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ATMs: Can they go cashless?
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
ATM operators are beginning to feel the heat as cashless tech is continuing to advance. Can ATMs offset these losses by adopting cashless solutions?
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JM Smucker lifts Q1 2023 sales, product recall hammers earnings
August 24, 2022
The J.M. Smucker Co., which owns Folgers and other consumer product brands, lifted its Q1 2023 sales driven by price increases while earnings got hammered by a…
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Keurig Dr Pepper: We aren’t negotiating to acquire Vital Pharmaceuticals
August 23, 2022
Keurig Dr Pepper has dismissed recent reports that the company is in talks to acquire Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc., which owns Bang Energy drinks.
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Jennifer Mann to succeed Alfredo Rivera as president of Coca Cola NA operating unit
August 23, 2022
Jennifer Mann The Coca-Cola Co. has promoted Jennifer Mann from corporate senior vice president and president of Global Ventures to president of the…
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Hackers steal from Bitcoin ATMs with zero-day bug
August 23, 2022
Hackers recently targeted the servers of General Bytes, a Bitcoin ATM manufacturer. They utilized a zero-day bug to make themselves the default administrations…
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Michigan town to provide Narcan vending machines
August 23, 2022
People struggling with opioid overdose will soon be able to access Narcan, which reverses opioid effects, at two public vending machines in Dearborn, Michigan…
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UK's Broderick's Group on track for record 2022
August 23, 2022
Broderick's Group, the Manchester, U.K. based convenience services provider, has already exceeded its average full year pre-pandemic sales, pointing to a…
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Conagra Brands names Tracy Schaefer SVP/CIO
August 22, 2022
Tracy Schaefer Conagra Brands Inc. has promoted Tracy Schaefer, who has served in a variety of leadership roles since 2001, to senior vice president…
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Digital transformation takes gaming by storm: Redemption links to multiple touchpoints
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Gaming equipment manufacturers have introduced mobile wallets that allow guests to create digital tickets by scanning a voucher or using their mobile account.
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Climate change: Vending has a role to play
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing our planet, and the vending industry can take immediate action to address it.
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QuickTrip Tulsa store boasts Amazon Just Walk Out tech
August 22, 2022
The new QuickTrip store in Tulsa, Oklahoma is the first of the convenience retailer's locations to employ Amazon's Just Walk Out technology, a checkout-free…
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Nayax teams with Vagabond on EMV certified cashless readers
August 22, 2022
Nayax Ltd., a commerce enablement and payments platform designed to help merchants scale their business, has partnered with Vagabond, a technology solutions…
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Five Star Food Service acquires Elite Vending in Atlanta
August 22, 2022
Five Star Food Service Inc., a Canteen franchise based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has acquired Elite Vending Co., an Atlanta-based operation that services…
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BeMotion to invest $1.8M in contactless vending in North America, FIFA World Cup Qatar
August 22, 2022
BeMotion Inc., a contactless vending technology provider with offices in Miami, Toronto, Dubai and Amman, will invest $1.8 million in services and equipment…
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Phono-Mat in Toronto vends vinyl records
August 22, 2022
Sonic Boom Records in Toronto has launched the Phono-Mat, a vinyl record vending machine that dispenses randomly selected 7- and 12-inch vinyl records…
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Keurig Dr Pepper in talks to buy Bang Energy parent company
August 19, 2022
Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc., which owns Bang Energy drinks, is negotiating with Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. to acquire the company, according a Bloomberg report.
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India vending operation plans 6x sales gain
August 19, 2022
Roastea, an India beverage vending machine and café operator, plans to install more than 1,200 vending machines and 30 cafés in the next 12 months, according…
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Westrock Coffee lifts Q2 2022 sales, expects to complete merger with Riverview
August 19, 2022
Westrock Coffee lifted its Q2 2022 sales against the prior year period and made a slight improvement in its quarterly loss, according to an earnings report.
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Retail refrigeration providers Minus Forty, QBD combine as Due North
August 18, 2022
Two retail refrigeration merchandising companies, Minus Forty Technologies Corp. and QBD, have combined their offerings into one operating company, Due North…
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Texas trampoline park opens second Texas location
August 18, 2022
Bounce Bounce, a Texas based trampoline park operation, opened a second location in Missouri City, Texas using Semnox's arcade software solutions, according to…
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