Visa Marks First Anniversary Of EMV Chipcard Rollout In United States

by Tim Sanford

September 29, 2016

TAGS: Visa Inc., EMV one-year anniversary, chip card anniversary, cashless vending, chip-enabled Visa cards, Stephanie Ericksen SAN FRANCISCO -- Visa…

Family Entertainment Group Taps Kunde And Kerr As Regional Directors

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

September 27, 2016

TAGS: Robin Kerr, Greg Kunde, Family Entertainment Group, amusement center operator

NAMA Inaugurates OCS Hall Of Fame At CTW Confab In Nashville Workforce Strategist Seth Mattison Will Keynote

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

September 27, 2016

TAGS: NAMA Coffee Tea & Water show, NAMA CTW, National Automatic Merchandising Association, Coffee Services Hall of Fame, National Coffee Service…

Timezone Designates Blume Managing Director And Restructures Board Malcolm Steinberg Steps Down As Chairman

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

September 27, 2016

TAGS: Timezone, Malcolm Steinberg, Adam Steinberg, Timezone board, Scott Blume, Timezone group, amusement industry, family entertainment center, Sonaal…

Canteen Vending To Deploy Cantaloupe Systems Seed Pro Across All Branches

September 26, 2016

TAGS: Canteen, Compass Group, Cantaloupe Systems, Cantaloupe Seed Pro, vending management system, vending, office coffee service, micromarket, micro…

Compass Groups Tom Ondrof Joins Vistar Parent As Executive VP And CFO

by Emily Jed

September 26, 2016

TAGS: vending, Tom Ondrof, Performance Foods Group Co., Vistar

GameCo Inc Debuts Worlds First Skill-Based Videogame Gambling Machines At Caesars Entertainment Properties In Atlantic City

September 26, 2016

TAGS: GameCo, skill-based gambling machine, Danger Arena skill game, New Jersey casinos

Maryland DC Vending Association Plans Annual Crabfeast Oct 27

by Emily Jed

September 26, 2016

TAGS: Maryland DC Vending Association, Maryland DC Vending Crabfeast, Mike's Crab House, vending operator RIVA, MD -- The Maryland DC Vending…

OTI Readies Shipment Of 65000 Cashless Payment Devices For Vending Machines

by Emily Jed

September 26, 2016

TAGS: On Track Innovations Ltd., near-field communications, NFC payments, cashless payments, vending machines, Shlomi Cohen ROSH PINA, Israel -- On…

Snyders-Lance Appoints Alexander Pease EVP And CFO

by Emily Jed

September 26, 2016

TAGS: vending, Snyder's-Lance Inc., Alexander Pease, Rick Puckett CHARLOTTE, NC -- Snyder's-Lance Inc. has named Alexander Pease executive vice…

Managing Your Message How To Keep Disparate Teams Focused On Companywide Objectives

TAGS: profit margins, percentage margins, vending route profit, vending operation margins, Ben White, managing company messages, link between…

No Gain Without Pain Learning From Mistakes

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

TAGS: Vending Times, Vending Times editorial, vending industry, coin-op, vending machine, coin machine business, office coffee service, vending machine…

Reducing Expenses Boosts Value Of Effective Selling In Vending And Office Coffee Service

TAGS: Vending Times columnist, OCS salespeople, office coffee service, office coffee sales, OCS education, OCS customer service, coffee business, office…

The Secret To Adding Value To Street Locations Is In The Hoopla

TAGS: bulk vending, coin machine, coin-op machine, coin-op industry, vending machine, bulk vendor, coin-op business, small business, vending, vending…

You Have To Start Somewhere

by Tim Sanford

TAGS: Vending Times editorial, vending industry, vending editorial, retail automation, vending operator, vending industry history, coin machine, coffee…

Joseph Levitan Dies At 86 Russian Immigrant Founded JVL And CashCode

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

September 25, 2016

TAGS: Joseph Levitan, Joseph Levitan obituary, JVL Labs, CashCode, Val Levitan, Pac-Man, JVL touchscreen games MARKHAM, ON -- Joseph Levitan, who…

Get Smart The Simple Way To Build Intelligence Into Your Vending Machines

September 24, 2016

TAGS: Intel, Intelligent vending, Intel retailing technology, cashless vending, vending machine network, AAEON, Emutex, Brainy intelligent vending…

Stern Pinball Marks Two Anniversaries With Batman 66 Flipper Game Launch

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

TAGS: Stern Pinball, Batman '66 pinball machine, Batman 66, coin-op, Gary Stern, Dynamic Duo, Batman and Robin, Batman TV series 50th anniversary, Pinball…

AMI Entertainment Sponsors Music Competition At ArtPrize In Grand Rapids Jukebox Stations Entertain Festivalgoers

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

September 22, 2016

TAGS: jukebox, coin-op news, juke box legend, AMI Entertainment Network, Grand Rapids festival, ArtPrize, 2016 Blue Bridge Music Competition, Quinn…

Heston-Donnell Joins Funtastic As Account Executive

September 22, 2016

TAGS: bulk vending, amusement prizes, redemption supplies, Judi Heston-Donnell, Funtastic Novelties Inc., National Bulk Vendors Association, Kris Wall…