 | B&G Foods Acquires Pirate's Booty Maker For $195 Million
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
Author: Emily Jed
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| Delaware Bill Seeks To Expand Blind Vendor Opportunities
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
Under federal law and state law, Delaware's Business Enterprise Program is already granted priority to operate vending machines on federal and state property...
Author: Emily Jed
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| DOE Considers New Refrigerated Beverage Vender Energy Standards; Industry Weighs In At Public Meeting, Webinar June 20
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
The U.S. Department of Energy is considering amending energy conservation standards for refrigerated beverage vending machines...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Reunion Island Coffee's Turnkey OCS Programs Aid Operator Success
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
The Canadian company's extensive line of coffees, teas and package formats caters to the varied tastes, brewing preferences and budgets of workplaces of all shapes and sizes. But the roaster says that the cutting edge that sets it apart is its programs and tools for office coffee service operators...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Senators Reintroduce COINS Act In Push To Replace $1 Bill With Coin
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
The Currency Optimization, Innovation and National Savings Act (S. 1105), or COINS Act, was introduced on June 6 by five senators. The lawmakers first introduced the COINS Act in February 2012. But it, and companion legislation introduced in the House of Representatives, failed to become law...
Author: Emily Jed
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| USA Technologies And Setomatic Team Up To Advance Cashless Payments In Laundries
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
The pact will combine Setomatic's SpyderWash technology with USAT's ePort Connect service to bring cashless payment value to laundry operators as consumers increasingly opt to use their credit/debit cards and mobile phones to pay for laundry services...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| USConnect Operator Network Grows To 21 Companies
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
When fully deployed, the current group will reportedly have about 35,000 connected points of sale that consist of vending machines, micromarkets and dining facilities...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Three Square Market Adapts Self-Checkout System Used By Prisons For Workplace Deployment
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
Three Square Market, a subsidiary of TW Vending, has taken the wraps off its new self-checkout micromarket for placement in business and industry sites. The kiosk is a variation of TWV's corrections market kiosk...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Missouri Congressman Billy Long Gets Industry Perspective From Mid-America Vendors
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
Author: Emily Jed
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| Starbucks Expands 'Corner Café' Vending Program Throughout Europe
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
Starbucks Corp. said it plans to install vending cafés in large offices throughout Europe, expanding upon a pilot it launched in Switzerland last fall. Called Corner Café, the Seattle coffee giant's automated workplace coffee bars feature...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Will Coinstar Become Outerwall? Retail Automation Leader Proposes Name Change
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
Coinstar Inc. said it will seek approval to change its name to Outerwall Inc. at its stockholders meeting on June 27. The company's core businesses -- Redbox and Coinstar -- will retain their current brand names...
Author: Emily Jed
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| City Vending Optimizes USA Technologies' Cashless Payment For Improved Business Performance, Competitive Edge And Consumer Satisfaction
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
Texas vending company transitioned from zero to more than 300 cashless payment terminals in less than a year [press release]
Author: USAT Press Release
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| MD-DCVA Elects Durnbaugh; NAMA's Dell Offers Legislative Update
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
The Maryland-DC Vending Association elected David Durnbaugh, SunDun Inc. (Beltsville, MD), president at its annual meeting in June...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| NAMA's 2013 Best And Brightest: Tullio, Elliott, Deitchler, Rawlings, Kelly
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
California's Pete Tullio is Industry Person of the Year. He is also NAMA's incoming chairman of the board. Joining Tullio are Todd Elliott, who is Vending Operator of the Year; Jeff Deitchler, Coffee Service Operator of the Year; and Allied Members of the Year Jeff Rawlins and Mark Kelly...
Author: Nick Montano
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| New England's Vending Associations Present Wishart Award To Dennis Surprenant
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
Nearly 100 industry members from New England gathered at Connecticut's Mohegan Sun for their annual joint meeting, which organizers are hailing as one of the most successful to date. A much-anticipated part of the festivities was the presentation of the Harry Wishart Award...
Author: Emily Jed
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| AVT Inc. Begins Shipping Marley Coffee 'Mall' Kiosks
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
AVT Inc. said it will begin shipping Marley Coffee-branded kiosks designed for placement in malls and other large venues like sports stadiums and convention centers...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Kennesaw State University Gets Georgia's First Shop24
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
KSU has more than 25,000 students and is the third-largest institution in the Georgia's university system...
Author: Emily Jed
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| NAMA Launches Government Affairs Website
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
NAMAVoice.org was created by the vending association's government affairs team in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Self-Service Shopping Grows In Popularity, According To Cisco Study
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
Results show that 61% of global consumers are willing to shop in an omni-channel, self-service or completely automated store, and 52% prefer self-service stations for faster checkout lines [press release]
Author: Cisco Systems Inc. Press Release
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| UK Culinary Arts Students Ready Concepts For Display At 2013 AVEX
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
The Automatic Vending Association, which represents the vending industry in the United Kingdom and Ireland, challenged final-year culinary arts management students from the University College, Birmingham, to develop products for six key vending segments...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| AVT Begins Enforcing Wireless Vending Patent Through Licensing Agreements
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
AVT Inc. said it has signed up several of its large customers as licensees of its patented wireless vending control systems, and has begun bringing other manufacturers and operators into compliance through licensing arrangements...
Author: Emily Jed
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| MEI Video: 5 Ways To Reclaim Your Margins In 90 Days
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
MEI marketing director Chuck Reed moderates s discussion featuring five vending operators who relate their experiences in deploying the best existing and new technology to take back their margins...
Author: Nick Montano
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| NYC $1.4M Ad Campaign Plasters Anti-Sugary Drink Message On City Buses
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
New York City's crusade against sugary drinks is revving back up following the defeat of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's effort to restrict their portion sizes. The city's health department has launched a $1.4 million advertising campaign that began appearing on TV and on buses around the city in early June...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Vending Pioneer Gene Rountree Dies
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 7, July 2013
Aubrey Eugene "Gene" Rountree died at his home in Lexington, SC, on June 9. He was 74. Rountree founded Food Service Inc. in Lexington in 1967...
Author: Emily Jed
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| NEXCOM And USAT Launch Cashless Payment Pilot On Navy Bases
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
USA Technologies Inc. and the Navy Exchange Service Command are testing cashless payment at vending machines at Navy Exchanges on select U.S. Navy bases...
Author: Emily Jed
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