages to its midshipmen undergraduates...

The Corona, CA, company has produced a video that provides a glimpse inside its vending machine manufacturing operations...

The FDA is seeking industry comments on new calorie-disclosure rules for vending. To facilitate these comments, the National Automatic Merchandising Association will hold a conference call on Wednesday, July 28...

The sale of single-use water bottles at events on San Francisco property may be a thing of the past if city environment commissioner Ruth Gravanis has her way...

The National Coffee Association of USA's 2010 National Coffee Drinking Trends study is now available. The study's sampling is said to be representative of the U.S. population, 18 and older...

Culligan International Co. has sold its vended water business to Primo Water Corp. of Winston-Salem, NC, for $105 million...

The novel automated self-serve ice cream dispenser is now pleasing moviegoers at National Amusements' Providence Place Cinemas in Rhode Island...

Music and games are highly valued by the hospitality sector. Although this market loves them, it does not always love operators. Therein lies the eternal source of tension between the two... by Kevin Williams

Custom-fitting an OCS program to the unique needs of each client and its employee base reaps the greatest rewards... by Len Rashkin

Identifying the most promising sites for cashless vending takes careful study… by Stacey Finley Tappin

The National Automatic Merchandising Association's new cashless program may be the catalyst for widespread acceptance of cashless vending in the U.S…. by Michael Kasavana, Ph.D.

North America now has its first legal Internet casino, launched on an existing Canadian lottery website called PlayNow.com in British Columbia...

Electronic bingo supporters rallied at the Alabama Supreme Court this month, protesting policies by Gov. Bob Riley that have effectively wiped out the state's $2 billion bingo market...

State Attorneys General submitted amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, supporting California's Assembly Bill 1179...

Gov. Bev Perdue signed the Ban Electronic Sweepstakes bill, which will force some 900 Internet gaming cafés in North Carolina to close their doors by Dec. 1...

Elaut USA is offering a buy-back opportunity to operators with Big One cranes to sell or trade. The offer is being made to enable the company to meet growing demand...

Management group will open a new FEC concept on Aug. 5 called KDB, which stands for Kitchen-Den-Bar, in sites formerly occupied by Gameworks...

A&A Global Industries has announced a licensing agreement that gives the vending supplier the right to manufacture and distribute Hood Hounds figurines...

Now available from VSi is a licensed temporary tattoo series featuring authentic urban art hand-drawn by members of Bajito Onda...

The bulk supplier is introducing two lines of temporary tattoos themed to major popular music genres and a novel vending fashion accessory line…

It has been recognized for half a century that vending has a great many strengths, but its glaring weakness is its lack of human interaction... by Tim Sanford

Today's amusement trade is blithely, deliberately and needlessly risking one of its most profitable markets. That market is the crane sector...by Marcus Webb

NAMA's new Cashless Solutions program is the talk of the industry. If you are aware of it but are still confused, I have a sneaking suspicion that you're not alone... by Alicia Lavay-Kertes

Companies engaged in downsizing strategies might enjoy some short-term benefits, but the long-term results can be disastrous... by Hank Schlesinger