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Vol. 52, No. 4, April 2012
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|  | Anpesil Rebrands Itself As Thayer Distribution
Nick Montano
Anpesil Distribution Services is rebranding its name and logotype. Effective May 1, the company name will become Thayer Distribution. The Gallicchio family will continue to run the business, as it has done for the past 25 years...
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| | Canada Plans To Cease Distributing Pennies
Tim Sanford
The Royal Canadian Mint will no longer distribute one-cent coins, starting this fall. Existing coins will retain their value and may be used indefinitely, but price rounding on cash transactions will be required...
| | Hostess Asks Unions To Freeze Salaries
Emily Jed
Hostess Brands Inc. has proposed a salary freeze for union workers in a move the troubled baked goods company says would save it $6.1 million a year by 2015...
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| | James Herr, Snack Food Pioneer, Dies At 87
Nick Montano
James S. Herr, founder of the company that makes Herr's potato chips and other snack foods sold in vending machines and in stores, died on April 5. He began his career with a $1,750 investment in a small potato chip company...
| | Memphis Initiative Backs Healthy Vending
Emily Jed
A voluntary anti-obesity initiative that takes communitywide aim at vending machines kicks off in Memphis, TN, this month. It's called the Million Calorie Match...
| | Soda Sales Fizzle, Premium Beverages Drive Growth
Emily Jed
Ready-to-drink tea and coffee, sports beverages and energy drinks drove modest growth in the beverage market during 2011. But larger, more established segments like carbonated soft drinks and fruit beverages failed to grow another time, according to Beverage Marketing Corp....
| | Vending Machines In NYC Taxis?
by Staff Reporter
A proposal to put small venders inside New York City's yellow cabs won praise this week at a city-sponsored contest for new business ideas...
| | 2012 Amusement Expo Buyer Attendance Hangs Tough
Nick Montano
Some 1,384 buyers registered for the 2012 Amusement Expo, compared with 1,374 buyers last year. Total attendance at the third annual expo was 2,926. Dave Courington wins AAMA Lifetime Achievement Award...
| | AMI Releases Bar Link Mobile App
Nick Montano
AMI Bar Link allows music fans to interact with jukeboxes and ML-1 videogame terminals. Users can make music selections at a location right from the palms of their hands, or view their Megatouch rankings...
| | Bars Exempt From Indiana's Smoking Ban
Marcus Webb
Unlike most laws prohibiting smoking in public venues and workplaces, Indiana's does not apply to bars or taverns (as long as they are not located in restaurants and do not employ anyone younger than 18)...
| | Big Buck HD Is First 1080p Arcade Video
Nick Montano
Latest rendering in the popular Big Buck Hunter series from Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix is the first-ever arcade videogame to support 1080p graphics. Viddie debuts March 14 at Amusement Expo...
| | Pinball Success Story
by Staff Reporter
High-quality gameplay and a "savvy instinct for licensing" are two key reasons why Stern Pinball has survived long after the departure of many former competitors...
| | The Beatles Arrive On TouchTunes Jukeboxes
Nick Montano
The most iconic band of all time will now be featured across a network of more than 50,000 digital jukeboxes. On April 1, The Beatles' 13 legendary studio albums go live on TouchTunes boxes...
| | Big Bear Upgrades Eyeprize Machine
by Staff Reporter
Big Bear Import Brokers Inc. has upgraded its amusement novelty, which combines a videogame and bulk merchandising. Eyeprize X boasts larger features...
| | NBVA Elects Steve Schechner President
by Staff Reporter
The National Bulk Vendors Association has elected Steven Schechner of Capital Vending as its next president. He succeeds Bernard Schwarzli of Beaver Machine Corp...
| | NBVA's 62nd Annual Confab Draws 270 Visitors
Hank Schlesinger
The National Bulk Vendors Association chalks up another successful convention and trade show. NBVA presents Jane Mason/Rose Schiller Award to Bernie Schwarzli of Beaver Machine...
| |  | The Old Order Changeth, To Our Benefit
Tim Sanford
The annual National Automatic Merchandising Association convention has been the principal forum for the ongoing industry conversation for six decades, and participants at this year's OneShow in Las Vegas have a great deal to talk about... by Tim Sanford
| | | A New Generation Of Professionals Enters Vending
Hank Schlesinger
In speaking with NBVA convention-goers last month, I got a sense there's renewed optimism in the air. This shouldn't be surprising -- entrepreneurs are naturally optimistic... by Hank Schlesinger
| | | After Ecast, What?
Marcus Webb
Ecast's abrupt departure created something of a shock for many industry members. Why? Exploring the reasons behind the industry's surprised reaction to the "not-so-surprising" news may reveal some interesting things... by Marcus Webb
| | Dart Container To Buy Solo Cup For $1B
Emily Jed
Dart will pay $315 million in cash and assume $700 million of Solo's debt. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close by the third quarter...
| | Farmer Bros. Taps Keown President And CEO
Tim Sanford
Farmer Bros. Co. appoints a new chief executive. Michael Keown comes to the coffee and tea company from WhiteWave Foods Co., a subsidiary of Dean Foods...
| | Better For Us: 'Healthy Vending' Is Not An Oxymoron, It's A Sales Stimulator
By Paresh Patel, Ph.D.
Over the years, vending has become synonymous with "junk food." That shouldn't be the case. A vending machine is simply a distribution channel, not unlike a store. Other things being equal, it doesn't matter to the vending operator if the sale that's made is a chocolate bar or a granola bar, as long as the margins are the same... by Paresh Patel
| | | Join The Conversation
Alicia Lavay
Since I returned from the Amusement Expo, I've been thinking about where this industry has been and where it might be headed. The coin-op business as we know it today is on the trailing edge of... by Alicia Lavay
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TouchTunes Interactive Networks rolled out multiple services for its smart jukebox at Amusement Expo in Las Vegas last week. On the evening before the show, March 13, more than 600 operators and TouchTunes partners got a first look at Virtuo's karaoke and photobooth applications... 
