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Vol. 51, No. 10, October 2011
| Cantaloupe Seed Supports Google Wallet
Emily Jed
Google Wallet went live on Sept. 20. On the same day, vending machines equipped with Seed Cashless from Cantaloupe Systems began supporting the NFC mobile payment service...
| | China Installs First Gold Vending Machines
Emily Jed
Chinese consumer demand for gold soared 27% to 579.5 tons in 2010. Specialized venders on Beijing's Wangfujing Street shopping district will help serve that demand...
| | Former VTL Directors Appeal Prison Sentences
Emily Jed
Two directors of the Nathans Finance, the finance arm of failed vending technology company VTL, have appealed their prison sentences. Mervyn Doolan and Roger Moses were convicted for breaching New Zealand's Security Act...
| | Gratitude Tour Culminates In Midwest This Week
Emily Jed
The National Automatic Merchandising Association's traveling vending show made its final stops this week, drawing crowds in downtown Minneapolis on Oct. 11 and at the University of Wisconsin on Oct. 13...
| | H.U.M.A.N. Healthy Vending Cites Record Growth
Emily Jed
The Santa Monica, CA-based healthy vending franchisor, whose name is an acronym for "helping unite mankind and nutrition," says its network of vendors now serves more than 750 locations worldwide...
| | Mass. Senators Introduce Second Anti-Dollar Coin Measure
Marcus Webb
Massachusetts' two U.S. senators may represent different parties, but they're teaming up to stop production of the presidential dollar coin series. Sens. Brown and Kerry are behind the Currency Efficiency Act of 2011...
| | NAMA Outlines Progress On Debit Card Swipe Fees
by Staff Reporter
Dan Mathews, National Automatic Merchandising Association interim chief executive, reports that NAMA has taken several steps to seek relief for vendors who accept debit cards...
| | PA Pulls Plug On Wine Vending
Emily Jed
Pennsylvania's Liquor Control Board has officially ended its one-year wine-vending experiment, ordering on Sept. 22 the shutdown of 21 remaining machines in supermarkets...
| | PepsiCo Combines Americas Drinks And Snacks Units
Emily Jed
PepsiCo Inc. has formed the Power of One-Americas Council, a division that will market snacks and beverages together in North and South America. It also created the Global Snacks Group...
| | Sodexo Ramps Up Healthy Vending Program
Emily Jed
The upgraded Your Health Your Way On-the-Go program now devotes 30% of machine menus to products that adhere to guidelines limiting calories, saturated fat and sodium...
| | USAT Posts Record Q4 And 2011 Revenues
Emily Jed
USA Technologies' total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2011 climbed 54% to $6.9 million. For the full year, USAT reported a 45% revenue jump and a $6.5 million net loss...
| | Verizon Commercial Touts Vending Telemetry
Emily Jed
In the TV commercial, young Susie's lemonade business expands into a high-tech vending operation that leverages the ePort cashless payment and telemetry system...
| | High Court Punts On Legal Fees In Videogame Case
Marcus Webb
Winning a case before the Supreme Court should itself be enough. But the Electronic Software Association and the Electronic Marketing Association asked the high court to make the losers pay for their legal bills...
| | Bulk Show Planners Predict Repeat Success
Hank Schlesinger
The National Bulk Vendors Association's 62nd annual trade show and convention is beginning to pick up steam. NBVA wants to repeat last bulk vending show's success...
| | Mystery Solved! Bulk Vender Is Identified
Hank Schlesinger
The mysterious bulk vending machine pictured in our September issue has been identified. A number of industry veterans reported that they remember it...
| |  | Nonverbal Communication
Tim Sanford
Back when full-line vending was still a new, a charge often leveled at it was that vending operators tended to be excellent technicians devoted to customer service, but they did not promote like retailers... by Tim Sanford
| | | A Prescription For AMOA
Marcus Webb
The 63-year-old Amusement and Music Operators Association conducts an in-depth member survey for the first time since the 1990s, getting some constructive feedback from its operator members... by Marcus Webb
| | Aramark Completes Filterfresh Acquisition
Emily Jed
The Philadelphia-based dining and refreshment services giant announced the $145 million all-cash deal in August. Filterfresh will add 71,000 locations to Aramark's 100,000...
| | Survey Finds Growing Single-Serve Adoption
Emily Jed
Awareness of single-cup brewing systems has increased to 73% in 2011 from 55% in 2007, according to a study by the National Coffee Association. Ownership of brewers has jumped to...
| | U.S. Foodservice Changes Its Name To US Foods
Emily Jed
The foodservice products distributor said it is attempting to create a new brand identity that reflects its strategic focus on better food offerings and improved service...
| | | Advancing To The New Normal
Alicia Lavay
I recently was asked to provide insights into the best practices contributing to success in selling to the vending industry. Of course, the companies with the best track records... by Alicia Lavay
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The National Automatic Merchandising Association selects a professional from the digital transactions sector as its new chief. Balakgie led the Electronic Transactions Association since 2003. She succeeds Richard Geerdes... 
