365 Retail Markets acquires UK foodservice menu management firm

April 19, 2023

365 Retail Markets, a provider of unattended retail technology, has acquired Kafoodle, a U.K. based food technology company that specializes in menu and…

365 Retail Markets taps Moblico to enhance customer marketing, promotions

March 24, 2023

365 Retail Markets, a provider of unattended retail technology, has teamed with Kansas City based mobile technology firm Moblico to provide product promotion…

Mobile pay and self-service kiosks: Partners or competitors?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Both mobile pay and kiosks have a role to play in today’s retail environment, but experts offered different views on whether or not the current customer demand…

Trade shows, technology, market opportunities top reader interest in 2022

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Vending Times ranks the 10 best read stories in 2022 based on reader interest.

Exhibit floor sizzles with excitement at Self-Service Innovation Summit

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Attendees at the Self-Service Innovation Summit stayed busy between education sessions by visiting the exhibit area where vendors demonstrated advances in…

Industry loses Stu Case

November 3, 2022

Stu Case, NCE5, CCS, a longtime veteran of the convenience services industry, recently passed away.

Mobile pay and self-serve kiosks: Partners or competitors?

October 18, 2022

As mobile order-and-pay options expand for consumers, some believe the role of self-serve kiosks may lessen, while others think they are more important than…

Convenience retail tech on the move, blurs merchant distinctions

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Cashierless and contactless unattended retail technology has fostered retail formats such as 'smart stores,' blurring distinctions between traditional venues…

365 Retail Markets partners with Custom Data Solutions on data collaboration

September 29, 2022

365 Retail Markets, a provider of self-service commerce technology to the foodservice industry, has teamed with Custom Data Solutions Inc., a data collection…

How to manage risks with new technology: Experts weigh in

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Investing in technology typically requires a certain amount of risk. By managing this risk, companies can achieve the benefits of new technology without…

365 Retail Markets acquires Australia VMS firm

May 6, 2022

365 Retail Markets, a provider of self-service commerce technology to the foodservice industry, has acquired Sentry, an Australia-based vending and micro…

Let’s reimagine convenience where we live, work, learn and play

by Alex McCandless — SVP, Marketing, Worldnet Payments

Consumer adoption of new technology is being put to the test with this season's pent-up demand for travel and hospitality combined with the return to work and…

McCormick Place 'kills it' with convenience services back on the move

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Vending, micro market, coffee service and pantry service operators converged by the thousands onto the trade show floor for three days, anxious to find new…

Convenience services operators 'more than ready' for 2022 trade shows

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Anxious to see new products, operators are looking forward to the opportunity for face-to-face meetings with suppliers, despite being short staffed on account…

What will tomorrow’s self-service technology look like?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

A panel of self-service industry veterans share insights on what new technologies are in store during the 2021 Self-Service Innovation Summit.

Summit honors 2021 Self-Service Innovation Awards winners

Networld Media Group honors the 2021 Innovation of the Year (B2B), Innovation of the Year (B2C), Reader's Choice Innovator of the Year (Company), Reader's…

365 Retail Markets acquires catering software provider Spoonfed

December 14, 2021

365 Retail Markets has acquired Spoonfed, a Glasgow-based provider of catering software across the U.S., U.K. and western Europe, for an undisclosed sum…

Self-Service Innovation Awards finalists announced

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The Self-Service Innovation Awards will be presented during a presentation on Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 4 p.m. at the Self-Service Innovation Summit.

Compass Group, 365 Retail Markets settle consumer privacy lawsuit for $6.8 M

November 1, 2021

Compass Group USA Inc. and 365 Retail Markets LLC agreed to pay $6.8 million to resolve a lawsuit claiming they collected fingerprint data from vending machine…

Micro market/technology powerhouse set to boost convenience services

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Joe Hessling, founder and CEO of 365 Retail Markets, envisions a big future for the recent merger of his company with Avanti Markets and Lightspeed Automation.