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Exhibit floor sizzles with excitement at Self-Service Innovation Summit
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Attendees at the Self-Service Innovation Summit stayed busy between education sessions by visiting the exhibit area where vendors demonstrated advances in…
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Vivreau partners with Coolbreakrooms on water filtration solutions
December 21, 2022
Vivreau, a provider of water filtration solutions, has teamed with Coolbreakrooms and its authorized provider network to market water filtration solutions to…
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Sun-Maid Growers taps TreeHouse Foods’ Steve Loftus as president
December 20, 2022
Steve Loftus Sun-Maid Growers of California has named Steve Loftus as president and CDO, a newly created position, reporting to Harry Overly…
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General Mills boosts Q2, HY 2023 results, raises FY expectations
December 20, 2022
General Mills Inc. lifted its Q2 and HY 2023 sales and earnings over the prior year periods and raised its full year expectations, according to an earnings…
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Middleby acquires Marco Beverage Systems
December 20, 2022
The Middleby Corp. has acquired Marco Beverage Systems, a designer and manufacturer of beverage dispense solutions, for an undisdclosed sum, according to a…
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North Carolina restaurant chef expands into food vending
December 20, 2022
Vivian Howard, a chef at the Chef & Farmer restaurant in Kinston, North Carolina, has installed refrigerated vending machines to sell her prepared meals…
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Coca-Cola Beverages Florida opens sales, distribution facility
December 20, 2022
Coca-Cola Beverages Florida LLC hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to welcome associates, local elected officials and community partners to its new St.
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Research finds soda taxes decrease sugar intake, not regressive
December 20, 2022
Soda taxes help decrease sugar consumption and are not, as some have claimed, regressive (having a disproportionate impact on lower income consumers.)
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B & G Foods to sell Back to Nature brand to Barilla America
December 19, 2022
B&G Foods, Inc. has agreed to sell the Back to Nature snack brand to Barilla America for an undisclosed sum.
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Mondelez to sell gum brands to Perfetti Van Melle for $1.35B
December 19, 2022
Mondelēz International Inc. has agreed to sell its developed-market gum business in the U.S., Canada and Europe to Perfetti Van Melle Group, a European gum and…
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Mars to acquire Trü Frü snack brand
December 19, 2022
Mars Inc. has agreed to acquire Trü Frü, a whole-fruit snacking brand, from its founders and management team for an undisclosed sum, according to a press…
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Celebrity chef Dominique Ansel installs cookie shot vending machine in Las Vegas
December 19, 2022
Dominique Ansel, a celebrity pastry chef, has introduced a vending machine that offers hand-made cookie shots at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, according to a…
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John B Sanfilippo acquires baked cheese manufacturer
December 19, 2022
John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc. has purchased substantially all of the assets of the Just the Cheese brand business from Specialty Cheese Co. Inc. for an…
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Summit honors 2022 Self-Service Innovation Award winners
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Winners of the third annual Self-Service Innovation Awards accepted their plaques during the Self-Service Innovation Summit in Hollywood, Florida.
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Vianet Group intros SmartVend vending management system
December 15, 2022
Vianet Group PLC, a U.K.-based provider of real time monitoring systems, contactless payment solutions and data management services in the unattended retail…
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Flowers Foods to acquire Papa Pita Bakery
December 15, 2022
Flowers Foods Inc., which owns the Mrs. Freshleys, Tastykake and other consumer brands, has agreed to acquire Papa Pita Bakery, a manufacturer and distributor…
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EVP/financial officer to leave Sysco
December 15, 2022
Aaron Alt will step down as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Sysco Corp. effective Jan. 6, 2023, to accept another opportunity…
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How O’Hare taps self-service to meet the post pandemic customer
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Chicago's aviation department responded to COVID by upgrading vending and self-checkout options that have largely restored concessions sales to pre-COVID…
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Acai specialist expands from brick-and-mortar to self-serve, robotic smoothie kiosk
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Entrepreneur Charles Lee is on a growth curve with both his brick-and-mortar restaurants and free-standing, unattended robotic smoothie machines.
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Phone charging provider moves from ‘pay to play’ to monthly rental
December 13, 2022
Electron, a provider of phone charging stations, recently moved from a pay to play model, charging end users per charge, to a flat monthly rental, allowing…
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