Vending News & Media

Florida residents recycle containers with reverse vending machine

December 28, 2022

Coral Gables, Florida residents have recycled more than 1,500 containers through a reverse vending machine as part of a recently introduced rewards incentive…

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Self-pour beer machine maker teams with ID verification/fraud prevention startup

December 28, 2022

Beera Station, an Israel based self-pouring beer machine service provider, has teamed with iDenfy, a Lithuania-based identity verification and fraud prevention…

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Convenience foodservice sales on the rise

December 28, 2022

Visits to convenience stores for foodservice items, like beverages and prepared foods, were up 2% in the three months ending November compared to a year ago…

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UNFI to distribute Cause Water

December 27, 2022

Golden Grail Technology, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based diversified beverage and investment group, has signed distribution agreement with United Natural…

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Assa Abloy acquires Janam Technologies

December 27, 2022

Assa Abloy Group, a Stockholm based provider of access solutions, has acquired Janam Technologies LLC, a Woodbury, New York based provider of handheld mobile…

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Trade shows, technology, market opportunities top reader interest in 2022

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Vending Times ranks the 10 best read stories in 2022 based on reader interest.

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Excessive coffee linked to cardiovascular risk

December 26, 2022

Excessive coffee consumption has been linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease in persons with severe hypertension, according to a study published in…

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Dallas attorney launches diaper vending machine business

December 23, 2022

Who would ever expect a finance attorney to be moonlighting as a diaper machine operator?

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Bizjournals profiles SOS machine co-founders

December 23, 2022

SOS, the creator and operator of interactive vending machines for public spaces that deliver feminine hygiene products and digital content, was recently…

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United Natural Foods promotes Selders, Barrick

December 22, 2022

Ron Selders United Natural Foods Inc. has named Ron Selders president of fresh, effective Dec. 26, reporting to Steve Dietz, UNFI's chief customer…

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Tyson Foods employees by the hundreds bolt rather than relocate

December 22, 2022

Hundreds of Tyson Foods Inc. employees plan to leave the company as it consolidates its corporate offices to northwest Arkansas, according to a Marketwatch…

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Canadian dairy farm offers liquid milk machine, bottled milk machine

December 22, 2022

Golspie Dairy, a dairy farm near Woodstock, Canada, has introduced a milk vending machine that allows customers to pour their own bottle of fresh milk that the…

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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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