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AMI Entertainment Network giveaway features Blake Shelton
May 21, 2021
AMI Entertainment Network's newest contest celebrates country music titan Blake Shelton.
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Fastcorp to use Vendekin machine controller in new models
May 21, 2021
Fastcorp LLC will incorporate Vendekin Technologies' intelligent vending machine controller in its next generation DIVI vending machines, according to a press…
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Flowers Foods boosts Q2 2021 income on falling sales
May 21, 2021
Flowers Foods Inc., which owns Mrs.Freshleys and other brands, reported sales decreased 3.5% from $1.35 billion in Q2 2020 to $1.3 billion for the 16 weeks…
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Sysco to acquire Italian specialty foods distributor
May 20, 2021
Sysco Corp. has agreed to acquire Greco and Sons, an independent Italian specialty distributor in the U.S. from Arbor Investments and the Greco family…
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Vancouver vending operation to offer customers recycled containers
May 20, 2021
Upmeals, a Vancouver vending machine operator, has partnered with Sharewares, a Vancouver-based company that sources and sanitizes reusable containers for…
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Improving foodservice demand boosts Hormel Q2 2021 sales, earnings
May 20, 2021
Sales increased for Hormel Foods Corp. in Q2 2021 due to a recovery in foodservice and higher whole bird shipments, according to a press release. Retail sales…
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DC soda tax draws mixed responses during hearing
May 20, 2021
A proposal to enact a soda tax in Washington, D.C. to raise money for initiatives to improve health drew both support and opposition during a hearing…
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Frito Lay Snack Index: Consumer buying recovers, e-commerce rises
May 20, 2021
Frito-Lay's latest U.S. Snack Index reveals conumers are excited to get out and about this summer, but that some pandemic behaviors are sticking around for…
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NCA Data Trends Study: Pandemic softened specialty coffee consumption
May 20, 2021
Specialty coffee, which has been a driver of coffee consumption in recent years, took a hit during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the National Coffee…
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Coca-Cola introduces enhanced countertop Freestyle
May 19, 2021
Coca-Cola Freestyle has introduced a countertop fountain dispenser to give smaller-footprint restaurants the ability to offer more than 80 beverage choices…
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Coca-Cola United improves process automation of Freestyle machine
May 19, 2021
Coca-Cola United, a Birmingham, Alabama based Coke bottler, teamed with Happiest Minds Technologies, a digital transformation specialist, to enhance the…
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Klarc Snowden joins Gruppo Cimbali
May 19, 2021
Klarc Snowden Coffee service industry veteran Klarc Snowden has joined Gruppo Cimbali SpA, an Italy based manufacturer of espresso and cappuccino…
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Sodexo partners with urban farm to source Maine lettuce
May 19, 2021
Sodexo, a Paris-based foodservice contractor and one of Maine's largest employers, will source as much as 80% of its lettuce products from Vertical Harvest…
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Oklahoma farm sells eggs in vending machine
May 19, 2021
A family farm south of Haskell, Oklahoma allows visitors to buy chicken and duck eggs 24 hours a day from a vending machine, according to a Muskogee Phoenix…
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Mars countertop freezers to offer ice cream at Circle K stores
May 19, 2021
To meet evolving consumer preferences for frozen products at the point-of-sale, Phononic Inc., a provider of solid-state cooling and heating technology, has…
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Performance Food Group acquiring Core-Mark
May 18, 2021
Performance Food Group Co., which owns Vistar, a national convenience services wholesale distributor, has agreed to acquire convenience store distributor…
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Quench acquires Eastern Pure Water
May 18, 2021
Quench, a provider of filtered water solutions for businesses and dealer partners across the U.S. and Canada, has acquired Eastern Pure Water, a dealer of…
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Hershey to acquire confectioner, Lily’s
May 18, 2021
The Hershey Co. has agreed to acquire Lily's, a health-oriented confectionery brand that includes dark and milk chocolate-style bars, baking chips, peanut…
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Danone names Barry Callebaut’s Antoine de Saint-Affrique CEO
May 18, 2021
Antoine de Saint-Affrique Danone has named Antoine de Saint-Affrique as chief executive officer, effective Sept. 15, according to a company…
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Cantaloupe introduces next-generation touchscreens
May 18, 2021
Cantaloupe, a digital payments and software services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions for the unattended retail market, has developed its…
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