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National Vending Day offers social media campaign Thursday
March 1, 2022
Convenience services operators are encouraged to use the hashtag #VendingDay to share pictures related to the theme, "Imagine what vending can do" as part of…
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Groupe SEB sees record sales for 2021
February 28, 2022
Groupe SEB, the Ecully, France based parent company of Wilbur Curtis in the U.S., reported record sales for 2021, as the company recovered from lockdowns in…
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Selecta Group teams with Thermoplan to support Starbucks solutions
February 28, 2022
Selecta Group, the Switzerland based route service provider of coffee and convenience food solutions, has teamed with Thermoplan Inc., a producer of fully…
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Texas entrepreneur supplements vending business with paid YouTube video advertising
February 28, 2022
Jaime Ibanez, 21, of north Texas, has supplemented his vending business with an instructional YouTube video that generates advertising, according to an…
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NAMA asks LA to reconsider single-use plastic recommendations
February 28, 2022
The National Automatic Merchandising Association has joined a coalition of industry organizations advising the Los Angeles city council to reconsider…
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Alkaline Water teams with Source1 Purchasing to offer products to hospitality clients
February 28, 2022
The Alkaline Water Co. Inc., has partnered with Source1 Purchasing, a data and technology company for hospitality procurement, to offer Deliciously Smooth…
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Quench acquires North Carolina coffee and water service firm
February 28, 2022
Quench, a provider of filtered water solutions for businesses and dealer partners across North America, has acquired Blue Caffe, a provider of point-of-use…
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Carvana boosts Q4 and FY 2021 sales, improves losses
February 28, 2022
Carvana Co., an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars that offers a car vending machine, lifted sales for Q4 and FY 2021 while improving its…
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Monster Beverage posts record sales for Q4 and FY 2021
February 25, 2022
Monster Beverage Corp. achieved record fourth quarter and full-year net sales, with annual net sales exceeding the $5.5 billion mark for the first time in the…
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LAI Games to offer single player Pearl Fishery
February 25, 2022
LAI Games will launch a single-player model of its hit pusher game Pearl Fishery for venues where space is often limited, including cruise ships, restaurants…
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Bevi introduces water machine for commercial locations
February 25, 2022
Bevi, a beverage technology company that offers water coolers for commercial spaces, has announced its Standup 2.0 that allows users to customize filtered and…
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Emergency contraceptive machine coming to Boston University
February 25, 2022
Students at Boston University will soon be able to buy emergency contraceptives at a vending machine in the basement of the school's student union, according…
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Primo Water boosts Q4, FY 2021 results
February 24, 2022
Primo Water Corp. improved its Q4 and FY 2021 sales and earnings, according to an earnings release. Highlights include:
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Keurig Dr Pepper reports strong Q4 and FY 2021
February 24, 2022
Keurig Dr Pepper boosted its Q4 and FY 2021 results, driven by growth in packaged beverages and beverage concentrates, according to an earnings report.
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‘AI Clerk’ engages with customers in unattended 7-Eleven kiosk in South Korea
February 24, 2022
Customers may now engage in live conversations with an artificial intelligence clerk in Korea's first unmanned 7-Eleven convenience store inside the Lotte…
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ME Group photobooths receive biometrics presentation attack detection compliant accreditation
February 24, 2022
French biometrics and security technologies experts at Cabinet Louis Reynaud Labs have recognized ME Group's liveness detection technology as compliant under…
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Monogram Foods taps Hormel Foods' Jana Haynes as CFO
February 24, 2022
Jana Haynes Monogram Foods, a food manufacturer and co-packer, has named Jana Haynes as its incoming chief financial officer, replacing Cheryl…
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JDE Peet's improves sales, earnings as COVID subsides
February 24, 2022
JDE Peet's N.V., a Netherlands based company owned by JAB Holdings that owns Peet's Coffee, Douwe Egberts, Jacobs and other brands, improved sales and earnings…
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Amusement machine industry loses Russell Mawdsley
February 23, 2022
Russell Mawdsley, a former vending and amusement machine operator and president of the Music Operators Association, now known as AMOA, recently passed away…
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Middleby Corp boosts sales, earnings for Q4, FY 2021
February 23, 2022
The Middleby Corp., a manufacturer of equipment for commercial foodservice, food processing and residential kitchen equipment, posted significant sales and…
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