Vending News & Media

Sysco lifts Q2 2024 sales, earnings; reaffirms FY guidance

January 30, 2024

Sysco Corp. lifted its Q2 2024 sales and earnings over the prior year period and reaffirmed its full year guidance, according to an earnings report. Highlights…

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Assa Abloy acquires security equipment maker Amecor

January 30, 2024

Assa Abloy Group, a Stockholm-based provider of access solutions, has agreed to acquire Amecor Ltd., a Johannesburg, South Africa-based manufacturer of…

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UK farmers intro vending machine to promote locally produced food

January 30, 2024

A farming couple in North Yorkshire, U.K., has introduced a glassfront vending machine, along with a click-and-collect service, to offer their own grass-fed…

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Performance Food Group teams with Hershey on co-branded desserts

January 30, 2024

Performance Food Group Co., which owns Vistar Corp., a national warehouse distributor for vending and micro market products, has introduced co-branded dessert…

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Groupe SEB invests $60M in Chinese coffee equipment facility

January 30, 2024

Groupe SEB, the Ecully, France-based parent company of Wilbur Curtis in the U.S., will invest €60 million ($65.01 million) to build its first-ever professional…

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McKee Foods intros Sunbelt Bakery Chewy Granola Bars for vending

January 29, 2024

McKee Foods Corp., makers of Little Debbie, Fieldstone Bakery and Sunbelt Bakery brands, has introduced Sunbelt Bakery Chewy Granola Bars with a sell-by date…

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Tomra intros vertical reverse vending machine for compact spaces

January 29, 2024

Tomra Collection, a provider of reverse vending machines, has introduced its Tomra Rollpac, the company's most compact and first vertical backroom system for…

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Mars to deploy 300 EV trucks across Europe

January 29, 2024

Mars Inc. has teamed with Einride, a freight technology company with offices in Sweden, New York City and Austin, Texas, to bring a fleet of 300 EV heavy-duty…

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San Diego prisons install machines for naloxone, fentanyl test strips

January 29, 2024

Visitors to and prisoners exiting San Diego jails will have free access to nalaxone, a medication that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, and fentanyl…

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Lincoln Foodservice Equipment to launch Louisiana production site, add 99 jobs

January 29, 2024

Lincoln Foodservice Equipment, a Welblit brand company that supplies commercial foodservice equipment, has launched a U.S. operations center at Welbilt's…

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Welbilt taps bp’s Joe Lee as VP of key accounts

January 29, 2024

Joe Lee (Photo: Welbilt Inc.) Welbilt Inc. has named Joe Lee as vice president of key accounts, according to a press release. He joins Welbilt from…

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Vistar/PFG to deploy hydrogen fuel cell EV delivery vehicles

January 26, 2024

Performance Food Group Inc., which owns Vistar Corp., the nationwide vending product warehouse distributor, has received four fuel cell electric vehicles at…

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Raydia Food Group acquires B & B Foods Distributors

January 26, 2024

Raydia Food Group, formerly Stanz-Troyer Holdings LLC, has acquired Terre Haute, Indiana-based B & B Foods Distributors Inc. for an undisclosed sum…

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Eversys helps drive De Longhi Q4 2023 sales

January 26, 2024

De' Longhi S.p.A., a Treviso, Italy-based coffee equipment manufacturer, lifted it Q4 2023 sales, driven in part by Eversys coffee equipment, according to a…

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Private equity firm buys Ice House America water/ice vending provider

January 25, 2024

Fort Point Capital, a Boston-based private equity firm, has acquired Ice House America LLC, an automated retail ice and water platform in the U.S., from…

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GS Foods Group acquires Diamond Foods

January 25, 2024

GS Foods Group Inc., a foodservice distributor owned by affiliates of Highview Capital, LLC and A&M Capital Partners, has acquired Diamond Foods, a…

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Vegas 'Rollasole' machines offer rolled flats for women

January 25, 2024

Women walking the Las Vegas Strip sometimes get sore feet. Fortunately, they have access to rolled flats available at 18 "Rollasole" vending machines…

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Five Star Breaktime Solutions buys Advanced Refreshment Solutions in Cincinnati

January 25, 2024

Five Star Breaktime Solutions has acquired Advanced Refreshment Solutions in the Cincinnati area, according to a press release. Terms of the acquisition were…

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Bean-to-cup office machines fuel global coffee consumption

by Sam Roberts — Digital Marketing Manager, Connect Vending

The accessibility and quality offered by bean-to-cup office machines have undoubtedly contributed to the rise in daily coffee intake among the global workforce.

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Sodexo names Amy O’Neil president/integrated facilities management

January 23, 2024

Sodexo, a global provider in sustainable food, integrated facilities management and workplace experience, has named Amy O'Neil as president, integrated…

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