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Cast your vote! Reader’s Choice Innovator of the Year

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

It is now up to the readers to vote on the nominations to decide the Reader's Choice Innovator of the Year, to be honored at the Self-Service Innovation Summit…

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Starbucks selling Seattle's Best to Nestle

October 19, 2022

Starbucks is selling its Seattle's Best Coffee brand to Nestlé, with which the company established the Global Coffee Alliance in 2018.

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Abu Dhabi investment firm acquires TruFood Manufacturing

October 19, 2022

Mubadala Capital, the global asset management firm and a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi based Mubadala Investment Co., has acquired TruFood Manufacturing…

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Pilot intros travel center, 8 remodels, including self-checkout kiosks

October 17, 2022

Pilot Co. is celebrating the opening of a newly built travel center in Palmdale, California and the completion of eight more store remodels as part of its New…

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Michael Hogg joins NAMA's government affairs team

October 17, 2022

Michael Hogg The National Automatic Merchandising Association has named Michael Hogg manager of state affairs, according to a press release.

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Monogram Foods completes Massachusetts plant, to add 355 positions

October 16, 2022

Monogram Foods, a Memphis, Tennessee-based food product manufacturer that has been long active in convenience services, has completed construction on a…

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Automated ordering tech firm CoolR Group raises $10M

October 14, 2022

CoolR Group, a provider of automated ordering for brands using AI-based image recognition, has announced a $10 million round led by long-term VC investor First…

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Ruiz Food Products acquires Culinary International

October 14, 2022

Ruiz Food Products Inc., a frozen food manufacturer specializing in Mexican food products, has acquired the assets of Culinary International LLC, a contract…

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Sodexo acquires senior living purchasing organization

October 13, 2022

Entegra, Sodexo's global procurement subsidiary, has acquired Beacon Purchasing, a group purchasing organization for senior living facilities based in San Juan…

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Hormel’s Scott Aakre to oversee new innovation center

October 13, 2022

Scott Aakre Hormel Foods Corp. has named Scott Aakre as senior vice president of Brand Fuel, the company's new center focused on consumer insights…

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Blue Diamond Growers’ Mark Jansen to step down

October 13, 2022

Mark Jansen Mark Jansen, president and CEO of Blue Diamond Growers, will step down from the role he has held with the agricultural cooperative and…

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PepsiCo lifts Q3 2022 results, raises revenue expectations

October 12, 2022

PepsiCo Inc. raised its 2022 organic revenue expectations after its Q3 2022 results surpassed expectations, according to an earnings release. Highlights…

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Convenience retail tech on the move, blurs merchant distinctions

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Cashierless and contactless unattended retail technology has fostered retail formats such as 'smart stores,' blurring distinctions between traditional venues…

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Amazon tech powering Crypto.com Arena grab-and-go stores

October 12, 2022

Amazon's Just Walk Out technology is in play at two grab-and-go stores in the Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles.

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Bang Energy parent firm seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

October 11, 2022

Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc., the maker of Bang energy drinks and other products, has filed petitions for protection under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code in…

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Aramark to introduce self-order, self-checkout at 7 sports arenas

October 11, 2022

Aramark Sports + Entertainment, the foodservice provider at seven National Hockey League and National Basketball Association arenas, will introduce self-order…

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US Foods introduces e-commerce app for foodservice orders

October 11, 2022

US Foods Holding Corp. has introduced its Making Operator Xperiences Easy, an all-in-one e-commerce application that can be used across desktop, tablet and…

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JJ Foodservice to install solar panels on branch facilities

October 11, 2022

JJ Foodservice, based in Innova Park, U.K., will invest more than 2 million pounds ($2.213 million) to install solar panels on the roofs of nine U.K. branches…

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