Gas Prices Spike In Harveys Wake East Coast Is Hardest Hit

September 6, 2017

Gas prices have predictably gone up in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The massive flooding and damage caused by the storm resulted in several Gulf Coast…

Five Star And Chattanooga Community Kitchen Partner To Feed The Hungry For Seventh Year

by Emily Jed

CHATTANOOGA, TN -- Five Star Food Service and Chattanooga Community Kitchen are celebrating seven consecutive years of partnering to feed the hungry. Five Star…

International Vending Alliance Offers Members Parlevels VMS

by Emily Jed

September 4, 2017

SAN ANTONIO, TX -- Parlevel Systems has partnered with the International Vending Alliance , a Netherlands-based network of regional vending operations, to…

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Casts Doubt On Putting Harriet Tubman On 20 Bill

by Emily Jed

September 2, 2017

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he won't commit to an Obama administration decision to replace Andrew Jackson with African-American…

Accent Food Services Resumes Limited Operations Ramps Up Harvey Relief Efforts

by Emily Jed

August 31, 2017

PFLUGERVILLE, TX -- Accent Food Services president and chief executive Josh Rosenberg said the vending company has restored "moderate operations" now that the…

Nayax Will Donate Percentage Of September VPOS Sales To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

by Emily Jed

HUNT VALLEY, MD -- Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, Nayax LLC said it will donate 5% of new sales of VPOS cashless payment solution for…

European Regulators Say Selecta Must Divest Finland Operations To Clear Way For Pelican Rouge Acquisition

by Emily Jed

BRUSSELS -- The European Commission has cleared Swiss vending and office coffee service giant Selecta Group 's acquisition of , another large operation. The…

Coca-Cola Supports Hurricane Harvey Relief In Local Communities

by Emily Jed

August 29, 2017

ATLANTA -- Coca-Cola Co. and local bottlers are doing their parts to support relief efforts as southeast Texas and affected areas across the Gulf Coast begin…

PayRange Vending App Offers Users Option To Support Harvey Victims

August 29, 2017

PORTLAND, OR -- PayRange has added a fundraising campaign option within its app to make it easy for users of the cashless payment system to support Hurricane…

Conor McGregor Punch Crunch Vending Machine Hypes Epic Fight

August 28, 2017

LAS VEGAS -- Passersby on the Las Vegas strip were invited to test the power of their punch at a special vending machine as part of a promotion for the…

Fitbit Ionic Enables NFC Cashless Payments Survey Says Consumers Want To Pay With Wearables

by Emily Jed

August 28, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO -- Fitbit has introduced its first smartwatch model featuring the new Fitbit Pay function. To pay with the wearable Fitbit Ionic device, users…

Louisianas Governor Orders Plan For Healthier Vending On State Property

by Tim Sanford

August 28, 2017

BATON ROUGE, LA -- Gov. John Bel Edwards has issued an executive order for the planning and implementation of nutritional standards for products that can be…

NAMAs Eric Dell Offers Update On Vending Machine Refrigerants GMO Products And Regulatory Rollbacks

by Tim Sanford

August 28, 2017

CHICAGO -- On the heels National Automatic Merchandising Association 's advocacy Fly-In , which brought some 300 association members to Washington for a day of…

Accent Food Services Rallies Vending Community To Provide Humanitarian Relief Amid Historic Harvey Flooding

by Emily Jed

August 27, 2017

PFLUGERVILLE, TX -- Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on Saturday, Aug. 26, and while it was soon downgraded to a tropical storm, it's expected to drop…

Accent Food Services Acquires Virginias Merrifield Vending

by Emily Jed

August 23, 2017

PFLUGERVILLE, TX -- Accent Food Services has acquired the assets of Merrifield Vending , based in Chantilly, VA. This is the 11th acquisition this year for…

Sodexo Proves That Vendings New Wellness Category Can Drive Sales

by Emily Jed

August 22, 2017

GAITHERSBURG, MD -- Three years ago, Sodexo , in collaboration with the Partnership for a Healthier America , set an aggressive goal to make healthier choices…

USA Technologies Q4 Revenues And Income Climb Adds 64000 Connections

by Emily Jed

MALVERN, PA -- USA Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:USAT) ("USAT"), a payment technology service provider of integrated cashless and mobile transactions in the…

365 Retail Rolls Out Connected Campus With Global Market Accounts

by Emily Jed

August 21, 2017

TROY, MI -- Retail technology developer 365 Retail Markets said its Connected Campus system is now available. The platform connects micromarket, office coffee…

Amazon Delivers Drinks And Snacks In Two Minutes With New Instant Pickup Service

by Emily Jed

SEATTLE- Amazon's latest service, Instant Pickup , allows customers to order snacks, drinks, chargers and other impulse items and pick them up from a…

US Park Service Rolls Back Bottled-Water Bans

by Tim Sanford

August 20, 2017

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- The International Bottled Water Association reports that the U.S. National Park Service has rescinded a policy that had allowed individual…