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FDA temporarily relieves vending operators from calories disclosure rule during coronavirus pandemic
April 16, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted temporary relief from calorie disclosure requirements during the current public health emergency in response…
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SBA runs out of COVID-19 relief money; lawmakers fight over refunding
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Two Small Business Administration programs designed to help businesses weather the pandemic — the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster…
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Pandemic piques interest in 'brick-oven-style' pizza vending machines
by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group
Can you really get a pizza that tastes like it was fired in a brick oven from a high-tech vending machine? Basil Street Cafe thinks so, as it prepares to roll…
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Kooler Ice highlights touchless delivery for its ice vending machines
April 15, 2020
Kooler Ice, makers of ice and water vending machines, has announced that its touchless ice delivery system requires no human interaction with the ice at any…
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USA Technologies files investor presentation for annual meeting
April 15, 2020
USA Technologies, Inc., a cashless payments and software services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions for the self-service retail market, has…
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Just Born plans to resume operations in May
April 15, 2020
Just Born Quality Confections Inc., a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania based candy manufacturer which has temporarily suspended operations due to the coronavirus…
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Flowers Foods closes bakery due to COVID-19 cases
April 14, 2020
Flowers Foods, Inc., producer of Nature's Own, Wonder, Tastykake, Dave's Killer Bread and other bakery foods, has temporarily stopped production at its bakery…
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Betson teams with AMS on touchless medical machine powered by Vagabond
April 14, 2020
Betson Enterprises, a distributor of arcade, location-based amusement and vending machine equipment, and AMS Vendors, a vending machine manufacturer, announced…
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Crane’s Ron Bryant wins National Vending Day contest
April 14, 2020
Ron Bryant, an employee at Crane, won a $100 gift card for winning the second annual National Vending Day contest.
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NAMA to hold coronavirus ‘town hall’ April 14
April 13, 2020
The National Automatic Merchandising Association will hold its next "Listening & Leading" town hall at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, providing an open forum for…
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USA Technologies to hold virtual annual meeting April 30
April 13, 2020
USA Technologies, Inc., a cashless payments and software services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions for the self-service retail market…
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Polish vending association installs machines to dispense safety supplies in response to coronavirus pandemic
April 13, 2020
Residents of Warsaw and Karkow in Poland can buy face masks, gloves and sanitizers from vending machines to allow Poles to comply with a law requiring them to…
read nowSoutheastern Vending Association cancels August conference
April 10, 2020
The Southeastern Vending Association has canceled its conference scheduled for Aug. 4-6 at The Hilton Sandestin Golf Resort & Spa in Sandestin, Florida on…
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Orange juice sales jump 38% in 4 weeks driven by coronavirus
April 10, 2020
Retail orange juice sales jumped around 38% in the four-week period ending March 28 over the same period last year, according to Nielsen data. The spike was…
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Industry loses EP Severns of Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Kokomo
April 10, 2020
E.P. Severns, who ran the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Kokomo, Indiana for six decades, passed away Tuesday at Primrose Retirement Community, according to a…
read nowBarbecue restaurant installs contactless vending machine for after-hour sales
April 9, 2020
Jones Bar-B-Q in Kansas City, Kansas, has introduced a contactless vending machine to sell its signature Kansas City Q, according to a KMBC-TV report.
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CARES Act will provide more loans, unemployment and tax benefits
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, signed into law at the end of March, provides new loan programs that vary depending on a company’s…
read nowSalad vending machine features irrigated cabinets
April 8, 2020
A salad vending machine that keeps the salads irrigated has been developed by a hydroponic farmer, Jochen Haubner in Nuremberg, Germany. The glassfront…
read nowChina’s VMF 2020 vending show postponed a second time
April 8, 2020
VMF 2020, the 2020 Guangzhou International Vending Machines and Self-Service Facilities Fair, has been rescheduled tor Aug. 3-5 at the China Import &…
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COVID-19 fosters self-service innovation in China
April 8, 2020
While the coronavirus pandemic has hammered business activity worldwide, it has also fostered a wealth of self-service innovation. Nowhere is this more evident…
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