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Vol. 52, No. 9, September 2012
| Apriva Launches Web-Based Customer Support Portal
Emily Jed
Apriva Customer Education (ACE) enables customers to find information regarding payment terminals, network security, software and other topics that affect the performance its wireless payment services...
| | Crew Is PepsiCo Americas Beverages' New President
Emily Jed
Debra Crew will oversee PepsiCo's Gatorade and Tropicana business in North America, its Latin America Beverages business, and the company's North America warehouse sales organization and Beverage Growth Ventures Group...
| | Diet Coke Gets Fall Makeover
Emily Jed
The soft drink giant reintroduces a bold, cropped Diet Coke logo for its aluminum can, along with a new ad campaign...
| | Kraft Debuts Stride Mintacular Gum
Emily Jed
Kraft expands Stride gum lineup with Mintacular. New gum, with a unique minty flavor profile, is the second collaboration between Stride and pro snowboarder and skateboarder Shaun White...
| | NPD Study Finds Snacking On The Upswing
Emily Jed
The most recent "Snacking in America 2012" report found that although Americans still carve out main meal times, the number of items consumed at each main-meal has declined over time, and consumers snack in-between meals often...
| | 'Breaking Bad' Candy: Bad Idea?
by Staff Reporter
It isn’t the kind of tie-in that most candymakers would dare undertake, but a local confectionery store in Albuquerque, NM, is selling "meth" inspired by AMC's critically acclaimed "Breaking Bad" TV series...
| |  | Losing Customers Without Knowing It
Tim Sanford
Advances in display and payment technology, aided by faster and cheaper wireless networks, seem to be fostering another wave of interest in vending as a highly visible and engaging retail medium. This interest has been intensifying recently, not only for the sale of single-serve refreshment items but also of nontraditional products... by Tim Sanford
| | | Gumball Bandits Are No Laughing Matter In High-Risk Sites
Hank Schlesinger
Newspapers have increasingly reported thefts of bulk venders. Almost invariably, the thieves are described as "gumball bandits." Of course, it is not the gumballs they're after, but what's in the cashbox. Let's revisit some tips on how to protect your bulk vending assets... by Hank Schlesinger
| | | The Long And Winding Road
Marcus Webb
The Illinois video lottery market is expected, at long last, to "go live" around the end of September or early in October. This expectation is based on the twin assumptions that a planned two-week test of VLTs in five locations around the state will go well, and that no major glitches will be discovered with the lottery terminals themselves or with the central computer system... by Marcus Webb
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|  | Leveraging Technology: Networked Machines Sell More, Cost Less In Tough Marketplace
Emily Jed
Continued high unemployment and corporate downsizing are giving more vending operators reasons to implement business models made possible by converging telecommunications and information technology. Imperial Vending's Lance Whorton and Diversified Vending's Pat Nuzzolillo Jr. share their experiences using Cantaloupe's Seed, and how remote monitoring of line-item sales and cashless payments dramatically improved their routes...
| | Getting Started: Applying Technology Drives Turnaround At Rawls Distributing
by Robin Rawls
Despite my long history in vending, I found myself a few years ago wondering if I were going to make it after all. With all my experience, I had neglected a crucial game-changer. I had ignored the latest technology to improve my company's efficiency, productivity and competitiveness... by Robin Rawls
| | Childhood Coin-Op Crime Costs Banker His Job
by Staff Reporter
TAGS: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Laundromat, Richard Eggers, slug, coin-op laundry, Carlisle Iowa, operating a coin-changing machine by false means, vending machine, coin-op news, coin machine
| | | Is It Time To Re-Think Commissions?
Alicia Lavay
With today's new service methods and the changing perception of vending among location owners and consumers alike, might some of the old rules regarding commissions be apt to change, too? by Alicia Lavay
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