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Vol. 52, No. 12, December 2012
| Coca-Cola Buys Stake In Milk Drink Company
Emily Jed
The Coca-Cola Co. and dairy cooperative Select Milk Producers are taking equity stakes in Fair Oaks Farms, maker of Core Power high-protein post-workout recovery milkshakes ...
| | G&J Acquires Cross Marketing
Emily Jed
Florida-based G&J Marketing and Sales said it will acquire Ohio's Cross Marketing, and has added personnel to cover its new territory...
| | Iowa's Hasty Tasty Acquires Gateway Vending
Emily Jed
Hasty Tasty Vending, a Canteen Vending Services franchise, acquires Clinton, IA-based Gateway Vending, increasing penetration of its previously expanded service area...
| | Mexico Chews Over Gum Tax
by Staff Reporter
Mexico produces 92,000 tons of gum annually, and Mexicans chew an average 2.5 pieces a day. A proposed tax would help "un-stick" discarded gum...
| | PepsiCo Opens Shanghai R&D Center
Emily Jed
The R&D center is said to be the company's largest outside North America. It will serve as a hub of new product, packaging and equipment for PepsiCo's businesses in Asia...
| | Report: Snack Bar Growth Shows No Signs Of Slowing
Emily Jed
The U.S. snack bar market has grown at twice the rate of other snack foods and nearly three times the rate of the overall packaged food sector over the past 10 years, according to Rabobank...
| | Wawa Launches Keurig-Compatible Coffee Packs
Emily Jed
Portion packs of Wawa's private-label original and 100% Colombian coffees are now available in 604 c-stores in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia...
| | After-Work Tavern Tradition Fades
Marcus Webb
Several factors have conspired to depress after-work, on-premise consumption. But taverns and saloons in industrial Midwestern cities like Milwaukee are still regarded as "the communal living rooms"...
| | Barron Games Introduces Compact Hockey Table
Hank Schlesinger
How do you top a hit game like Quad Air, the four-player air hockey table from Barron Games International? For Baron, the answer is "think small with a big idea"...
| | Illinois VLTs Take In $18M In October
by Staff Reporter
The state's top-earning video poker location in October was an American Legion post in Urbana, where gamblers bet more than $900,000, or an average of $30,000 a day...
| | LAI Games Unveils 5 Pieces At IAAPA Show
Tim Sanford
Making their debut are Balloon Buster, Mega-Spin, Little Speedy (a compact version of LAI's popular Speed of Light), Toy Zone Crane and Stacker Wall Street...
| | Sega Sammy Reports Q2 Sales, Earnings Mostly Down
Marcus Webb
Sega Sammy's domestic coin-op machine sales, Japanese arcade revenues and worldwide consumer videogame sales were all lower in its 2013 fiscal first half, compared with the same period last year...
| |  | IAAPA Show Offers Range Of Opinions On State Of Industry
Hank Schlesinger
One exhibitor's "waste of time and money" is another's record-breaking year. The same could be said for operator participants who judge shows by the quality and price of equipment and merchandise... by Hank Schlesinger
| | | Renewal
Marcus Webb
Optimism may be out of style, and many industry members may be out of practice feeling it, but we believe that upbeat observations of AMOA's Andy Shaffer deserve respectful attention and careful thought... by Marcus Webb
| | Green Mountain Profits Climb, Shares Soar
Emily Jed
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit climbed 22%, exceeding Wall Street expectations and sending shares soaring as Keurig brewers and K-Cups boosted bottom line growth...
| | NPD: Millennials Dine Out Less
Emily Jed
Recession hits 18 -to-34-year-olds harder than any other group. NPD analyst says the demographic shift is "of biblical proportions for the restaurant industry"...
| | Can Bulk Vendors Cash In On The 'Black Friday' Retail Rush?
Hank Schlesinger
TAGS: bulk vending, vending machine, coin machine, coin-op business, high-traffic retail locations, Simon Property Group, Walmart, Best Buy, Kohl's, Target, National Retail Federation, Black Friday weekend, vending operator
| | | A New Day And A New Year
Alicia Lavay
It's been fascinating to observe, and report on, the convergence of technologies impacting the vending industry over the past two decades. Let's take a look at vending's most prominent advancements of 2012... by Alicia Lavay
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