High School Vending Students To Participate In Capitol Hill Fly-In

by Emily Jed

July 6, 2015

TAGS: Vending, NAMA Fly-In, High School Vending Students, Capitol Hill Fly-In, National Automatic Merchandising Foundation, Randolph Technology School …

Howard Chapman Begins Term As NAMA Chairman

by Emily Jed

July 6, 2015

TAGS: Vending, Howard Chapman, National Automatic Merchandising Association, Royal Cup Coffee, NAMA

Study Suggests Bottled Water Bans On Campuses Increase Consumption Of Less Healthy Drinks

by Emily Jed

July 6, 2015

TAGS: Vending, American Journal of Public Health, bottled water ban, plastic waste, water bottle ban failure BURLINGTON, VT -- New research published…

Twinkies Maker Hostess Brands Abandons Sale For IPO

July 6, 2015

TAGS: vending, bakery business, Hostess Brands LLC, Hostess IPO, Twinkies, Apollo Global Management, C. Dean Metropoulos NEW YORK CITY -- Hostess…

Vermonts Vending Machine And Soda Taxes Kick In

by Emily Jed

July 6, 2015

TAGS: Vending, Vermont, Soda Tax, vending machine tax, sugary drinks MONTPELIER, VT -- All food and beverages sold through vending machines are now…

The TinyGrocery Automates Delivery Of Meal Kits

by Emily Jed

TAGS: Tiny Grocery, vending, vending machine trends, micro market, ScratchDC, TinyGrocery, vending refrigerator, vendable dinner kits WASHINGTON-- For…

2015 Sweets Snacks Expo Highlights Innovation And Creativity Among New Product Launches

TAGS: vending machine snacks, candy news, National Confectioners Association, Most Innovative New Candy Products, Tic Tac Minions, Sweets & Snacks…

HOLD DONT MOVE UP Move Over Jackson A Womans Place Is On The 20 Bill

by Emily Jed

June 30, 2015

TAGS: Hot on the heels of 1920's 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, is this year's growing support to replace Andrew Jackson's…

Cheesewich A Sandwich Minus The Bread

by Emily Jed

TAGS: vending, vending machine foods, micro market, Cheesewich Factory, convenience food, NAMA OneShow LYONS, IL -- The Cheesewich Factory's namesake…

Gourmet Tuna Kits Make Vending And Micromarket Debut

by Emily Jed

TAGS: convenience food, ready-to-eat tuna kit, tuna for vending, My Gourmet Products MILPITAS, CA -- My Gourmet Products takes convenience food upscale…

Happy Hour Snacks Expand TGIF Lineup

by Emily Jed

TAGS: TGI Friday snacks, vending machine snacks, Inventure Foods, TGI Fridays PHOENIX -- New in Inventure Foods' TGI Fridays line are sweet, salty and…

Mars Ramps Up Production At Georgia Plants

by Emily Jed

June 24, 2015

TAGS: vending, candy, confection, Mars Inc., Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Mars Chocolate North America, Mars Georgia factories, Orbit, Goodnessknows Snack Squares…

PayRange Secures 12M To Fund Its Vending Machine Payments Technology

by Emily Jed

June 24, 2015

TAGS: vending, PayRange, cashless vending, PayRange, Pay Range Series A funding, Matrix Partners, mobile payment technology, Jared Fliesler, Nyca Partners…

Coca-Colas Julie Seitz Offers Prediction Of Future Workplace Needs For Vending And Refreshment Services

by Tim Sanford

June 23, 2015

TAGS: vending machine, office coffee service, Coca-Cola vending, Coke, micro market, refreshment service, workplace refreshments, vending, vending…

Edmonton Woos Tourists With Twitter-Activated Vending Machine

by Emily Jed

June 23, 2015

TAGS: vending machine, tourism vending machine, Edmonton tourism vending machine, Maggie Davison EDMONTON, AB, Canada -- Alberta's capital city is…

Systech Joins Consortium To Advance M2M Interoperability

by Emily Jed

June 23, 2015

TAGS: vending machine network, ATMs, Systech Corp., Open Interconnect Consortium, Internet of Things, IoT market, Robert Lutz SAN DIEGO -- Systech…

11 Busted In 5-hour Energy Counterfeit Scheme

by Emily Jed

June 22, 2015

TAGS: 5-hour Energy counterfeits, Joseph Shayota, Adriana Shayota, Baja Exporting LLC, Living Essentials Eleven people have been indicted on charges…

Hershey Lowers Growth Forecast Amid Weaker Sales In China Slashes 300 Jobs

by Emily Jed

June 22, 2015

TAGS: Hershey sales, chocolate news, Hershey in China, Hershey Co. estimates, vending, John P. Bilbrey HERSHEY, PA -- North America's biggest…

The Law On Concealed Weapons What Vending Operators Need To Know

by Emily Jed

June 18, 2015

TAGS: vending, Heather Bailey, office coffee service, amusement operators, route drivers, concealed weapon, Smith Amundsen, Pot-Smokin, Gun-Carryin…

The Law On Marijuana Consumption What Vending Operators Need To Know

by Emily Jed

June 18, 2015

TAGS: vending, Heather Bailey, legalization of marijuana, office coffee service, amusement operators, route drivers, impaired drivers, Smith Amundsen…