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Tuna giant targets vending with a new grab-and-go can that requires no draining and eliminates the usual mess associated with opening cans... | USI's Mercato 5000 snack vender meets the revised requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. New England's Technivend hosts seminar to review the machine's advanced features... | Kellogg's Food Away From Home is building upon the excitement of the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games in London with a new on-pack vending promotion that runs through August... | Apriva reported that transactions on its wireless point-of-sale gateway climbed nearly 22% over the same period in 2011. Its wireless products are used in retail and vending... | Direct sales program for the vending channel will ship the confection maker's gourmet jellybeans directly to operators anywhere in the U.S.... | Joseph Neubauer, who served as Aramark's chief executive for 29 years, will remain as chairman of the board of directors... |
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Price reductions for Folgers and other Smucker brands follow declines in green coffee costs... | Green Mountain Coffee Roasters stripped founder Robert Stiller of his chairman title and ousted William Davis as lead director for violating company's trading policies... | Second Cup partners with Kraft Canada to produce, market and sell its coffees and lattes across Canada in T Discs for use in Tassimo on-demand beverage systems... |
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Over the years, vending has become synonymous with "junk food." That shouldn't be the case. A vending machine is simply a distribution channel, not unlike a store. Other things being equal, it doesn't matter to the vending operator if the sale that's made is a chocolate bar or a granola bar, as long as the margins are the same... by Paresh Patel | What makes it easy for your sales route driver to sell allied products is that, in the eyes of your customer, both the driver and the company already have credibility... by Len Rashkin | As operators get ready to attend the NAMA OneShow, they might pause for a moment and ask themselves what use they are making of their clients' own regional and local shows to generate sales... by Amanda Puppo | In this month's column I thought I'd go over several things that have been happening that you might find as intriguing as I have. Let's start with the plunging coffee market... by Kevin Daw |
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The gift of classic pinball machines and jukeboxes from Rhino Records founder Richard Foos is valued at $85,000... | A bill to create a market in Minnesota for electronic pull-tab and bingo games that will run on portable devices was signed by Gov. Mark Dayton on May 14... | Dave & Buster's, which has alternated from a private to a publicly traded company several times during its 30-year history, is preparing to go public yet again... | AMI Entertainment Inc. reports that the 10% revenue share promotion conducted in April for its flagship Megatouch Live service and terminal is now a permanent feature of its business model... | An agent of the State Law Enforcement Division in South Carolina reportedly destroyed a video poker game with a crowbar... | Michigan's Attorney General said the agreement resulted from an ongoing investigation by the state police, the Michigan Gaming Control Board and his office... |
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Archie McPhee & Co., the celebrated purveyor of novelty merchandise, is marketing a variety of gumballs in unexpected flavors... | The amusement vender challenges players to a simplified game of pinball in which they can receive either 1" prize or ball gum, or an additional 2" capsuled prize... | Brand's popular Sqwishland figurines and videogame codes will now be available in Big Bear's Eyeprize X novelty machine in a new vending package... |
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In speaking with NBVA convention-goers last month, I got a sense there's renewed optimism in the air. This shouldn't be surprising -- entrepreneurs are naturally optimistic... by Hank Schlesinger | The annual National Automatic Merchandising Association convention has been the principal forum for the ongoing industry conversation for six decades, and participants at this year's OneShow in Las Vegas have a great deal to talk about... by Tim Sanford | Ecast's abrupt departure created something of a shock for many industry members. Why? Exploring the reasons behind the industry's surprised reaction to the "not-so-surprising" news may reveal some interesting things... by Marcus Webb | Since I returned from the Amusement Expo, I've been thinking about where this industry has been and where it might be headed. The coin-op business as we know it today is on the trailing edge of... by Alicia Lavay |
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