TreeHouse Foods to buy Farmer Brothers’ direct ship business for $100M

June 8, 2023

TreeHouse Foods Inc., a multinational food processing company specializing in producing private label packaged foods headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, has…

UNFI lifts Q3 2023 sales on inflation, suffers earnings decline

June 7, 2023

United Natural Foods Inc. lifted its Q3 2023 sales on inflation and new business while earnings declined due to lower margins and a challenging macroeconomic…

Campbell Soup lifts Q3 sales on price inflation, earnings fall

June 7, 2023

Campbell Soup Co. lifted its Q3 2023 sales boosted by price inflation while earnings fell due to higher expenses, according to an earnings report.

Dog supply vending machine offers grooming mitt

June 6, 2023

The Posh Puppy Boutique vending machine, installed at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas in February, now offers a product that allows pet…

El Niño drives concern about higher robusta prices

June 6, 2023

El Niño, a weather phenomenon that delivers dry and hot conditions to the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, is causing concerns about higher robusta coffee…

Health, wellness machines arrive in Brooklyn

June 6, 2023

Brooklyn, New York residents can access wellness products from a vending machine at the corner of Decatur and Broadway streets, according to a news12.com…

PepsiCo Beverages to close Indiana facility

June 5, 2023

PepsiCo Beverages North America will close its longtime facility in Muncie, Indiana in the coming months, according to a report in The Star Press.

Ice vending finds its niche in 2023

While self service in general is expanding, ice vending machines are growing driven by several unique market factors. An industry veteran offers his…

NAMA urges Congress to pass bill to fight converter theft

June 5, 2023

The National Automatic Merchandising Association joined a coalition of trade associations in a letter to support a proposed federal law to battle rising…

Alabama family court offers book vending machine

June 5, 2023

Book vending machines have been installed in schools for years to promote reading, but the Jefferson County Family Court in Birmingham, Alabama may be the…

Plug pulled on beverage machine tampered with to serve beer

June 5, 2023

A can beverage vending machine that was dispensing beer in a Canadian apartment building has been disabled, according to a castanet.net report.

European vending association report explores consumer preferences

June 2, 2023

Quality, safety and affordability are the main drivers of European consumer purchases from vending machines, according to a newly completed report from the…

Australia services agency offers female hygiene product machine

June 2, 2023

Desert Blue Connect, a provider of services for women and families in Geraldton, Australia, has installed a "Dignity Vending Machine" at its newly established…

Rhode Island seeks to ban polystyrene items in foodservice

June 2, 2023

Rhode Island lawmakers moved to ban to-go foam boxes and plastic cocktail stirrers Thursday, according to a report in The Providence Journal. The state senate…

Japanese manufacturer deploys vending machines for natural disaster relief

June 2, 2023

Earth Corp., a Tokyo-based manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and other consumer products, has installed two vending machines in Ako, a western coastal city, to…

Ben E Keith Foods buys Orrell’s Food Service

June 2, 2023

Ben E. Keith Foods has acquired Orrell's Food Service Inc., including its 106,000-square-foot distribution center in Linwood, North Carolina, as well as JEM…

Gordon Food Service expands to Texas

June 2, 2023

Gordon Food Service, a privately held foodservice distributor with operations in the U.S. and Canada, will open six stores in the greater Houston area to serve…

Hormel Foods suffers Q2 2023 sales, earnings dip

June 1, 2023

Hormel Foods Corp. suffered Q2 2023 sales and earnings declines against the prior year period, with retail, foodservice and international segments posting…

Oklahoma introduces harm reduction vending machines

June 1, 2023

Oklahomans suffering from substance abuse can access Naloxone and fentanyl test strip kits at 40 vending machines installed statewide, according to a press…

Brooklyn Dumpling Shop intros iPourit self-serve beverages

June 1, 2023

Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, a New York City-based restaurant modeled on the historic Automat self-service concept, has teamed with iPourit, maker of a self-pour…