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Vol. 49, No.5, May 2009
| All Candy Expo Is Set For May 19-21 Run In Chicago
by Staff Reporter
All Candy Expo continues to add options and new exhibitors, and trade show organizers say the 2009 program will be bolstered by the fact that confectionary products are proven performers during tough economic times...
| | Bottlers Reject PepsiCo's Acquisition Proposal; PepsiCo Files Suit
Emily Jed
Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas reject PepsiCo Inc.'s $6 billion offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock it does not already own in the bottling companies. The combined deal would have put PepsiCo in control of distribution of about 80% of its total North American beverage volume. PepsiCo files lawsuit against takeover target PBG...
| | Coin Acceptors Introduces Two Vantage Models At Spring Expo
Tim Sanford
 Coin Acceptors continues to widen its new Vantage line of bill validators, introducing two additional models at the NAMA Spring Expo. New are the Vantage VR6, featuring a bill recycler, and the VC6, equipped with a card reader…Both feature Coinco’s Smart Bezel, which indicates acceptance to the patron in real time...
| | Compass Group Posts $450M Profit In First-Half
by Staff Reporter
Managed services giant Compass Group reported profit of £287 million ($444.67 million) for the first half of fiscal 2009, up from £216 million ($334.79 million) during the same period in 2008...
| | Court Issues Injunction Delaying New York Bottle Bill Start Date
Emily Jed
A district court in New York issued a preliminary injunction on May 27 delaying the June 1 effective date of the Bottle Bill and the requirement for New York-exclusive UPC labeling. Joining IBWA as plaintiffs in the lawsuit that led to the injunction are Nestlé Waters North America Inc. and The Polar Corp. d/b/a Polar Beverages...
| | Everpure’s NRA Product Showcase Addresses Industry Issues
by Staff Reporter
At this year's National Restaurant Association trade show in Chicago, which opens this week, Everpure is showcasing a wide array of products designed to meet environmental needs and the cost challenges faced by today's foodservice operators...
| | Heartland And Cantaloupe Forge Cashless Vending Alliance
by Staff Reporter
Heartland Payment Systems and Cantaloupe Systems (Berkeley, CA) announced that they have formed a nonexclusive cashless vending partnership that pairs Cantaloupe's Seed platform with Heartland's processing capability...
| | Made In The USA: How Pyramid Technologies Competes
Hank Schlesinger
David Mays has been thinking about China lately. What makes the president of Pyramid Technologies Inc. different from some other business executives eyeing Asia is the fact that his firm, which makes bill validators, is bringing the fabrication of plastic back to the United States...
| | MilkPEP Unveils 'Drink Well, Live Well' Advertising/PR Campaign
Tim Sanford
MilkPEP has launched its newest initiative to encourage milk sales, with supermodel and fitness enthusiast Christie Brinkley kicking off the yearlong blitz in her third Milk Mustache ad...
PHOTO: Christie Brinkley (r.) unveils "Milk Mustache" poster for "Drink Well, Live Well" campaign as dietitian Wendy Bazilian, Ph.D., applauds. MilkPEP notes that milk is an ideal fit with vending wellness initiatives.
| | Senate Ponders CSPI Plan To Tax Sugared Drinks, Hears Objections
Emily Jed
U.S. Senate leaders are weighing a new tax on soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages to help fund a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's healthcare system. The impost would be levied on the beverage producers and passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices...
| | Visa's U.S. Debit Card Volume Surpasses Credit For First Time
by Staff Reporter
Visa announced that spending on its debit cards in the U.S. has surpassed credit for the first time in the company's history. Last year, debit payments volume was $206 billion, compared with credit payments volume of $203 billion...
| | Apple Industries, Merit Collaborate On Photo Option For TAP.tv
Tim Sanford
Apple Industries and Merit Entertainment are teaming up to widen the variety of entertainment choices available to patrons of Apple’s photobooths and Merit’s Megatouch multifunction countertop terminals. One early achievement of this partnership is a photo option for Merit’s TAP.tv system...
| | IALEI And IAAPA Report Progress On Merger Plan
Marcus Webb
The International Association for the Leisure and Entertainment Industry and the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions said last week that the two organizations are moving forward with preparations for a potential merger. At present, IAAPA is continuing its due diligence review of IALEI’s documents and financials...
| | Internal Debate Over IALEI-IAAPA Merger Erupts In Public
Marcus Webb
The proposed merger between the International Association for the Leisure and Entertainment Industry and the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions is being questioned by a small but vocal minority of IALEI past-presidents and board members. What’s causing all the controversy?
| | NBA Pinball Turns Playfield Into An Electrifying Court
Nick Montano
New NBA pinball machine is designed for basketball and flipper fans alike. The new game began shipping during this year's NBA playoffs, features players from 20 different professional basketball teams and nimbly adapts one of the world's most popular sports into a coin-op game…
| | Players Use Real Putter And Balls In Virtual Minigolf Game
Nick Montano
 Chicago Gaming Co.'s latest coin-op novelty challenges players to use a real putter and golf balls to test their dexterity on virtual miniature golf courses. According to the manufacturer, Putt! Championship Edition is the first golf videogame to use genuine equipment...
| | Rivals Media, OnSite To Roll Out Place-Based Ad System
Nick Montano
 A group of geographically diverse equipment distributors has formed a partnership to market an interactive advertising and promotional product, initially targeting sports bars and taverns. Nine leading U.S. distributors have united under a limited liability company, called Rivals Media, to build a nationwide interactive network, which officially rolled out in late April...
| | Schultz To Replace Rudowicz At AAMA
by Staff Reporter
The American Amusement Machine Association has announced a major change in its leadership team. The association will not extend the employment contract of Mike Rudowicz, who held the president's post for almost 10 years, and will replace him with John Schultz...
| | Thailand's Cyber Cops Turn Up Heat On Megatouch Counterfeiters
by Staff Reporter
Merit completed its first successful action against piracy in Thailand earlier this year. Officers in the Economic and Cyber Crime Division of the Royal Thai Police raided factories in Bangkok and Pattaya and seized alleged Megatouch copies...
| | Valley-Dynamo Is Under New Ownership
Nick Montano
The operating assets of Valley-Dynamo LLC, a division of Brunswick Corp., were acquired by a limited partnership controlled by Kelye Stites, owner of Champion Shuffleboard Ltd. Included in the sale are all products in the Valley, Dynamo and Tornado lines...
| | Victory Acquisition And TouchTunes Merger Is Terminated
Nick Montano
Victory Acquisition Corp. has announced the termination of its planned merger with TouchTunes Corp. Through a special meeting of stockholders that closed on April 24, holders of more than 20% of Victory's common stock voted against the merger and sought conversion...
| | Beaver Machine Debuts Tube Vender, Square Globe
by Staff Reporter
 Beaver unveiled the NB Tube Dispenser in prototype form at the recent National Bulk Vendors Association trade show. Also new is a square globe for the company’s smaller RB bulk venders...
| | CPSC Votes Down Delay In Labeling Requirement
by Staff Reporter
The Consumer Product Safety Commission split on a one-to-one vote to delay enforcement of a section in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 that deals with product tracking. The law is scheduled to go into effect on Aug. 14...
| | President Fills CPSC Posts; Agency Will Receive 71% More Funding
by Staff Reporter
President Obama named new leadership to the Consumer Product Safety Commission and asked Congress for $107 million for the agency, increasing its budget by almost three- quarters, just short of his promise of doubling it over fiscal 2007, according to the White House...
| |  | Respect
Tim Sanford
We recently received an email from an operator who reported that the bank with which he does business had begun running advertisements with the message that saving can mean something more than buying lunch from the vending machine. He was, naturally enough, annoyed at having his profession treated with contempt... by Tim Sanford
| | | The Great Digital Debate
Marcus Webb
Power House Vending recently announced a nationwide rental program featuring privately branded jukeboxes that run on the Ecast network. The principals say their goal is not to undermine the operator, but rather to use the tools available to digital jukeboxes in a new way. Are they right? by Marcus Webb
| | CLARIFICATION: Leo Fante Will Keynote Coffee Summit
by Staff Reporter
Coffee industry veteran Leo Fante will deliver the keynote address at the National Automatic Merchandising Association's upcoming Coffee Service Education Summit. An article in the May issue incorrectly said that Fante had been appointed chairman of the event…
| | Green Mountain Net Income Climbs 118%; Keurig Makes Walmart Entry
Emily Jed
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. reported that net income increased 118% to $13 million during its second quarter ended March 28 from $6 million a year earlier. Net sales totaled $193.4 million, marking the 11th consecutive quarter of overall growth. The company's Keurig single-cup coffee system and K-Cups will be sold in 3,000 Walmarts...
| | Secrets Of A Successful Diversification Strategy
by Frank Seninsky
Despite centuries of folk wisdom that urged "Don't put all your eggs in one basket," one of America's most successful industrialists used to recommend the opposite approach. Andrew Carnegie claimed that diversification was actually a terrible idea. He said the secret of success was to "put all your eggs in one basket -- and watch that basket!" …by Frank Seninsky
| | Vending Waits On Advance To Application-Based Technology
by Dave Levine
About a year ago I had a conversation with the CEO of Cantaloupe Systems, Mandeep Arora. We were talking about how technology has evolved. He told me something I will never forget -- that we were evolving from a world that revolved around machines to a world that revolves around applications, and the outcome will be a world that revolves around solutions... by Dave Levine
| | | History Repeating
Alicia Lavay
The topic of location-owned equipment has surfaced once again, this time in the amusement and music segment, and – again – has aroused concern within the operator community. As we have free enterprise, this issue isn't ever going away... by Alicia Lavay-Kertes
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A leading energy conservation-consulting firm announced a two-year contract with the Southern California Public Power Authority to help lower energy consumption by vending machines and save its customers an estimated $6 million annually in costs. It could be the largest-ever VendingMiser deal to date... 
The 2009 China International Vending Show will open in Shanghai on June 22. This will be the sixth presentation of the show, whose swift growth has paralleled the expansion of vending in this nation of 1.3 billion people...
Mike Rudowicz, former president of the American Amusement Machine Association, has formed Entertainment Connections LLC. He plans to work with carefully selected companies as a coin-op specialist to explore opportunities for new product development, licensing and market analysis... 
A new TouchTunes sweepstakes offers jukebox patrons a chance to win a legendary Paul Reed Smith guitar signed by the members of rock band Saving Abel. The juke company also kicked off a summer-long promotion of Kenny Chesney's latest... 