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Crane to divest engineered materials segment
May 24, 2021
Crane Co., parent company of Crane Payment Innovations, has agreed to divest its engineered materials segment for $360 million to Grupo Verzatec S.A. de C.V.…
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Research links coffee consumption to longer life
May 24, 2021
Consuming more than three cups of coffee per day can decrease the risk of "all cause mortalitiy," according to recent research from South Korea published in…
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Otis Spunkmeyer owner changes name to Aspire Bakeries
May 24, 2021
Aryzta North America, which owns Otis Spunkmeyer and other brands, has changed its name to Aspire Bakeries, following the sale to private equity firm Lindsay…
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Kellogg teams with Chowbotics on branded robotic cereal/fruit machine
May 21, 2021
Kellogg's Away from Home has teamed with Chowbotics, the maker of robotic saladmaker Sally, to offer a Kellogg-branded cereal/fruit machine.
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Japan tire market offers food, games and more from vintage vending machines
May 21, 2021
Visitors to the Used Tire Market in Sagamihara near Tokyo will not go hungry while waiting to have their tires changed, thanks to the rows of vintage vending…
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Kingpin Norwood unveils renovated entertainment center in Australia
May 21, 2021
Kingpin Norwood, a Norwood SA, Australia entertainment center, will unveil a $2 million renovation Saturday, including a new private function space, a new…
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AMI Entertainment Network giveaway features Blake Shelton
May 21, 2021
AMI Entertainment Network's newest contest celebrates country music titan Blake Shelton.
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Fastcorp to use Vendekin machine controller in new models
May 21, 2021
Fastcorp LLC will incorporate Vendekin Technologies' intelligent vending machine controller in its next generation DIVI vending machines, according to a press…
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Flowers Foods boosts Q2 2021 income on falling sales
May 21, 2021
Flowers Foods Inc., which owns Mrs.Freshleys and other brands, reported sales decreased 3.5% from $1.35 billion in Q2 2020 to $1.3 billion for the 16 weeks…
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Sysco to acquire Italian specialty foods distributor
May 20, 2021
Sysco Corp. has agreed to acquire Greco and Sons, an independent Italian specialty distributor in the U.S. from Arbor Investments and the Greco family…
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Vancouver vending operation to offer customers recycled containers
May 20, 2021
Upmeals, a Vancouver vending machine operator, has partnered with Sharewares, a Vancouver-based company that sources and sanitizes reusable containers for…
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Improving foodservice demand boosts Hormel Q2 2021 sales, earnings
May 20, 2021
Sales increased for Hormel Foods Corp. in Q2 2021 due to a recovery in foodservice and higher whole bird shipments, according to a press release. Retail sales…
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DC soda tax draws mixed responses during hearing
May 20, 2021
A proposal to enact a soda tax in Washington, D.C. to raise money for initiatives to improve health drew both support and opposition during a hearing…
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Frito Lay Snack Index: Consumer buying recovers, e-commerce rises
May 20, 2021
Frito-Lay's latest U.S. Snack Index reveals conumers are excited to get out and about this summer, but that some pandemic behaviors are sticking around for…
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NCA Data Trends Study: Pandemic softened specialty coffee consumption
May 20, 2021
Specialty coffee, which has been a driver of coffee consumption in recent years, took a hit during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the National Coffee…
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Coca-Cola introduces enhanced countertop Freestyle
May 19, 2021
Coca-Cola Freestyle has introduced a countertop fountain dispenser to give smaller-footprint restaurants the ability to offer more than 80 beverage choices…
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Coca-Cola United improves process automation of Freestyle machine
May 19, 2021
Coca-Cola United, a Birmingham, Alabama based Coke bottler, teamed with Happiest Minds Technologies, a digital transformation specialist, to enhance the…
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Klarc Snowden joins Gruppo Cimbali
May 19, 2021
Klarc Snowden Coffee service industry veteran Klarc Snowden has joined Gruppo Cimbali SpA, an Italy based manufacturer of espresso and cappuccino…
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Selling OCS: new tools for today’s playing field
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Consultant and veteran OCS operator Bob Tullio offers an overview of the selling tools needed to succeed in OCS in the post-pandemic era.
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Sodexo partners with urban farm to source Maine lettuce
May 19, 2021
Sodexo, a Paris-based foodservice contractor and one of Maine's largest employers, will source as much as 80% of its lettuce products from Vertical Harvest…
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