Smart Industries Rolls Out Mini Skill Cranes

April 7, 2016

TAGS: skill crane, vending machine, Smart Industries, Classic Mini, Classic Mini Four Player, Jeff Smart, Jim Dupree. Dan Case, arcade game, claw vending…

Snapshot 2 Photobooth Hits Two Milestones 38K App Downloads 275K Image Uploads

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

April 7, 2016

TAGS: Helix Leisure, photo booth, LAI Snapshot 2, photobooth milestone, AMOA Innovator Award, Snapshot 2 companion app DALLAS -- The companion mobile…

NYs Champion Vending Is Central To Demolition Plot Movie Opens April 8

by Emily Jed

TAGS: vending machine, Champion Vending USA Corp., Jean-Marc Vallée, Bryan Sipe, Demolition, Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, William Mandile…

Court Awards 5-Hour Energy 20 Million In Counterfeit Scheme

by Emily Jed

April 6, 2016

TAGS: energy shot news, Living Essentials LLC, 5-hour Energy shots, 5-hour lawsuit, 5-hour Energy counterfeits, Geoffrey Potter, Patterson Belknap Webb…

Four-Year-Old Petitions NYC Supermarket For New Bulk Vending Machine

April 6, 2016

TAGS: coin machine, gumball machine, bulk vending machine, Best Market, Food Bank for New York City NEW YORK CITY -- When four-year-old Mason…

McAuliffe Restructures Pinnacle Entertainment Advisors As Independent Company

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

April 6, 2016

TAGS: George McAuliffe, Pinnacle Entertainment Group LLC, amusement business, arcade, Pinnacle Entertainment Advisors, Redemption Plus TOMS RIVER, NJ…

Court Awards Joe Loparcos Companies Full Ownership Of Revive Self Service Caf

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

TAGS: micro market, vending machine, automated, Revive Self Service Café, Zzyzx Solutions LLC, Molti Tutti Inc., Joe Loparco, Susan Loparco, Adam Arthur…

New Mars Drinks LinkedIn Study Finds Half Of Workers Would Not Recommend Their Company To Job Seekers

April 5, 2016

TAGS: office coffee service, workplace refreshments, office worker study, LinkedIn Workplace Research, Mars Drinks, Mars Inc., Workplace Vitality, Bobby…

Employees Of A Tulsa OK Vending Operation Capture Shooting Suspect

by Emily Jed

April 4, 2016

TAGS: Tulsa OK police, Imperial Vending, vending news, John Crandall, heroic vending company TULSA, OK -- Police in Tulsa, OK, have a suspect in…

Five Star Food Service Signs Deal For 365s Verii NanoMarkets

by Emily Jed

TAGS: Five Star Food Service, 365 Retail Markets, Verii NanoMarkets, micro market, micromarket kiosk, self-checkout market, Verii Important Person, office…

Ringleader Of Atlantas Notorious Green Team ATM Theft Crew Gets 10 Years Behind Bars

TAGS: ATM theft, Ovino Harris, Atlanta ATM thefts, ATM robbery, Green Team, Judge Amy Totenberg

Bandai Namco To Open Pop-Up VR Arcade In Japan To Collect Consumer Data

April 3, 2016

TAGS: VR arcade, virtual reality games, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Tokyo Plaza, VR research center, VR pop-up arcade TOKYO -- Bandai Namco…

Coke Slaps Song Lyrics On Cans And Bottles

April 3, 2016

TAGS: Coca-Cola packaging, vending, Share a Coke and a Song, Share a Coke, coke vending ATLANTA -- Beginning this month, Coca-Cola packaging will…

Flat Vending Gets Artsy In Original Sticker Series

April 3, 2016

TAGS: Albino Buffalo, bulk vending, flat vending, coin machine, coin-op news, Jeff Knight, North Dakota's American bison, Jean-Michel Basquiat, art sold in…

Private Equity Group Acquires NW Global Vending

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

April 3, 2016

TAGS: N&W Global Vending, N&W sale, vending machine factory, Lone Star Funds, Andrea Zocchi, vending machine technology, vending machine…

AdvancePierre Pretzel Melts Now Available In Hand-Wrapped Paper

by Emily Jed

TAGS: AdvancePierre, Better Bakery pretzel melt, vending machine sandwich, convenience food, AdvancePierre window package, micro market food …

Dens Debuts All-Natural Version Of Its Vendable Hot Dogs

by Emily Jed

TAGS: Den's Hot Dogs, all-natural hot dogs, vending machine foods, Denys Gorbatiuk, single-serve hot dogs, micro market hot dog CHICAGO -- New from…

Cambro Offers Flex Station For School Foodservice

by Emily Jed

March 30, 2016

TAGS: foodservice equipment, Cambro Manufacturing, Cambro Flex Station, vending HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA -- Cambro Manufacturing's new Flex Station allows…

Eleven Selected For Candy Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony Set For Tampa FL In October

March 30, 2016

TAGS: 2016 Candy Hall of Fame, vending, candy business, confectionery industry, The National Confectionery Sales Association

NAMA To Provide Training At BLAST Blind Vendor Conference

by Emily Jed

March 30, 2016

TAGS: blind vendors, vending industry training, National Automated Merchandising Association, National Association of Blind Merchants, BLAST vending…