Familiar Market Forces May No Longer Determine Coffee Prices

TAGS: Vending Times columnist, vending, office coffee service, OCS editorial, coffee industry, coffee market, coffee roasting, Heritage Coffee, Kevin Daw…

One Hand Cannot Wash Itself

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…

Stop Worrying And Start Managing Innovation

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

Confirmed Video Shows Sandy Hook Shooter Playing Dance Game In Movie Theater

March 3, 2016

TAGS: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter, video game video footage, video game violence, Judge Barbara Bellis DANBURY, CT -- Authorities have…

Hidden Menus Uncovered In Mortal Kombat Arcade Videogame

March 3, 2016

TAGS: classic coin-op, Mortal Kombat hidden menu, Midway Games, The Cutting Room Floor, coin-op video game, arcade game, EJB menu, Ed Boon Game nerds…

Investor Group Completes Keurig Acquisition Taking Single-Cup Giant Private

by Emily Jed

March 3, 2016

TAGS: JAB Holding Co., Keurig investor group, Keurig acquisition,, Keurig Green Mountain Inc., Keurig stockholders, single-cup coffee news, coffee news…

Lavit Donates Portion Of Capsule Sales To Safe Water Nonprofit

by Emily Jed

March 3, 2016

TAGS: Lavit LLC, One Drop, international water nonprofit, sustainable water access, single-cup cold drink machine, DRINK WELL GIVE WELLS, Gian Matteo Lo…

MasterCard Says Payment Verification By Selfie Will Be Ready By Summer

by Emily Jed

March 3, 2016

TAGS: MasterCard, selfie authentication, biometric verification, fingerprints instead of passwords, mobile payments, cashless vending, Arjan Bol …

NAMA Hosts Headshot Lounge At OneShow

by Emily Jed

March 3, 2016

TAGS: vending, National Automatic Merchandising Association, OneShow vending convention, NAMA Headshot Lounge, vending operator publicity opportunity …

PayLabs DexLink Vending Management Software Is Now Free

by Emily Jed

March 3, 2016

TAGS: vending management system, PayLab Networks, vending machine technology, DexLink Web-based vending management vending DEX protocols, vending telemetry…

Quality Brokerage Clarifies Employee Titles

March 3, 2016

TAGS: Quality Brokers Inc., Quality Brokers Vending Times clarification, vending, Ryan Fawns, Joseph Galioto Ryan Fawns has joined Quality Brokerage…

Smart Industries Begins Shipping Ducky Crane

March 3, 2016

TAGS: coin machine, Smart Rubber Ducky crane, skill crane, vending machine, Smart Industries Corp., Jim Dupree DE MOINES, IA -- Smart Industries Corp.

Snyders-Lance Completes Diamond Foods Acquisition

by Emily Jed

March 3, 2016

TAGS: Snyder's-Lance Inc., second-largest snack company, Diamond Foods, Snyder Diamond merger, Snyder's of Hanover, Cape Cod, Kettle Brand potato chips…

Five Ways Connected Vending Machines Will Drive Profits

March 2, 2016

TAGS: Intel, Intelligent vending, Intel retailing technology, cashless vending, vending machine network, connected vending points of sale, International…

American Vending Sales Acquires Wisconsins Midwest Equipment Supply

by Emily Jed

February 29, 2016

TAGS: American Vending Sales, Vince Gumma, Tom Vogt, vending distribution, coin-op, coffee machines ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL -- American Vending Sales has…

AriZona SuperNaturals Capsules Expand Lavit Cold Drink Menu

by Emily Jed

February 29, 2016

TAGS: vending, office refreshments, AriZona Beverages, single-cup cold drinks, Lavit LLC, Lavit single-cup cold beverage machines, Arnold Palmer pink…

Better-For-You Movement Leads To Record-High US Bottled Water Sales In 2015

by Emily Jed

February 29, 2016

TAGS: healthy vending, better-for-you alternatives to carbonated soft drinks, U.S. bottled water category, Mintel, bottled water consumption CHICAGO -…

Broncos Super Bowl Kicker Is Son Of Vistars Susan McManus

by Emily Jed

February 29, 2016

TAGS: Brandon McManus, Super Bowl kicker, Vistar, Susan McManus, vending industry, Denver Broncos, Anti Bully Squad, Fastbreak candy bar Vistar…

Cantaloupe Systems Awarded Fourth Patent For Dynamic Scheduling Technology

by Emily Jed

February 29, 2016

TAGS: vending management system, vending machine technology, Cantaloupe Systems, Cantaloupe patent, Dynamic Scheduling, Seed Pro, Cantaloupe cloud-based…

FHV Taps Former Juice It Up COO To Head Up Marketing

by Emily Jed

February 29, 2016

TAGS: vending, Fresh Healthy Vending International Inc., Juice It Up, Paul Schmidt, Reis and Ivry SAN DIEGO -- Fresh Healthy Vending International…