PizzaForno expands to New Orleans

September 23, 2022

PizzaForno, a provider of automated pizza machines, has expanded to New Orleans with locations at the University of New Orleans, LSU Medical Center and the New…

Farmer’s Fridge ‘comes home’ to St. Louis

September 23, 2022

Farmer's Fridge, which operates fresh food vending machines, has expanded to founder Luke Saunders' home town of St. Louis, according to a St. Louis Inno…

Cornell University: Vending fresh apples for 70 years strong!

September 23, 2022

Cornell University's refrigerated apple vending machine, which sells freshly picked apples for one dollar in the main lobby of the Mann Library, boasts a…

Costa Coffee tests oat milk vending machine

September 22, 2022

Costa Coffee, a U.K. based coffee house chain that has its own coffee vending machine known as Costa Express, has introduced a vending machine that only offers…

Nestlé names chief communications officer

September 22, 2022

Lisa Gibby Nestlé S.A. has promoted Lisa Gibby from vice president of corporate communications to deputy executive vice president and chief…

Pepsi offers S’mores Collection to kick off summer’s end

September 22, 2022

Pepsi will debut its Pepsi S'mores Collection today, the last day of summer, the company announced in an email.

Florida fisherman creates bait machines for marinas

September 22, 2022

Buddy Strickland, a Jacksonville, Florida fisherman, has converted two food vending machines to bait machines at local marinas, serving fisherman 24/7…

General Mills lifts Q1 2023 results, buoyed by pricing

September 21, 2022

General Mills Inc. lifted its Q1 2023 sales and earnings, boosted by favorable pricing compared to the prior year period, according to an earnings report.

Malaysia vending machines offer NFT artwork

September 20, 2022

Atlas Vending, a Malaysia based vending operation, introduced vending machines that sell non-fungible tokens for artwork commemorating Malaysia Day on Sept.

PizzaForno expands in Texas

September 20, 2022

Automated pizza brand PizzaForno will expand in the Houston area with two fully operational units, one in downtown Houston and the other in Galveston's Tiki…

Due North acquires refrigerated showcase maker MTL Cool

September 20, 2022

Due North, the newly created operating company of QBD and Minus Forty, has acquired MTL Cool, a provider of commercial refrigerated showcases, according to a…

Lock America names Robert Chen national sales manager

September 20, 2022

Robert Chen Lock America Inc. has promoted Robert Chen to national sales manager, succeeding Dan Walsh, who recently retired, according to a press…

Supply dispensing equipment: More than just an asset management initiative

Dispensing technology delivers value to all enterprise stakeholders by ensuring the availability of resources and acting as a single source for…

Primo Water acquires French spring water providers

September 19, 2022

Primo Water Corp., a provider of drinking water solutions in North America and Europe, has acquired Eureau Sources and Defeaus, two French companies…

UAE introduces free bread vending machines

September 19, 2022

The United Arab Emirates has launched its "Bread for All" initiative, offering free bread from vending machines, according to a report in thenationalnews.com.

Old Trapper debuts larger size beef snacks

September 19, 2022

Old Trapper, a manufacturer of smoked snacks, has introduced smoked beef snacks with larger format packaging, according to a press release.

Hostess Brands to invest up to $140M to expand Arkansas plant

September 16, 2022

Hostess Brands Inc. will invest $120 million to $140 million to convert its closed, Arkadelphia, Arkansas factory into a 330,000-square-foot bakery, which is…

Asahi Soft Drinks teams with DyDo Drinco on joint vending business

September 16, 2022

Asahi Soft Drinks Co. Ltd. has signed an agreement with DyDo Drinco Inc. to form a joint vending operation, according to a press release. The Japan based…

Kraft Heinz promotes Diana Frost to NA chief growth officer

September 14, 2022

Diana Frost The Kraft Heinz Co. has promoted Diana Frost from head of North America disruption and Canada chief marketing officer to chief growth…

Talking With: Greg Herman, PepsiCo Foodservice, on unattended retail

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Research confirming the consumer's preference for self-service convinced PepsiCo Foodservice to develop a solution enabled by AI and computer vision tech for…