Coffee Service News

Selecta Group teams with Massimo Zanetti to offer Segafredo coffee

October 13, 2023

Selecta Group AG, the Switzerland-based route service provider of convenience services throughout Europe, will offer Segafredo coffee to its customers under an…

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Quench donates water filtration system to NYC school

October 13, 2023

Quench, a provider of filtered drinking water solutions for businesses and dealer partners across North America, has teamed with Day Zero Water, a student-led…

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Sysco to acquire Edward Don & Co

October 11, 2023

Sysco Corp. has agreed to acquire Edward Don & Co., a Chicago based distributor of foodservice equipment, supplies and disposables, according to a press…

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Study finds contamination in soda fountains, water vending machines

October 11, 2023

A California study found four in 10 beverage samples taken from soda fountains contained potentially dangerous contaminants and also raised concerns about the…

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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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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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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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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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Shamrock Foods acquires Valley Distributing of Montana

September 28, 2023

Shamrock Foods, a Phoenix, Arizona-based foodservice distributor, has acquired Valley Distributing of Montana in Billings for an undisclosed sum, according to…

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How to meet customer expectations for micro markets, vending and more: Don’t miss the Self-Service Innovation Summit

September 27, 2023

Customer preferences nowadays are more diverse than ever, with calls for gluten-free, sustainability, functional and more. How can a convenience services…

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Sodexo taps 3 startups for healthcare and seniors accelerator

September 27, 2023

Sodexo North America will deploy three startups, ThriveMap, 1Huddle and Memory Lane Games, as the first cohort of its Sodexo Healthcare and Seniors Accelerator…

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Europe instant coffee player names Good as Gold Coffee for US imports

September 26, 2023

Laqtia, a Toledo, Spain-based manufacturer of instant soluble drinks for the European market, has selected Good as Gold Coffee, a Worcester…

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Massachusetts pulls single-use plastic bottles from state agencies

September 25, 2023

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order that bans all state agencies from purchasing single-use plastic bottles, the first such state law in…

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Palmer Brown to succeed Gary Green as Compass North America CEO

September 22, 2023

Gary Green Gary Green has announced his retirement as CEO of Compass North America after 37 years with the company.

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Keurig Dr Pepper names Mondelēz veteran Tim Cofer to succeed CEO

September 21, 2023

Tim Cofer Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. has named Tim Cofer as chief operating officer, reporting to Bob Gamgort, chairman and CEO as a step in the…

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Gordon Food Service Canada names Toast preferred POS partner

September 20, 2023

Gordon Food Service, a Wyoming, Michigan-based warehouse foodservice distributor, has named Toast Inc., provider of a digital platform built for restaurants…

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General Mills boosts Q1 2024 sales on pricing, suffers earnings drop

September 20, 2023

General Mills Inc. lifted its Q1 2024 sales boosted by higher pricing but suffered an earnings decline, according to an earnings report. Highlights include:

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