SBA runs out of COVID-19 relief money; lawmakers fight over refunding

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Two Small Business Administration programs designed to help businesses weather the pandemic — the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster…

Pandemic piques interest in 'brick-oven-style' pizza vending machines

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Can you really get a pizza that tastes like it was fired in a brick oven from a high-tech vending machine? Basil Street Cafe thinks so, as it prepares to roll…

US coffee consumption continues to rise, 2020 NCA report finds

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The National Coffee Association recently unveiled its most comprehensive survey ever of American coffee drinking habits, showing American coffee drinking has…

Amusement industry leaders launch 'recovery' website to address COVID-19

April 15, 2020

A collection of amusement industry leaders have worked together to launch AmusementRecovery.com, a website that helps operators endure the COVID-19 pandemic…

Kooler Ice highlights touchless delivery for its ice vending machines

April 15, 2020

Kooler Ice, makers of ice and water vending machines, has announced that its touchless ice delivery system requires no human interaction with the ice at any…

USA Technologies files investor presentation for annual meeting

April 15, 2020

USA Technologies, Inc., a cashless payments and software services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions for the self-service retail market, has…

Just Born plans to resume operations in May

April 15, 2020

Just Born Quality Confections Inc., a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania based candy manufacturer which has temporarily suspended operations due to the coronavirus…

Sacoa to hold free webinar for FEC customers

April 15, 2020

Sacoa, a supplier of revenue management systems for the amusement, entertainment and leisure industries, is offering a free webinar today exclusively for its…

Nuzee offers free copacking to 100 roasters affected by COVID-19

April 15, 2020

Nuzee, a coffee copacker and provider of coffee packing machines, is offering free copacking on 50,000 total coffee t-bag pouches to 100 roasters…

Flowers Foods closes bakery due to COVID-19 cases

April 14, 2020

Flowers Foods, Inc., producer of Nature's Own, Wonder, Tastykake, Dave's Killer Bread and other bakery foods, has temporarily stopped production at its bakery…

PrimeTime Amusements to provide arcade equipment moving assistance

April 14, 2020

PrimeTime Amusements, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida provider of arcade games and related services, has announced it will assist companies to move equipment and…

Keurig Dr Pepper closes $1.5 billion public offering

April 14, 2020

Keurig Dr Pepper has closed its previously-announced $1.5 billion public offering of senior notes in a transaction that was nearly 10 times oversubscribed…

Pork shortage in offing after major US processor closes due to COVID-19 cases

The closure of one of the nation's largest pork processing plant after approximately 300 positive COVID-19 cases among workers could soon have a powerful…

Betson teams with AMS on touchless medical machine powered by Vagabond

April 14, 2020

Betson Enterprises, a distributor of arcade, location-based amusement and vending machine equipment, and AMS Vendors, a vending machine manufacturer, announced…

Crane’s Ron Bryant wins National Vending Day contest

April 14, 2020

Ron Bryant, an employee at Crane, won a $100 gift card for winning the second annual National Vending Day contest.

New York amusement operators get update on federal business loans

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Amusement machine operators got an update last week on government loans designed to help businesses weather the coronavirus pandemic during a conference call…

Should you expand into food delivery?

by Richard Traylor — Writer, WebstaurantStore

This is the first of a two-part series on how food truck operators can put a delivery service in place. For many right now it's helping keep the food truck…

How to protect your family entertainment center and customers from COVID-19

by Sara Paz

Family entertainment centers can keep guests safe from COVID-19 by following some common sense practices, such as removing cash and card payment, requiring…

Have restaurant declines bottomed out?

April 13, 2020

U.S. restaurant customer transactions declined by 41% in the week ending April 5 compared to the same week one year ago. That followed a 42% decline in the…

NAMA to hold coronavirus ‘town hall’ April 14

April 13, 2020

The National Automatic Merchandising Association will hold its next "Listening & Leading" town hall at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, providing an open forum for…