NAMA names Matt Bisenius VP/external affairs

June 12, 2023

Matt Bisenius The National Automatic Merchandising Association has named Matt Bisenius vice president of external affairs, replacing Mike Goscinski…

How to select a commercial coffee roaster

Commercial coffee businesses choose to use in-house roasters to offer fresher product, better control of the entire process, improved transparency of products…

Vietnam readies record coffee exports

June 12, 2023

Vietnam expects coffee exports to hit a record high this year as global production falls short of demand, driving higher prices on account of El Nino-induced…

JM Smucker boosts Q4, FY sales, suffers earnings losses

June 9, 2023

J.M. Smucker Co., maker of Folgers coffee, Jif peanut butter and Milk-Bone dog treats, lifted its Q4 and FY 2023 sales, partly driven by price increases, but…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

NAMA urges Congress to pass bill to fight converter theft

June 5, 2023

The National Automatic Merchandising Association joined a coalition of trade associations in a letter to support a proposed federal law to battle rising…

European vending association report explores consumer preferences

June 2, 2023

Quality, safety and affordability are the main drivers of European consumer purchases from vending machines, according to a newly completed report from the…

Rhode Island seeks to ban polystyrene items in foodservice

June 2, 2023

Rhode Island lawmakers moved to ban to-go foam boxes and plastic cocktail stirrers Thursday, according to a report in The Providence Journal. The state senate…

Ben E Keith Foods buys Orrell’s Food Service

June 2, 2023

Ben E. Keith Foods has acquired Orrell's Food Service Inc., including its 106,000-square-foot distribution center in Linwood, North Carolina, as well as JEM…

Gordon Food Service expands to Texas

June 2, 2023

Gordon Food Service, a privately held foodservice distributor with operations in the U.S. and Canada, will open six stores in the greater Houston area to serve…

Oak View Group acquires Rhubarb Hospitality

June 1, 2023

Oak View Group, a global development, service and investment company for the sports, live entertainment and convention industries, has acquired Rhubarb…

Hormel Foods suffers Q2 2023 sales, earnings dip

June 1, 2023

Hormel Foods Corp. suffered Q2 2023 sales and earnings declines against the prior year period, with retail, foodservice and international segments posting…

Fast casual PLNT Burger readies self-serve voice order solution

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Following the pandemic, Ben Kaplan has looked to technology to restore personalization to unattended transactions, leading him to an AI-enabled voice order…

Coffee consumption set to continue post pandemic trajectory

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Coffee consumption will continue to improve for the second straight year following the pandemic. Production was hampered in 2021/2022 by meteorological…