News & Media
Super League Gaming raises $8M in common stock sale
January 12, 2021
Super League Gaming, a provider of competitive video gaming and esports entertainment, has sold 3.07 million shares of its common stock at a price of $2.60 per…
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Nayax teams with M.M. Hayes to allow payment with company ID cards
January 12, 2021
Nayax, a cashless payment provider for self-service, automated machines, is partnering with M.M. Hayes Co. Inc. to allow employees to use company ID cards to…
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Top 2 US chicken suppliers settle antitrust actions
January 12, 2021
The largest and second-largest US chicken suppliers — Tyson Foods and Pilgrim's Pride, respectively — agreed Monday to settle civil litigation with restaurants…
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Wellness 4 Humanity to deploy COVID-19 test kit vending machines
January 12, 2021
Wellness 4 Humanity, a social enterprise organized to provide easier access to COVID-19 infection and antibody testing, plans to roll out vending machines to…
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Higher coffee consumption linked to reduced prostate cancer risk
January 12, 2021
Research indicates coffee consumption can reduce the risk of prostate cancer, according to a upi.com report.
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Utz Brands to acquire Vitner’s brand for $25M
January 11, 2021
Utz Brands Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of branded salty snacks, is acquiring specific assets related to Snak King Corp.'s Vitner's brand, a brand of snack foods…
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IAAPA cancels February EMEA Trade Summit
January 11, 2021
The International Association of Amusements, Parks and Attractions, the global association for the attractions industry, has cancelled its Europe, Middle East…
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GS Foods acquires Hayes Distributing in northern California
January 11, 2021
GS Foods Group Inc., a family of specialized food distribution companies owned by affiliates of Highview Capital, LLC and A&M Capital Partners, has…
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Struggling to survive? Remember our past setbacks
by Brad Brown — President, Worldwide Video Entertainment, Inc
Veteran street operator Brad Brown learned from a setback in 2002-2006 how to approach a situation he had no control over, lessons that operators can apply to…
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NCR launches $1.7B bid for Cardtronics
January 11, 2021
NCR Corp., the world's leading retail point-of-sale provider, is bidding to buy Cardtronics PLC, an ATM owner/operator, for more than $1.7 billion against an…
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How, why AI is driving innovative vending operations
by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com
Artificial intelligence is expanding the efficiency of vending operations while also providing a much more engaged and responsive interaction with the customer.
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New SBA PPP loans now available from community banks
January 11, 2021
U.S. businesses can apply for new Paycheck Protection Program loans beginning today as the Small Business Administration has opened a new round of funding…
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Cardtronics files preliminary proxy statement concerning acquisition
January 8, 2021
Cardtronics PLC, an ATM owner/operator, has filed a preliminary proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning the proposed acquisition…
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Coca-Cola lists 828 positions to be cut at Atlanta headquarters
January 8, 2021
The Coca-Cola Co. has released a list of 828 jobs it plans to cut at its Atlanta headquarters in a letter to the Georgia Department of Labor that was obtained…
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Sodexo suffers Q1 2021 double digit sales drop
January 8, 2021
Sodexo, the Paris based, global foodservice contractor, suffered a 27.1% revenue decline from 6.07 billion euros ($7.43 billion) in Q1 2020 to 4.43 billion…
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Primo Water receives sustainability certification for Florida spring
January 8, 2021
Primo Water Corp., a provider of water direct to consumers and water filtration services in North America and Europe and a provider of water dispensers…
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Go-Pak taps Ray McNamara to build UK vending cup business
January 8, 2021
Go-Pak, a U.K.-based provider of packaging and disposable products for foodservice and retailing, has named Ray McNamara as senior business development…
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Florida entrepreneurs tap vending machines to sell local art
January 8, 2021
A pair of Florida entrepreneurs have created vending machines to sell locally crafted art. Lucid Vending has deployed the machines at Pom Pom Teahouse and…
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Payment Alliance International acquires B&B Music & Video ATM business
January 8, 2021
Payment Alliance International, a provider of ATM portfolio management tools and services, has acquired the ATM portfolio of Cleveland-based B & B Music…
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Starbucks names new EVP/CFO
January 8, 2021
Patrick Gismer Patrick Grismer is retiring from his role as Starbucks executive vice president and CFO effective Feb. 1, 2021. Rachel Ruggeri…
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