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How AI delivers improved kiosk, ATM operations
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
With AI, kiosk and ATM operators can identify ahead of time potential device faults and either make the fixes remotely or schedule maintenance. It can also…
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Bluevine partners with Allpoint for ATM cash deposit
January 30, 2024
Bluevine, a digital banking platform, partnered with Allpoint to offer ATM cash deposit access to its customers at 1,500 Allpoint+ ATMs and 91,500 total ATMs…
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UK farmers intro vending machine to promote locally produced food
January 30, 2024
A farming couple in North Yorkshire, U.K., has introduced a glassfront vending machine, along with a click-and-collect service, to offer their own grass-fed…
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Performance Food Group teams with Hershey on co-branded desserts
January 30, 2024
Performance Food Group Co., which owns Vistar Corp., a national warehouse distributor for vending and micro market products, has introduced co-branded dessert…
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Groupe SEB invests $60M in Chinese coffee equipment facility
January 30, 2024
Groupe SEB, the Ecully, France-based parent company of Wilbur Curtis in the U.S., will invest €60 million ($65.01 million) to build its first-ever professional…
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McKee Foods intros Sunbelt Bakery Chewy Granola Bars for vending
January 29, 2024
McKee Foods Corp., makers of Little Debbie, Fieldstone Bakery and Sunbelt Bakery brands, has introduced Sunbelt Bakery Chewy Granola Bars with a sell-by date…
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Tomra intros vertical reverse vending machine for compact spaces
January 29, 2024
Tomra Collection, a provider of reverse vending machines, has introduced its Tomra Rollpac, the company's most compact and first vertical backroom system for…
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How contactless ATMs boost customer experience
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
What exactly are contactless ATMs, and how do they work?
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How to choose the right location for your family entertainment center
by Sara Paz
Your family entertainment business idea's feasibility and success are riding on several factors. High on that list is the location. Where you put the FEC will…
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Mars to deploy 300 EV trucks across Europe
January 29, 2024
Mars Inc. has teamed with Einride, a freight technology company with offices in Sweden, New York City and Austin, Texas, to bring a fleet of 300 EV heavy-duty…
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San Diego prisons install machines for naloxone, fentanyl test strips
January 29, 2024
Visitors to and prisoners exiting San Diego jails will have free access to nalaxone, a medication that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, and fentanyl…
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Lincoln Foodservice Equipment to launch Louisiana production site, add 99 jobs
January 29, 2024
Lincoln Foodservice Equipment, a Welblit brand company that supplies commercial foodservice equipment, has launched a U.S. operations center at Welbilt's…
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Welbilt taps bp’s Joe Lee as VP of key accounts
January 29, 2024
Joe Lee (Photo: Welbilt Inc.) Welbilt Inc. has named Joe Lee as vice president of key accounts, according to a press release. He joins Welbilt from…
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Vistar/PFG to deploy hydrogen fuel cell EV delivery vehicles
January 26, 2024
Performance Food Group Inc., which owns Vistar Corp., the nationwide vending product warehouse distributor, has received four fuel cell electric vehicles at…
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Raydia Food Group acquires B & B Foods Distributors
January 26, 2024
Raydia Food Group, formerly Stanz-Troyer Holdings LLC, has acquired Terre Haute, Indiana-based B & B Foods Distributors Inc. for an undisclosed sum…
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Eversys helps drive De Longhi Q4 2023 sales
January 26, 2024
De' Longhi S.p.A., a Treviso, Italy-based coffee equipment manufacturer, lifted it Q4 2023 sales, driven in part by Eversys coffee equipment, according to a…
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Private equity firm buys Ice House America water/ice vending provider
January 25, 2024
Fort Point Capital, a Boston-based private equity firm, has acquired Ice House America LLC, an automated retail ice and water platform in the U.S., from…
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GS Foods Group acquires Diamond Foods
January 25, 2024
GS Foods Group Inc., a foodservice distributor owned by affiliates of Highview Capital, LLC and A&M Capital Partners, has acquired Diamond Foods, a…
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Vegas 'Rollasole' machines offer rolled flats for women
January 25, 2024
Women walking the Las Vegas Strip sometimes get sore feet. Fortunately, they have access to rolled flats available at 18 "Rollasole" vending machines…
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Five Star Breaktime Solutions buys Advanced Refreshment Solutions in Cincinnati
January 25, 2024
Five Star Breaktime Solutions has acquired Advanced Refreshment Solutions in the Cincinnati area, according to a press release. Terms of the acquisition were…
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