Texas Ag Commissioner Announces Amnesty For Cupcakes In Schools

by Emily Jed

TAGS: school food restrictions, school vending, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, Sid Miller, cupcake amnesty, Federal school lunch guidelines, school…

Brokers Unlimited And Brecht Sales Announce Merger

by Emily Jed

January 18, 2015

TAGS: vending machine product sales, vend brokerage, Brecht Sales, Brokers Unlimited, Kenny Freeman, Bruce Brecht, office coffee service, OCS product…

NAMA Urges Vending Operators To Leverage Fit Pick During American Heart Month

by Emily Jed

January 18, 2015

TAGS: NAMA Fit Pick, healthy vending program, American Heart Month, National Automatic Merchandising Association, vending operator, Roni Moore, American…

Report Google In Talks To Buy Softcard

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

TAGS: vending, cashless vending, mobile payments, Google Softcard merger, Softcard, Isis, TechCrunch, Google Wallet, largest U.S. wireless carriers, Apple…

In Memoriam Bill Murphy Respected Coinco Exec 68

by Emily Jed

January 15, 2015

TAGS: Bill Murphy, Bill Murphy obituary, vending industry veteran, vending machine payment systems, Coin Acceptors Inc., Coinco, vending MDB, multi-drop…

NAMA And Coca-Cola Host Mobile Innovation Webinar Jan 21

by Emily Jed

January 15, 2015

TAGS: NAMA webinar, National Automatic Merchandising Association, mobile technology, cashless vending, Coca-Cola Co., Capturing the Value of Mobile…

New Vending Blog Dr Ks Tech Times Features Mike Kasavana

January 14, 2015

TAGS: vending, Mike Kasavana, NAMA, National Automatic Merchandising Association, Dr. K's Tech Times, Michael L. Kasavana,Ph.D., vending machine…

Vending Machines Save Canadian Apartment Dwellers Trip To Grocery Store

by Emily Jed

TAGS: c-store vending machine, automated retailing, Canadian apartment vending machine, Happy Vending, automatic convenience stores, Vancouver apartment…

AnyWhere Self-Serve Lockers And Machines Take Vending Out Of The Box

by Emily Jed

January 13, 2015

TAGS: Apex Supply Chain Technologies, AnyWhere vending machines, automatic retailing, self-serve lockers, AnyWhere solutions, automated delivery, Kent…

Taste New York Vending Machines Make Highway Rest Area Debut

by Emily Jed

January 13, 2015

TAGS: Taste NY, Taste New York vending machines, Broome and Saratoga counties, local New York agriculture, Heluva Good string cheese, North Fork Potato…

Fresh Healthy Vending Secures 115 Vending Micromarket Locations In December

by Emily Jed

TAGS: vending business opportunity, Fresh Healthy Vending International, vending machine micro markets, Fresh Healthy micro market installation, Art…

Coca-Cola To Slash Up To 1800 Jobs

by Emily Jed

January 11, 2015

TAGS: declining soda sales, vending, beverage industry news, Coca-Cola Co., Coke cuts jobs, Coca-Cola global workforce, slumping Coke sales ATLANTA -…

King Of Late Night Jay Leno To Kick Off OneShow April 22

by Emily Jed

January 11, 2015

TAGS: Jay Leno, vending, NAMA OneShow, National Automatic Merchandising Association, vending machine trade show, vending industry, Carla Balakgie, Pete…

Blint Shakes Lands Deal To Place Vending Machines In National Fitness Center Chain

by Emily Jed

TAGS: vending machine, Blint Shakes, blended protein shake, shake vending machines, fitness center venidng machine, Oscar Perez MIAMI -- Blint Shakes…

Hershey Opens Public 3D Chocolate Candy Printing Exhibit

by Emily Jed

TAGS: vending, confection news, candy, Hershey Co., 3D Chocolate Candy Printing exhibit, Hershey's Chocolate World Attraction, 3D Systems, 3D chocolate…

NAMA Publishes 2014s Micromarket Advocacy Summary

by Emily Jed

January 8, 2015

TAGS: vending industry, micromarket, food retailing, National Automatic Merchandising Association, micro market advocacy, food safety, micro market…

New Smartscooter Features Vending-Enabled Battery-Swapping Infrastructure

by Emily Jed

January 8, 2015

TAGS: vending, Gogoro Smart Scooter, vending, Gogoro Energy Network, GoStation vending machines, Horace Luke LAS VEGAS -- A two-wheeled electric…

TouchGo Kicks Off Crowdfunding Campaign For Touchscreen Vending Machines

by Emily Jed

January 8, 2015

TAGS: vending machine, high-tech vending, TouchGo Technology Systems Ltd., TouchGo capital campaign, new vending machine development, intelligent PC-based…

ATM-Like Kiosk Allows Reporting Of Sexual Harassment

TAGS: Odisha, sexual assault, domestic abuse, harassment against women, Joydeep Nayak,Odisha's police human rights unit, ICLIK, OCAC ODISHA, India -…

AVT Unveils Endcap Vending Machine For High-End Electronics

by Emily Jed

January 7, 2015

TAGS: vending machine, automated retailing, AVT Inc, Endcap Automated Retailing System, 2015 Consumer Electronics Show LAS VEGAS -- AVT Inc. said it…