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Gimme intros platform upgrades to reduce product shortages
March 29, 2022
Gimme, a provider of technology that helps foodservice and grocery store delivery operators automate merchandising, introduced warehouse and inventory…
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Nominations deadline for Elevate Awards extended to April 1
March 29, 2022
The Interactive Customer Experience Association has extended the deadline for submitting nominations for its annual Elevate Awards to April 1.
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Sodexo to debut autonomous grocery stores, ramen vending, food delivery
March 28, 2022
Sodexo S.A., the Paris, France-based food services and facilities management company, will introduce its eat>NOW autonomous grocery stores, ramen vending…
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Top 5 coffee trends of 2022
by Richard Traylor — Writer, WebstaurantStore
Quality and convenience are the driving forces behind the top coffee trends of 2022. The coffee market must provide options that taste great, are easy to whip…
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Frictionless payment: Are amusements leading or following today’s consumer?
The move towards e-payment and contactless connectivity of facility management has accelerated at an amazing pace since the start of the pandemic.
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Research connects coffee to heart health
March 28, 2022
Drinking coffee — particularly two to three cups a day — is not only associated with a lower risk of heart disease and dangerous heart rhythms, but also with…
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Robotic burger preparation/vending machine debuts
March 25, 2022
RoboBurger, a fully autonomous robotic burger preparation and vending machine, launched today with a ribbon cutting at the Newport Centre, a Simon Mall in…
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Art-o-mat to hold 25th anniversary swap meet
March 25, 2022
Art-o-mat, the Winston-Salem, North Carolina based organization that re-purposes decommissioned cigarette vending machines to sell art works by local artists…
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Easy Ice acquires Arctic Glacier's leasing division
March 25, 2022
Easy Ice, a national provider of full-service ice machine services, has acquired Icesurance, the leasing division of Arctic Glacier, a Bala Cynwyd…
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Compass Group sells its Russian operations
March 24, 2022
Compass Group PLC, the U.K. based foodservice provider that owns Canteen Vending Service Inc. in the U.S., has completed the sale of its operations in Russia…
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Flowers Foods taps PepsiCo’s Tom Winters for supply chain role
March 24, 2022
Flowers Foods Inc., which owns Mrs. Freshleys, Tastykake and other brands, has named Tom Winters chief supply chain officer, reporting to Brad Alexander, chief…
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Coffee farmers scramble for alternative fertilizers amid Russia/Ukraine war
March 24, 2022
Coffee farmers are searching for fertilizer alternatives as fertilizer costs soar on account of the war between Ukraine and Russia, a major fertilizer…
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Pinkberry teams with iCream, names company chairman
March 24, 2022
iCream, the automated soft-serve and frozen yogurt vending machine, has teamed with Pinkberry, a frozen yogurt brand, to extend iCream beyond its existing 1…
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Kiosks at Jake’s 58 let bettors donate to Ukraine relief
March 23, 2022
Bettors at Suffolk County Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. at Jake's 58 Casino Hotel in Islandia, New York can help send medical supplies to Ukraine under a…
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General Mills lifts Q3 2022 earnings, raises guidance
March 23, 2022
General Mills Inc. boosted its Q3 2022 earnings over the prior year period and raised its full year outlook for 2022, according to an earnings release.
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Cantaloupe offers bundled subscription for future proofing business
March 23, 2022
Cantaloupe Inc., a digital payments and software services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions for the unattended retail market, announced the…
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Bitcoin of America ATMs now offer Dogecoin
March 23, 2022
Bitcoin of America, a virtual currency exchange registered as a money services business with the Department of Treasury, has added Dogecoin to its Bitcoin of…
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Industry loses ‘Wally’ Bohrer
March 23, 2022
Waldemar "Wally" Bohrer, who founded Wisconsin Souvenir Milkcaps in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin and was the third president of the Wisconsin Amusement & Music…
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Cinergy Entertainment expands to South Carolina
March 23, 2022
Cinergy Entertainment Group, based in Dallas, Texas, will open its 9th location in Greenville, South Carolina, according to a press release.
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Current events leave coffee, oil, commodity prices in limbo
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
The economic outlook remains cloudier than usual due to a number of factors, making it hard for convenience services operators to know how much coffee and…
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