Vending News

Performance Food Group to offer $780M in senior notes

July 12, 2021

Performance Food Group Co., which owns Vistar, the nationwide vending products wholesale distributor, plans to offer $780 million aggregate principal amount of…

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Sports retailer creates tent vending machine

July 12, 2021

Decathlon, a U.K. based sports retailer, has developed what it calls the world's first tent vending machine for display at the Trinity Leeds shopping mall in…

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Tokyo vending machine offers flowers in different stages of bloom

July 12, 2021

A Tokyo rail station, Shinjuku Station, has installed a vending machine that will offer a selection of flowers in different stages of bloom priced between 50…

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Closed Japanese dumpling shop reopens with vending

July 12, 2021

Gyoza Micchan House, a takeout dumpling shop in Takasaki, Japan which closed in 2019, recently reopened in the form of a dumpling factory and a pair of vending…

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Louisville spice market finds success with vending machine

July 12, 2021

When the Pinch Spice Market in Louisville, Kentucky installed a vending machine to offer packets of seasonings and herbs as a way to serve customers during the…

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Georgia school uses book vending machine to encourage kids to read

July 12, 2021

Black's Mill Elementary School in Dawsonville, Georgia, is the most recent elementary school to deploy a book vending machine that encourages kids to read…

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Tyson chicken recall grows to 9M pounds

July 9, 2021

Tyson Foods Inc.'s chicken recall, announced July 3, has increased from the initial 8.5 million pounds to nearly 9 million pounds following an update announced…

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Georgia cake shop offers wares 24/7 via outdoor vending machine

July 8, 2021

Quinetta Hall, owner of Q's Cakes in Albany, Georgia, is gaining additional sales from a vending machine outside the shop that serves customers 24/7, according…

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‘Harm reduction’ vending machine offers free supplies to drug users

July 8, 2021

Caracole Inc., an HIV/AIDS service organization in Cincinnati, has installed a "harm reduction vending machine" outside the organization's…

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Nestlé to invest $100M in South Carolina operation, adding 160 jobs

July 7, 2021

Nestlé USA, will invest $100 million by expanding operations in Cherokee County, South Carolina which will create approximately 160 jobs, according to a press…

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Robotic soft-serve ice cream machine debuts in California

July 7, 2021

iCream, a soft-serve vending machine that produces 25 flavor combinations of freshly made ice cream, has made its debut at the Westfield Century City mall in…

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Sabra names Bergstein president, CEO

July 7, 2021

Joey Bergstein Sabra, a hummus maker, has named Joey Bergstein president and chief executive officer, according to a press release.

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Women’s hair care vending machine expands to military base

July 7, 2021

Diva By Cindy, a natural women's hair care products vending machine, has expanded to Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, the first military base to…

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British Columbia college deploys UpMeals vending solution

July 6, 2021

UpMeals, a Vancouver-based foodservice and vending machine provider, is partnering with Simon Fraser University to install a smart vending machine at the…

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Utz Brands names Theresa Robbins Shea EVP/general counsel

July 6, 2021

Theresa Robbins Shea Utz Brands Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of branded salty snacks, has named Theresa Robbins Shea executive vice president, general…

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Sandwich in a can fits in beverage vending machines

July 6, 2021

Candwich, a sandwich in a can, offers a sandwich kit designed to fit existing soft drink vending machines to provide convenient food, according to a press…

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New York blind vendors sue state over ignoring Randolph Sheppard law

July 6, 2021

A group of 12 New York State blind vendors has filed a complaint against the New York State Thruway Authority and the New York State Commission for the Blind…

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India tea maker expands into vending

July 6, 2021

Cherise India, an India-based tea manufacturer and distributor, has expanded into vending by installing an Android-based kiosk, according to a devdiscourse.com…

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