Vending News
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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Pennsylvania grocer expands into meat vending
May 31, 2023
Smithmyer's Superette, a grocery store in Loretto, Pennsylvania, has expanded into the meat vending business, according to an Altoona Mirror report.
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Golden State Foods names Brian Dick president/COO
May 31, 2023
Brian Dick Golden State Foods, an Irvine, California-based foodservice distributor, has promoted Brian Dick from corporate executive vice president…
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Nestlé names new CFO
May 30, 2023
Anna Manz Nestlé S.A. has named Anna Manz, a member of the board for the London Stock Exchange Group, as CFO, according to a press release. She…
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Diebold Nixdorf teams with WMF on self-service coffee for Brazil retailers
May 30, 2023
Diebold Nixdorf Inc. has teamed with WMF Professional Coffee Machines, a German supplier of coffee machines for commercial use, to offer self-service coffee…
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Flagstone Foods acquires Campbell Soup’s Emerald nuts business
May 30, 2023
Flagstone Foods, a manufacturer and distributor of private label healthy snacks in North America, has acquired the Emerald nuts business from Campbell Soup…
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Apartment beer vending machine draws complaint
May 30, 2023
A vending machine that offers beer in addition to other beverages in an apartment building laundry room has caused one resident to complain to the Liquor and…
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Japan debuts matchmaking vending machine
May 30, 2023
Leave it to the Japanese to come up with a vending machine for dating.
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