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Cupcake vending machines emerge in Australia
October 10, 2023
Australians with a sweet tooth can buy cupcakes from vending machines at the CS Square Caroline Springs and Craigieburn Central shopping centers in Melbourne…
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Heritage Lanes to transition to Oklahoma City entertainment center
October 10, 2023
Heritage Lanes in Oklahoma City will soon transition to become Andy B's Entertainment Center. The reimagined facility will feature 14 regular bowling lanes…
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Family entertainment center opens in UAE
October 10, 2023
Sprinkles Play, a 16,000-square-foot family entertainment center located at Al Murad Mall, Ajman, United Arab Emirates recently opened, offering a trampoline…
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Product shrink in micro markets: What can you do? Don’t miss this SSIS session!
October 10, 2023
Micro markets offer more product variety than vending machines or other self-serve foodservice formats, which is why they continue to expand at a fast pace in…
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Wisconsin seeks to loosen vending machine sales and rental regulations
October 9, 2023
Wisconsin lawmakers are seeking to restrict the regulation of the sale and rental of soda water beverage and coin operated vending machines, according to the…
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Michigan barista/coffee entrepreneur launches OCS firm
October 9, 2023
Josh Taves recently left his position as the head of business development at Stovetop Coffee Roasters in Holland, Michigan and launched Dialed Coffee Service…
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Reproductive rights advocates cite importance of contraception vending machines
October 9, 2023
Reproductive rights advocates have cited the importance of vending machines in giving college students access to contraceptives. Sylvia Ghazarian, executive…
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Performance Food Group opens Virginia distribution center
October 6, 2023
Performance Food Group Co., which owns Vistar Corp., the nationwide vending product warehouse distributor, recently opened a 332,000-square-foot sales and…
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Alabama county allocates $200k for library vending machines
October 6, 2023
Residents of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will have access to library materials from three book vending machines, according to a Tuscaloosa Patch report.
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Tech24 teams with Big Fish on foodservice installation, maintenance and repair
October 6, 2023
Tech 24, a provider of commercial foodservice equipment repair and maintenance, has partnered with Big Fish, a provider of commercial HVAC, refrigeration and…
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Euro Automatic Cash, TNS to offer managed connectivity for ATMs
October 6, 2023
Euro Automatic Cash, owned by Grupo Santander and Euro Information-Credit Mutuel/CIC, partnered with Transaction Network Services to offer managed connectivity…
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Conagra lifts Q1 2024 earnings on flat sales
October 5, 2023
Conagra Brands Inc. lifted its earnings against flat sales for Q1 2024 caused by a slowdown in consumer spending, according to an earnings release. Highlights…
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Unattended coffee drive-thru opens in Wisconsin
October 5, 2023
Octane Coffee, a startup, recently held a grand opening for its standalone, automated drive-thru coffee store in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, according to a report in…
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Jury awards $228M in damages from bottled water company
October 5, 2023
Jurors awarded more than $228 million in damages to several plaintiffs who claimed the Las Vegas-based Real Water product caused an outbreak of liver illnesses…
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Industry loses Ron Gold, led Cleveland Coin Machine Exchange
October 5, 2023
Ron Gold, former CEO of Cleveland Coin Machine Exchange in Cleveland, Ohio, recently passed away, according to an obituary.
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Transfund integrates Diebold Nixdorf’s ATM managed services
October 5, 2023
Transfund, an ATM network, has selected Diebold Nixdorf's AllConnect Managed Services for software support, management and security. It has also purchased 40…
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Transact acquires Quickcharge
October 4, 2023
Transact Campus Inc., a provider of campus technology and payment solutions, has acquired Quickcharge, a dining and retail technology platform for K-12…
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Juxta deploys autonomous store in Colorado, will expand to Georgia
October 4, 2023
Juxta, a provider of pre-assembled, autonomously retail stores, has signed its first retail partners, according to a press release.
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European vending, coffee service recover slowly from COVID
October 4, 2023
Vending and coffee service providers have posted gains since 2021 following COVID, but did not yet achieved 2019 levels by 2022, according to the recently…
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Pritzker Private Capital acquires Sugar Foods
October 3, 2023
Pritzker Private Capital, a private investment firm, has acquired Sugar Foods Corp., a Westlake Village, California-based provider of food products to…
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