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The federal government is upping the ante with new school lunch guidelines that call for significant nutritional upgrades... | Water treatment giant BWT water+more of Wiesbaden, Germany, is the latest organization to join the Brussels-based European Vending Association... | New platform includes same technology available in Cantaloupe Systems' Seed Pro product, now enhanced with extra features to help vending operators increase revenue and save time...
| A vending tech startup was one of eight companies to demonstrate their innovations to investors at the Portland Incubator Experiment. Investors applaud with $12 million... | Crane Co. reported that sales in its automatic merchandising division rose $10.1 million, or 13%, in the 2011 fourth quarter. Full-year companywide sales are up 15%... | EVA elects Arnaud van Amerongen, Aequator AG (Arbon, Switzerland) and Coffee First BV (Nijmegen, Netherlands), to an unprecedented third term as president... |
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The two firms have collaborated on Senseo since 2001, with Sara Lee producing the coffee pods and Philips manufacturing and distributing the single-serve machines... | AdvancePierre Foods' new self-serve program that allows foodservice and c-store customers to customize their own hot sandwiches... | The Rhode Island-based roaster said the partnership will better position both companies to ramp up market expansion and product development... |
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The vending industry is undergoing historic technological and economic pressures. But the National Automatic Merchandising Association is embracing the changing environment as an opportunity to redefine itself and the industry... by Marcus "Marc" Whitener, NCE | Americans take their freedom seriously -- especially their freedom to choose. Consumers today, especially Generation Y, have come to expect choices in nearly every area of their lives ... even methods of payment... by Chuck Reed | Over the past 43 years that I have been involved in the OCS, I have lived by a series of essential principles or statements that I kept always in mind when preparing to present to a potential customer... by Len Rashkin | It's sad, but true. All estate plans are not created equal. This article is targeted to help everyone who has a completed estate plan in place, but is not 100% delighted with the plan... by Irving Blackman |
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Former electronic bingo operator Milton McGregor, owner of the Victoryland casino in Shorter, AL, was set to return to court on Friday, Jan. 27... | The AMOA-National Dart Association and Valley National 8-Ball League Association team up for second biennial League SMART joint educational conference this summer in Minneapolis... | California will pay $950,000 to the Electronic Software Association to cover the trade group's legal bills in a landmark videogame case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court... | City officials clear Dave & Buster's of any wrongdoing involving liquor license violations that happened Jan. 7 at its new location in Braintree, MA... | Firestone Financial's new loyalty program awards operators cash back or membership in two leading trade associations... | Music fans can now rock out to popular AC/DC tracks while enjoying a game of pinball. The legendary band is the latest pop-culture symbol to be covered by Stern Pinball Inc... |
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Depending on the scope of its responsibilities, the new government agency could impact the bulk vending and crane machine supply chains... | The National Bulk Vendors Association is asking its members to set the educational agenda through online balloting... | A wheelchair-bound thief was arrested at a Chinese restaurant in Joliet, IL, after he entered the eatery and began tampering with a bulk vending machine... |
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The United States enjoys a system of representative government that seems, nowadays, to command little respect. Critics might keep in mind that our system, almost uniquely, does give the electorate -- us -- a recurrent opportunity to tell the people who make the laws what sort of laws we want. Problems arise when... by Tim Sanford | Small businesspeople can be much more optimistic than their corporate counterparts. And being on the frontline in bulk vending means coins-in-the-cashbox capitalism... by Hank Schlesinger | I was recently asked to provide suggestions on what works and what doesn't work when advertising to the vending industry. This got me thinking about how important it is to tailor your message... by Alicia Lavay | There comes a time in the life of every person, and every business, when the safest thing to do is take what appears to be an enormous risk -- and when the most "reasonable" thing to do is jump off a cliff... by Marcus Webb |
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