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Vol. 50, No. 11, November 2010
| Controversy Surrounds NYC Healthy School Vending Program
by Staff Reporter
New York City's healthy vending program in schools kicks off, reportedly generating over $500K. But the New York Daily News cites a battle between the Dept. of Ed. and the city controller blocking the schools' share...
| | Gilly Vending Kicks Off MARTA Vend Program
Emily Jed
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has selected Miami's Gilly Vending for first phase of a retail concession initiative aimed at generating incremental income...
| | NSF Becomes Energy Star Certifier
Emily Jed
NSF International has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a certification body and laboratory for EPA's Energy Star program...
| | Vending Machine Sales Boost Crane Co.'s Q3
by Staff Reporter
The industrial products and vending machine maker said its third-quarter net income rose as sales improved, and it raised its full-year outlook. Crane Co.'s vending unit reported sales of $77.2 million...
| | AMI, Musicati Support Indie Artists At CMJ
Nick Montano
AMI Entertainment is supporting emerging music artists as a sponsor of the 2010 CMJ festival, kicking off in New York City on Oct. 19. The Musicati jukebox promotional tool will be unveiled...
| | Barron Readies Hockey Tables, Kiddie Ride
Nick Montano
Barron Games International, which arrived on the American coin-op scene about two years ago, is readying three new products slated for rollout this fall...
| | Benchmark's Trap Door Offers Visual Appeal
Nick Montano
Benchmark Games new prize redemption piece challenges players in skill-stop fashion for a chance to open a "trap door" through which a sizeable plush prize vends...
| | Dance Dance Revolution X2 Ships In December
Nick Montano
The latest in the Dance Dance Revolution music videogame series will begin shipping to U.S. operators in December. Betson Enterprises is the North American distributor...
| | Dave & Buster's Loses $9.5M In Q2
Marcus Webb
The restaurant and amusement machine chain said it lost $9.5 million on revenues of $127.9 million in the second quarter of its fiscal year ended Aug. 1...
| | Grid And Sideshow Highlight Sega's Fall Lineup
Nick Montano
Sega Amusements USA plans to unveil 33 games at the IAAPA Attractions Expo in mid-November. A driver based on a popular console game and shooting gallery piece are the highlights...
| | IAAPA Chief, Charlie Bray, Resigns
Marcus Webb
Charles W. (Charlie) Bray has resigned as president and chief executive of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. His departure is effective Dec. 3...
| | New W. Va. VLT Bid Process Helps Operators
Marcus Webb
Video gaming operators came out on top when the state lottery changed its bidding rules. Current VLT license holders can now bid on unclaimed licenses in every round during the bidding process for location contracting...
| | Pentavision Introduces DJ MAX Technika 2
Nick Montano
DJ MAX Technika 2, in development for three years, is now shipping. New features on popular music videogame includes "duo-mixing" mode that allows two players to cooperate on one machine...
| | Seeding Is Believing For Green Entrepreneurs
Hank Schlesinger
Call it "guerilla gardening" or "eco-tagging," it may just prove to be one of the most unusual applications of a vending machine. Two young, socially conscious entrepreneurs in California are distributing bulk venders stocked with seeds encased in spherical soil...
| |  | Face Time Is Time Well Spent
Tim Sanford
This year has seen a number of changes in the trade show schedule to which we had become familiar... by Tim Sanford
| | | Back To School For Bulk Vendors
Hank Schlesinger
Bulk vending was never a business that required an MBA or a college degree. But times have changed... by Hank Schlesinger
| | | Supreme Jeopardy
Marcus Webb
This November, something crucially important will happen for the first time in the history of the U.S. amusement machine industry. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that could give state and local governments unprecedented power to permit -- or wipe out -- commercial entertainment in countless forms and formats for generations to come... by Marcus Webb
| | | The End Of A Myth
Marcus Webb
The Great Recession may be over by the time you read this, or it may have turned into a double-dip downturn. Either way, America's Great Recession has killed a politically popular myth in the U.S. economy, and in coin-op... by Marcus Webb
| | CoffeeShow Explores Evolving Market
Tim Sanford
Nearly 400 industry members thronged the convention area of Bally's Las Vegas for the National Automatic Merchandising Association's inaugural CoffeeShow Oct. 20-22...
| | Corporate Coffee Systems Acquires 3 OCS Companies
Emily Jed
Corporate Coffee Systems LLC announced that it has acquired three office coffee service companies, further solidifying its position as a workplace refreshment leader in the greater New York City...
| | Nestlé To Cut Sodium By Another 10%
Emily Jed
Nestlé Prepared Foods Co. said it plans to decrease the sodium content in its products by another 10% beyond reductions made earlier this decade...
| | NRA Show Seminars Go Live Year-Round
Emily Jed
Key education sessions presented at the annual National Restaurant Association's Restaurant and Hotel-Motel Show will be available online year-round...
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|  | Frozen Food Vending Plays Wider Role In 'Downsized' Market
Emily Jed
Vending technology continues to enhance workplace productivity by offering round-the-clock access to a variety of food, beverage and snack items -- but the large blue-collar workforces are gone. Frozen food vending plays a wider role in today's downsized market...
| | Emphasize Positive Differences To Pull Ahead Of Competitors
by Len Rashkin
Selling against a good competitor is much harder than presenting to a company that does not have a coffee service provider. When a strong competitor already is in place, success or failure depends largely on the sales personnel on either side... by Len Rashkin
| | If You Could Increase Your Sales At No Cost, Would You Do It?
David Levine
Vending is an impulse purchase, and is affected by visibility in the location. Recent tests with amusement crane machines revealed a method that any operator can use to increase sales in vending or amusement locations... by Dave Levine
| | | Watch Your Language
Alicia Lavay
Federal regulations of vending machines and the Supreme Court's videogame violence case -- what do these two stories have in common? by Alicia Lavay
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