Lamar Advertising invests $30M in Vistar Media

July 12, 2021

Lamar Advertising Co., an owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, has acquired a minority stake in Vistar Media, a provider of…

Virtual reality’s ‘I-Phone Moment’ has arrived

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Consumer VR headset sales are "exploding" due to Oculus Quest 2, causing retail, entertainment and other venues to follow suit, consultant Bob Cooney noted in…

Performance Food Group to offer $780M in senior notes

July 12, 2021

Performance Food Group Co., which owns Vistar, the nationwide vending products wholesale distributor, plans to offer $780 million aggregate principal amount of…

Sports retailer creates tent vending machine

July 12, 2021

Decathlon, a U.K. based sports retailer, has developed what it calls the world's first tent vending machine for display at the Trinity Leeds shopping mall in…

Tokyo vending machine offers flowers in different stages of bloom

July 12, 2021

A Tokyo rail station, Shinjuku Station, has installed a vending machine that will offer a selection of flowers in different stages of bloom priced between 50…

Closed Japanese dumpling shop reopens with vending

July 12, 2021

Gyoza Micchan House, a takeout dumpling shop in Takasaki, Japan which closed in 2019, recently reopened in the form of a dumpling factory and a pair of vending…

Louisville spice market finds success with vending machine

July 12, 2021

When the Pinch Spice Market in Louisville, Kentucky installed a vending machine to offer packets of seasonings and herbs as a way to serve customers during the…

Georgia school uses book vending machine to encourage kids to read

July 12, 2021

Black's Mill Elementary School in Dawsonville, Georgia, is the most recent elementary school to deploy a book vending machine that encourages kids to read…

Hudson Group, Inspire Brands execs keynoting Self-Service Innovation Summit

Networld Media Group's first in-person Self-Service Innovation Summit, "The Future of Self Service," Dec. 14–16, at the Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood…

Welbilt welcomes Ali Holding’s revised $4.8B takeover bid

July 9, 2021

Welbilt has welcomed a revised unsolicited takeover proposal from Ali Holding S.r.l. as a "company superior proposal," based on Welbilt's previously announced…

Tyson chicken recall grows to 9M pounds

July 9, 2021

Tyson Foods Inc.'s chicken recall, announced July 3, has increased from the initial 8.5 million pounds to nearly 9 million pounds following an update announced…

Keurig Dr Pepper promotes Shoemaker to chief legal officer

July 9, 2021

Anthony Shoemaker Keurig Dr Pepper has promoted Anthony Shoemaker from senior vice president and assistant general counsel to chief legal officer and…

EMBED Reunites with Customers & Partners at Amusement Expo International 2021

Embed, the worldwide leader of the cashless business management systems and solutions for the amusement, entertainment, and leisure industries, returned not…

Georgia cake shop offers wares 24/7 via outdoor vending machine

July 8, 2021

Quinetta Hall, owner of Q's Cakes in Albany, Georgia, is gaining additional sales from a vending machine outside the shop that serves customers 24/7, according…

LAI Games win 7th AMOA innovator award

July 8, 2021

LAI Games won its seventh AMOA Innovator Award, this time for Angry Birds Coin Crash, at its debut at last week's Amusement Expo International held at the Las…

‘Harm reduction’ vending machine offers free supplies to drug users

July 8, 2021

Caracole Inc., an HIV/AIDS service organization in Cincinnati, has installed a "harm reduction vending machine" outside the organization's…

Alto-Shaam promotes Bill Rodgers

July 8, 2021

Bill Rogers Alto-Shaam, a foodservice equipment manufacturer, has promoted Bill Rodgers to director of regional key accounts, according to a press…

Nayax: EMV payments account for 90%+ of cashless transactions

July 7, 2021

EMV contact and contactless payments account for over 90% of all cashless transactions on Nayax LLC devices in the U.S., according to a press release.

Sales success: Tell a good story

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

One of the keys to making sure the customer likes having you in front of him or her is to engage them with a story rather than boring them with facts about…

Nestlé to invest $100M in South Carolina operation, adding 160 jobs

July 7, 2021

Nestlé USA, will invest $100 million by expanding operations in Cherokee County, South Carolina which will create approximately 160 jobs, according to a press…