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Vol. 53, No. 1, January 2013
| Canada Puts Cap On Energy Drink Caffeine Content
Emily Jed
Canada's federal health department has issued new regulations that will limit the amount of caffeine allowed in energy drinks. Caffeine will be capped at 180mg. in a single-serving can or bottle...
| | Coca-Cola Buys Sacramento Bottler
Emily Jed
Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co. is the sixth-largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States, with exclusive territories in nine northern California counties...
| | Crane Co. To Buy MEI Conlux For $820 Million
Nick Montano
The purchase price is 9.6 times greater than MEI's estimated 2012 EBITDA of $85 million. Crane Merchandising Systems and MEI both develop payment solutions for unattended transaction systems in the vending and amusement industries...
| | Maryland Legislator Bans Sugary Drinks
Emily Jed
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman signed an executive order to ban the sale of high-sugar drinks in parks, libraries and other county properties, and at county-sponsored events...
| | NBTY Acquires Balance Bar
by Staff Reporter
NBTY, owned by Washington, DC-based private equity firm Carlyle Group LP, bought Balance Bar from Brynwood Partners...
| | NY Vendors Plan Big Showing At Cuomo Gala To Sustain Momentum
Emily Jed
The New York State Automatic Vending Association is urging industry members to attend a birthday celebration for Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 7. Its goal is to keep in close touch with state lawmakers and the Governor, who vetoed a vending tax relief bill last month...
| | Pay-As-You-Drive Tax Studied In Washington
Hank Schlesinger
What you pay at the pump to gas up route vehicles could soon be based on mileage. With highway infrastructure badly in need of repair, Congress is looking at a program that would...
| | Redbox Instant Goes Live
Emily Jed
Redbox Instant by Verizon, the much-anticipated video-streaming service that's going head to head with Netflix, has begun selling subscriptions through a beta test...
| | AMI's Maas Says Restructuring Is On Course As Progress Accelerates
Nick Montano
AMI Entertainment's planned reorganization into separate businesses, AMI (music and TV) and Megatouch (games), is proceeding smoothly, according to chief executive Michael Maas. "The two divisions will each operate their own business systems, in their own legal entities," he said...
| | Connecticut Town To Burn Videogames
Marcus Webb
A citizen group calling itself Southington SOS said it plans to sponsor a public burning of videogames deemed "violent" on Jan. 12...
| | LAI Games Introduces Pay Lockers
Tim Sanford
These are not old-style coin lockers. They offer access-control options like barcodes, RFID or magnetic strip media, as well as PIN entry...
| | TouchTunes Opens New York Warehouse
Nick Montano
The facility is located in Jamaica, Queens, and addresses what the jukebox company said is "surging demand from New York area operators for TouchTunes products and services...
| | UK Arcades See 10% Earnings Drop
by Staff Reporter
British amusement arcades suffered a 10% drop in revenues between April 2011 and March 2012, while gambling revenues increased, according to a report...
| |  | Healthier Vending
Tim Sanford
Most operators agree that it's bad business to attempt to gain a competitive edge by discrediting other vendors. They sell by emphasizing their strengths, not the supposed deficiencies of rivals. To that end, there is no warrant for calling a vending machine or service "healthy"... by Tim Sanford
| | | Debunking 'The New Normal'
Hank Schlesinger
A new year prompts an obligatory look back, and for many this won't be a particularly pleasant exercise this time around... by Hank Schlesinger
| | | When You're On Your Own
Marcus Webb
Let's face it: 2012 was a challenging year for much of the amusement industry. Between Hurricane Sandy and the N.C. Supreme Court's thumbs-down on sweepstakes videogames, trade members encountered some very tough weather. The year's best news? by Marcus Webb
| | D.E. Master Blenders CEO Steps Down
Emily Jed
The Amsterdam-based maker of Douwe Egberts coffee and Senseo single-cup coffee machines said Michiel Harkemij departed last month "by mutual consent"...
| | NAMA Releases Coffee Research
Emily Jed
The National Automatic Merchandising Association is now selling its coffee research originally presented at the Coffee, Tea and Water show...
| | Peet's Owner Buys Caribou Coffee For $340M
Emily Jed
German private investment firm Joh. A. Bensiker has agreed to buy Caribou Coffee, the No. 2 coffeehouse chain in the U.S. behind Starbucks, for $340 million...
| | Starbucks Rolls Out $1 Reusable Cup To Reduce Trash
Emily Jed
Starbucks already gives customers a dime discount each time they bring in reusable cups for refills, but it's hoping the new cup's low price will encourage more of them to get into the routine...
| | New Year's Wishes For Improving The Coffee Service Business
By Len Rashkin
Over the years, we all have had "wish lists" of the things affecting our vending and coffee businesses that we want our customers, staff, suppliers and even our competition to be, or to do differently. Here are some suggestions for 2013... by Len Rashkin
| | | People, Get Ready!
Alicia Lavay
There's an old joke that if all the economists in the world were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. Getting economists to agree on anything seems like an exercise in futility, but I think we can be sure of one thing: untangling the causes and assessing the results of the financial crisis could take years... by Alicia Lavay
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Ideal Software Systems is looking to bend the cost curve for arcades and family entertainment centers wanting the benefits of a cashless payment system... 
