How vending machines can help reduce plastic, other waste

by Richard Slawsky — Editor, Connect Media

Vending machines are commonly associated with disposable bottles, wrappers and cups, but the same automated infrastructure could help move consumers away from single-use packaging. The concept has already taken root in Europe and could potentially offer benefits to the United States as well.

The fresh food frontier, part 1: Compliance before deployment

by Ben Wheeler — Dir. of Business Dev. - Automated Retail, T-ROC

Consumers increasingly expect better food choices in workplaces, hospitals, campuses, residential properties, transportation locations, and other places where traditional foodservice may be limited. That creates a significant opportunity for automated retail.

T-ROC to deploy up to 1K California Pizza Kitchen automated retail machines

T-ROC Global will deploy and operate as many as 1,000 California Pizza Kitchen automated retail machines nationwide over the next three years under a new…

Music & Games

Music and game machines include juke boxes, video games, pinball machines, kiddie rides, crane "claw" machines and lottery machines. Music and game operators often manage amusement centers and arcades.