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Check out a book at the roller skating rink
June 9, 2023
Patrons at the Rink N Roll roller skating rink at Music City Mall in Odessa, Texas can check out books at a library kiosk, according to a newswest9.com report.
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India city installs cloth bag machines to reduce plastic use
June 9, 2023
The city of Pune, India, installed eight vending machines offering cloth bags at various locations on Monday, World Environment Day, according to a…
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Performance Food Group to deploy fuel cell EVs for deliveries
June 9, 2023
Performance Food Group Inc., which owns Vistar, a national convenience services wholesale distributor, will be delivering product in fuel cell electric…
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TouchMagix taps industry veteran Debbie Gonzalez for sales
June 9, 2023
TouchMagix, a manufacturer of skills based arcade games, has named Debbie Gonzalez as sales manager for North, Central and South America, according to a press…
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Jones Soda names industry veteran David Knight president/CEO
June 9, 2023
Jones Soda Co. has named David Knight president and CEO, effective June 23, 2023, to replace Mark Murray, who announced his intention to retire on that date…
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Carvana raises its Q2 2023 outlook
June 8, 2023
Carvana Co., an e-commerce platform for buying used cars that delivers cars to customers with a massive, coin-operated vending machine, announced an improved…
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Kadeya closed loop beverage vending system wins GS1 startup competition
by Jason Richter — Director of Marketing, Empire Coffee
June 8, 2023
Kadeya, a Chicago startup that provides a vending machine that serves water in a glass bottle, then allows the user to return the bottle to be sanitized and…
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TreeHouse Foods to buy Farmer Brothers’ direct ship business for $100M
June 8, 2023
TreeHouse Foods Inc., a multinational food processing company specializing in producing private label packaged foods headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, has…
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UNFI lifts Q3 2023 sales on inflation, suffers earnings decline
June 7, 2023
United Natural Foods Inc. lifted its Q3 2023 sales on inflation and new business while earnings declined due to lower margins and a challenging macroeconomic…
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Robotic coffee kiosk serves online orders in Wisconsin
June 7, 2023
Coffee lovers in Pewaukee, Wisconsin can order a beverage on an app and pick it up at a drive-up kiosk by scanning a QR code, according to a Let's Go Wisconsin…
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Campbell Soup lifts Q3 sales on price inflation, earnings fall
June 7, 2023
Campbell Soup Co. lifted its Q3 2023 sales boosted by price inflation while earnings fell due to higher expenses, according to an earnings report.
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Voice order at the self-service kiosk? Coming right up
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Ben Kaplan of PLNT Burger and Ken Sutton of Yobe Inc. are working on a voice solution that will allow guests to speak their order at a kiosk and pick it up in…
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UK arcade goes cashless
June 7, 2023
Noble Leisure, an arcade located on Portobello Beach in Edinburgh, U.K., has recently modernized its facility with RFID cashless technology to better manage…
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Dog supply vending machine offers grooming mitt
June 6, 2023
The Posh Puppy Boutique vending machine, installed at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas in February, now offers a product that allows pet…
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El Niño drives concern about higher robusta prices
June 6, 2023
El Niño, a weather phenomenon that delivers dry and hot conditions to the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, is causing concerns about higher robusta coffee…
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Crane Payment Innovations names Tanya Rawal marketing manager
June 6, 2023
Crane Payment Innovations, a Crane NXT company and provider of banknote and coin validation, cashless payment systems and asset management software, has named…
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Vollrath debuts touchless, self-serve salad bar
June 6, 2023
The Vollrath Co., a manufacturer of foodservice equipment, introduced the SerVue, a touchless, refrigerated, self-serve salad bar that uses sensors to…
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Health, wellness machines arrive in Brooklyn
June 6, 2023
Brooklyn, New York residents can access wellness products from a vending machine at the corner of Decatur and Broadway streets, according to a news12.com…
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Bucharest amusement park switches to cashless tech
June 5, 2023
Intercard, a provider of cashless technology for the amusement entertainment trade, has installed a cashless technology system at Miramagica, a family…
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PepsiCo Beverages to close Indiana facility
June 5, 2023
PepsiCo Beverages North America will close its longtime facility in Muncie, Indiana in the coming months, according to a report in The Star Press.
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