VendingTimes.com is a national publication serving the $30 billion vending industry, which includes companies that provide merchandise vending services, refreshment services, industrial foodservice, recreational services, entertainment services, amusement machines and bulk vending machines. The publication provides news, feature articles and opinion pieces that address the industry’s business, legal, regulatory concerns.

Site Editor

Sandra Carpenter is the editor of VendingTimes.com and KioskMarketplace.com.  She has been working in editorial and research roles for over a decade and has experience in print, blog, social media and peer-reviewed publications. Connect with Sandra on LinkedIn.

Looking to get in front of Vending Times's readership? Here's what you do:

1. Make sure it's: newsworthy; B2B-oriented; topical; relevant to management level readers in fields within the publication's editorial scope.
2. Stick to the facts in your product descriptions – no opinions about the products. Any superfluous text will be edited.
3. Provide a quote from a user if possible. Give their full name and title.
4. Include photographs and/or video if available and of good quality. Standard-format digital files are accepted (.png, .jpg, gif) as are video links and embed codes. Identify the source and person or place shown; if more than one person, tell us who's who (by name, title, company). 
5. Copy and paste your press release into the body of an email addressed to Editor@VendingTimes.com.  (Don't attach it) Sending a PDF will not prevent copy-editing, but it will probably delay the posting of your news.
6. Provide complete contact information — name, title, company, phone, email.