Hostess Brands To Go Public After Purchase By Acquisition Company

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

July 5, 2016

TAGS: Hostess Brands LLC, Hostess sale, Hostess IPO, Gores Group, Apollo Global Management LLC, C. Dean Metropoulos, Hostess CupCakes, Twinkies, vending…

Teamsters Fight Soda Tax In Philadelphia Legal Action Says Tax Hurts Workers

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

July 5, 2016

TAGS: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Philadelphia Teamster, Daniel Grace, Philadelphia soda tax, vending LAS VEGAS -- Teamsters from…

FDA Will Update Vending Operators On Calorie Disclosure Compliance At NAMA Fly-In

by Emily Jed

June 30, 2016

TAGS: vending, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA food safety and applied nutrition center, National Automatic Merchandising Association, NAMA Fly-In…

Indiana Vending Company Wins Partial Victory In Sales Tax Case

by Emily Jed

June 30, 2016

TAGS: vending, RDM Sales and Service, RDM vs. Indiana Department of Revenue, Indiana Tax Court, vended bottled water tax, vending operator tax liability …

Expert Technology Suppliers Highlight Vending And Route Automation Trends

by Tim Sanford

June 29, 2016

TAGS: vending machine technology, micro market, office coffee service, hi-tech vending, information technology leaders, NAMA OneShow, Anant Agrawal…

Google And Coca-Cola Probe Vending Industry Role For Bluetooth Beacons

by Tim Sanford

June 29, 2016

TAGS: beacons, smart retailing, retail technology, Google, Dan Cath, Coca-Cola Co., Derek Myers, smartphone-equipped shoppers, vending machine beacons…

Vending Operators Offer Roadmap To Ease Route And Warehouse Upgrades

by Tim Sanford

June 29, 2016

TAGS: vending machine technology, hi-tech vending, National Automatic Merchandising Association, NAMA OneShow, Roadmap to Technology: Starting Out…

Kraft Heinz Debuts RTD Gevalia Iced Coffee With Almond Milk

by Emily Jed

TAGS: Gevalia iced coffee with almond milk, iced coffee, Kraft Heinz, ending, micromarket, office coffee, foodservice CHICAGO -- Vending, micromarket…

PayRanges Patel Discusses Latest Features For Its Vending Machine Payment System

by Tim Sanford

June 28, 2016

TAGS: cashless vending, mobile payments, vending operators, cashless mobile-payment capability, PayRange, Paresh Patel, Bluetooth payment system, vending…

PepsiCo Brings Back Original Diet Pepsi Formulation

by Emily Jed

June 27, 2016

TAGS: PepsiCo Inc., old Diet Pepsi formula, artificial sweeteners, aspartame, Diet Pepsi original recipe, Diet Pepsi Classic Sweetener, Pepsi MAX, Pepsi…

Vagabond Vending Lands 3 Million In Series A Funding

by Emily Jed

June 27, 2016

TAGS: Vagabond Vending, Middleburg Capital Development, IrishAngels, Gale Bowman, Michael Lovett, vending management system, Vagabond funding …

Visa To Block US Fraud Chargebacks Under 25 Reducing Liability For Vending Operators

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

June 26, 2016

TAGS: EMV credit card, chip credit cards, cashless vending, vending machine payments, vending operator liability, counterfeit-card fraud, Visa chargebacks…

NCVA Plans Business And Fun For July 22-23 Weekend Meeting At Jefferson Landing Resort

by Emily Jed

June 23, 2016

TAGS: vending, NCVA vending meeting, North Carolina Vending Association, Jefferson Landing Resort, Dr Pepper Bottling Co., vending machine loss prevention…

Coke Consolidated Opens 135M South Carolina Sales And Distribution Center

by Emily Jed

June 22, 2016

TAGS: new Coke Consolidated distribution center, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Coca-Cola Consolidated South Carolina, Coca-Cola botter, Anderson…

House Nixes Iowa Congressmans Attempt To Block Tubman On 20 Bill

June 22, 2016

TAGS: U.S. House Rules Committee, Rep. Steve King, Treasury Department, currency redesign, U.S. $20 bill, Andrew Jackson, Harriet Tubman

Judge Rules Massachusetts Vending Machine Fee Is Lawful After Industry Disputes

by Emily Jed

June 22, 2016

TAGS: vending machine fee, Massachusetts vending machine tax, FDA calorie-disclosure, Massachusetts Automatic Merchandising Council, Foley Food &…

Grow Healthy Vending Joins Elementary School Students For Kids Ocean Day Cleanup

by Emily Jed

June 20, 2016

TAGS: Grow Health Vending, vending, healthy vending, Kids Ocean Day, Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education, Orange County Coastkeeper, California…

BLAST Marks 80th Anniversary Of The Randolph-Sheppard Act

by Emily Jed

June 19, 2016

TAGS: blind vendors, vending operator, National Association of Blind Merchants, Windy City BLAST conference, blind merchants, Randolph-Sheppard Act…

Airlifts Shoutouts Allow Micromarket Users To Send Gifts

by Emily Jed

TAGS: Airlift, Shoutout micromarket rewards, vending, Sandeep Phadke, Minda Brusse, micro market BELLEVUE, WA -- Now available at Airlift's…

Coke Consolidated Pacts To Swap Distribution Territories With Coca-Cola Refreshments

by Tim Sanford

June 16, 2016

TAGS: vending, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, independent Coca-Cola bottler, Coca-Cola Co., Coca-Cola Refreshments USA Inc. CHARLOTTE, NC -…