ARKI keynote explores how brands, locations can win with automated retail

Automated retail is expanding beyond traditional vending, giving brands new ways to reach customers and venues new ways to make use of available space.

Primepick brings meal tracking, automated safety controls to hot food vending

by Richard Slawsky — Editor, Connect Media

Primepick’s MealMate system combines robotic meal preparation with individual meal tracking, temperature monitoring and automatic sales lockouts to help operators manage hot food vending.

LTL vs. dedicated trucking: What really gets a kiosk to revenue faster?

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

Less-than-truckload, or LTL, shipping gives operators the ability to move individual kiosks or smaller groups without waiting to fill an entire truck. Dedicated transportation takes the opposite approach. Both models have a place.

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Give your kiosks the best in managed connectivity and placement flexibility with powerful 4G LTE

Navy Exchange opens 24-hour micro market at Souda Bay in Greece

Naval Support Activity Souda Bay in Greece has opened a fully automated Navy Exchange micro market designed to provide military personnel with round-the-clock…

Foodservice

Foodservice is the “backbone” for many convenience services operators. The operator provides meals at a client location, usually preparing most of the food onsite. Convenience services operators often supplement this service with vending machines at the location.