 | CAVC Partners With ABA, Consumer Advocacy Group To Fight Beverage Tax
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
The California Automatic Vending Council joins forces with the American Beverage Association and Californians for Food and Beverage Choice in opposing a proposal that would impose a penny-per-ounce tax on the distribution of beverages...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Mobile Tech Company To Unveil Social Vending Platform At CTIA Show
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
Gigigo Mobile Services will take wraps off a social vending platform for connecting vending machines with brands via mobile tech at this week's CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association) in Las Vegas...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Ad In Monday's USA Today Chides Bottled Water In National Parks
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
A corporate watchdog group says its running an ad in a special national parks supplement to USA Today on Monday that calls on the beverage giant to stop interfering in efforts by national parks to go bottled water free...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Beverage Giants Extend Calories Count Vending Machine Labeling To Nation's Capital
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
Coca-Cola Co., Dr Pepper Snapple Group and PepsiCo will work with District of Columbia mayor Vincent Gray, foodservice providers and vending operators to increase availability of lower-calorie beverages in vending machines...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Japanese Vending Industry Demonstrates Renewed Vitality In 2012; Revenues Climb 1.4%
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
The vending industry in Japan saw an increase of 1.4% in revenue in 2012, according to the annual industry report issued by the Japanese Vending Machine Manufacturers Association Total vended goods and services revenues rose to ¥5.375 trillion, or $52.5 billion...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Vendors Exchange Rolls Out Cleanlife LED Tubes As Direct Fluorescent Replacements
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
Designed for simple installation in place of existing fluorescent tubes, the CleanLife LED strips feature rotating endcaps that can be aligned with the sockets in the lamp fixture while the shell is rotated for optimum illumination of the machine's product display...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| Man Claims To Have Secret Coke Formula, Puts On eBay For $5M
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
A Ringgold, GA, man says an old recipe in a box of papers that he and his wife purchased at a local estate sale could be the original Coca-Cola formula...
Author: Emily Jed
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| PepsiCo Pilots Touchscreen Fountain Vender
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
Touch Tower resembles a large iPad on a stand. It offers nearly 100 flavor combinations of up to eight brands and four flavor shots, and uses the beverage giant's existing bag-in-the-box syrup system...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Kinect-Powered Vending Machine Turns Pepsi Patrons Into Avatars
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
Touchscreen soda venders equipped with Microsoft's Kinect technology allow patrons to interact with a machine touch-free, using hand gestures to buy beverages or play a game of chance to win a free drink...
Author: Emily Jed
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| DeMet's Candy Co. Divests TrueNorth Nuts
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 6, June 2013
DeMet's acquired TrueNorth, a nationally distributed premium snack nut brand, from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America in 2010. Under its ownership, DeMet's introduced TrueNorth flavor varieties...
Author: Emily Jed
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| USA Technologies 2013 Third-Quarter: Revenue Is Up 19%; Recurring Revenues Up 26%
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The cashless vending provider's gross profit climbs 32% and connections to ePort Connect service rise 32% year over year to 196,000 [press release]
Author: USAT Press Release
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| Vending Times' Emily Jed Will Moderate NFB Conference's Healthy Vending Forum
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The National Association of Blind Merchants will conduct a Business Leadership and Superior Training (BLAST) conference at the Indianapolis Downtown Marriott Hotel from May 20 through 23, and "healthy" vending is a central concern to conference organizers and participants alike...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| Mondelez Delivers Better-Than-Expected Q1 Results
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The company sold more snacks in emerging markets in its most recent quarter, but fell short of its long-term revenue growth targets, hurt by its gum business. Also impacting quarterly sales was lower pricing for Maxwell House coffee...
Author: Emily Jed
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| AVT Says Wireless Patent Claims Found Valid, Enforceable Upon Reexamination
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
AVT Inc. said it received a Notice of Intent to Issue Reexamination Certificate from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that indicates that several claims for its wireless vending technology were found patentable...
Author: Emily Jed
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| New Data Track Positive Impact On Sales For Machines Enabled By USAT Cashless Payment Platform
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
Data trends in USA Technologies' 2013 Cashless Knowledge Base point to incremental revenue opportunities and increased consumer preference for cashless [press release]
Author: USAT Press Release
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| Coke Debuts 'World's Thinnest' Vending Machine
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The aptly named Diet Coke-branded "Slender Vender" fits in the most compact of spaces where other machines can't...
Author: Emily Jed
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| U.S. Chamber's Associations Committee Welcomes NAMA's Carla Balakgie
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
National Automatic Merchandising Association president and chief executive Carla Balakgie has been appointed to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Association Committee of 100...
Author: Nick Montano
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| Avanti Unveils Compact Kiosk And Food Safety Features For Micromarkets
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
Avanti Markets is introducing two checkout terminals and two food safety products designed to increase installation options for its micromarket system. The new Executive Kiosk is a streamlined self-checkout terminal designed to...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| NAMA Member Operators Fight Adverse Bills In Oregon And Vermont
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
In Oregon, a bill proposes to mandate "healthier" snacks in vending machines located in public buildings.
In Vermont, H. 528 seeks to create a disparate and unfair "meals tax" on food products sold through vending machines...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| Byndl And Sprout Pact To Drive Digital Media, Mobile Payment Services In Vending
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The Seattle-based mobile transaction services company and Sprout Retail, a vending-focused consumer marketing firm, have teamed up to deliver mobile payments, digital coupons and surveys...
Author: Emily Jed
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| Connectivity And Communication Theme 66th NAMA Convention
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
The National Automatic Merchandising Association's fourth OneShow continued the steady expansion that the annual confab has enjoyed since its rescheduling as a spring event. NAMA said the 2013 OneShow drew 250 exhibitors, 24 over last year, and 5,000 participants, up 4.5%...
Author: Tim Sanford
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| Herr Foods Acquires Silk City Snacks
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
Herr Foods Inc. has agreed to acquire a majority share in Silk City Snacks, a Clifton, NJ-based snack food manufacturer that produces waffle sandwich-style and pizzelle-type snacks and popped chips...
Author: Emily Jed
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| USAT Kicks Off Mobile Payment, 'Fifth Vend Free' Loyalty Promotion
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
USA Technologies Inc. is integrating its installed base of more than 100,000 NFC-enabled cashless payment terminals with Isis's SmartTap mobile commerce technology to establish a rewards acceptance and redemption program...
Author: Emily Jed
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| VE South Launches Online Marketplace
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
Florida's largest full-line vending machine distributor is now doing e-business at VESouthVendingMarketplace.com...
Author: Nick Montano
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| | Crane Media's 'All-In-One' Design Eases High-Tech Vending Migration
Issue: Vol. 53, No. 5, May 2013
Crane Merchandising Systems took the wraps off its high-tech Media series last spring, charting a new course in machine design with a fully integrated solution that centers the shopping experience around the consumer. With several thousand units in the field, the vending machine manufacturer says it's continuing to build upon the "future-proof" platform with new features and enhancements that rolled out this spring...
Author: Emily Jed
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