Micro Markets News & Media
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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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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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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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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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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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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Tyson Foods to lay off 250 at North Carolina plant
October 2, 2023
Tyson Foods Inc. announced layoffs for nearly 250 workers at its Wilkesboro, North Carolina facility, according to a wbtv.com report.
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Trading begins for separate Kellogg companies
October 2, 2023
Kellanova, formerly known as Kellogg Co., has completed the previously announced separation of its North American cereal business, WK Kellogg Co., resulting in…
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How AI-powered technology will reinvent food safety
by Jete Nelke — Head of Marketing, FoodDocs
Food safety remains a major issue for the foodservice industry. Here's how AI used in other industries can help foodservice operators reduce issues.
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4 NFL stadiums replace portable beer stands with Aramark’s Walk Thru Bru
September 29, 2023
Four NFL stadiums managed by Aramark Sports + Entertainment have ditched their standalone packaged beer portables in exchange for self-serve markets that offer…
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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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Second Nature Brands to acquire Sahale Snacks from JM Smucker for $34M
September 28, 2023
Second Nature Brands, the Detroit-based owner of Kar's Nuts and other snack brands, has agreed to acquire Sahale Snacks from The J.M. Smucker Co. for a total…
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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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Tech savvy associates: How to find, hone them
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
A session on finding tech-savvy associates and empowering them to use technology drew a large audience at last week’s grocershop show at Mandalay Bay in Las…
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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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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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