Crane Co Reports Increased Q2 Earnings Profits Payments And Merchandising Sales Rise 3

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

July 26, 2016

TAGS: Crane Co. vending machines, payments, mobile payments, vending machine technology, Crane Co. 2016 second quarter, Crane Co. Payment and Merchandising…

Nayax Acquires Vendsys Vending Software Company

July 24, 2016

TAGS: vending technology, Nayax, VendSys, mobile payments, cloud-based vending management software, vending machine, Vendsys acquisition, Monyx app…

Redbox Owner To Be Taken Over By Apollo In 16 Billion Deal Outerwall Will Go Private

July 24, 2016

TAGS: Outerwall Inc, Apollo Global Management LLC, Outerwall outstanding shares, Redbox, Coinstar, ecoATM recycling, vending, David Sambur, Outerwall…

NEC Begins Test Of Biometric Payment System

July 21, 2016

TAGS: biometric payments, NEC Corp., NEC test, NEC facial recognition system, ATMs, ending machines. Fumiaki Matsubara, NeoFace, Walkthrough Facial…

New York Vending Association Plans Sept 20 Golf Outing Dinner Meeting

by Emily Jed

July 21, 2016

TAGS: New York vending meeting, vending operator, New York State Automatic Vending Association, NYSAVA Herb Luckower Golf Tournament, National Automatic…

Utz Buys Chip-Maker Golden Enterprises For 135 Million

by Emily Jed

July 21, 2016

TAGS: Utz's Golden Enterprises acquisition, Golden Enterprises, Utz potato chips, vending machine snacks HANOVER, PA -- Utz Quality Foods said it will…

MasterPass Removes Digital Payment Barriers

by Emily Jed

July 20, 2016

TAGS: mobile payments, Mastercard, all-digital payment service, MasterPass, MasterCard Master Pass PURCHASE, NY -- Mastercard says it's the first…

Navy Veteran And Vend Broker Vic Oekerman Dies At 86

by Emily Jed

July 20, 2016

TAGS: Victor Ernest Oekerman, vending, vend broker, Vic Oekerman obituary, Oekerman Sales, Nestlé Co., USS Shangri-La, USS Yorktown PORTLAND, OR -…

New England Vending Associations Hold Annual Meet Larry Lathrop Wins Wishart Award

by Emily Jed

July 20, 2016

TAGS: 2016 New England vending meeting, vending, Larry Lathrop Lathrop Vending, Mark Lathrop, Todd Hedrich, Harry Wishart Award, Pine Tree Vending…

Vengo Labs Touchscreen Vending Machines Roll Off Production Line Enters Ad Sales Partnership

by Nick Montano, Nick Montano

July 19, 2016

TAGS: vending machine, vending technology startup, digital ad network, Vengo Labs, touchscreen vending machines, Vendgo production, D&K Engineering…

Bottled Water Is Poised To Edge Out Soft Drinks For No 1 Spot

by Emily Jed

July 17, 2016

TAGS: Beverage Marketing Corp., beverage consumption data, soft drink consumption, bottled water consumption, vending machine, micro market, Michael…

Gen Zs Thirst Health Focus Drives College Students Beverage Choices

by Emily Jed

July 17, 2016

TAGS: Gen Z water consumption, natural beverages, beverage consumption trends, vending machine, Beverage Marketing Corp., Michael Bellas, Fluent, Michael…

Study Finds Fewer American Teens Are Drinking Soda

by Emily Jed

July 17, 2016

TAGS: government beverage survey, teen soda consumption, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cold drink trends, soda consumption trends…

Apriva Completes Third EMV Certification for Mobile Payments Platform

by Emily Jed

July 14, 2016

TAGS: Apriva, AprivaPay Plus, vending, EMV, mobile payments, First Data, office coffee service, OCS, cashless payment SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- Apriva said it…

Fresh Healthy Vending Becomes Generation Next Franchise Brands

by Emily Jed

July 14, 2016

TAGS: Fresh Healthy Vending, Generation Next Franchise Brands, Reis and Irvy's, 19 Degrees Premium Frozen Yogurt, Nick Yates, frozen yogurt vending…

Mars Drinks Issues 2016-2020 Sustainability Review Citing Progress Since 2010 Announces Aim To Become Most Sustainable Workplace Drinks Solution

July 14, 2016

TAGS: Mars Drinks, sustainable coffee, workplace refreshments, office coffee service, Mars Inc., Xavier Unkovic, OCS, single-cup coffee, Flavia

NAMA Installs Vistars Pat Hagerty As Board Chairman For Year Ahead

by Tim Sanford

July 14, 2016

TAGS: National Automatic Merchandising Association, NAMA, Vistar, Pat Hagerty, Howard Chapman, Royal Cup, Performance Food Group, vending, OCS, NAMA…

Vending Industry Advocacy Fly-In Reaches 39 Of US Congressional Offices

by Emily Jed

July 14, 2016

TAGS: vending, National Automatic Merchandising Association, NAMA, NAMA Fly-In, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act, office coffee…

Outerwall Inc To Report 2016 Second Quarter Financial Results On July 28

July 13, 2016

TAGS: Outerwall Inc., vending, Coinstar, Redbox

First Class Vendings Mark Hendrickson Dies At 65

by Emily Jed

July 12, 2016

TAGS: Vending, OCS, Mark Hendrickson, First Class Vending, Servomation, Ralph Hendrickson, R.J. Bradberry, Matthew Marsh