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Aug. 15, 2007

The latest products in vending, foffee service and foodservice.

Mars/Masterfoods USA brings a new line of snacks called Generation MaxTM to vending. All Generation Max products contain 150 calories or less per serving, 35 percent less calories from fat, 10 percent calories from saturated fat and 35 percent by weight of sugar per serving along with additional nutrients. The line satisfies the 35:10:35 rules in place for most schools. The line consists of 10 products: Snickers&circledR; cookies; Snickers&circledR; cereal clusters; M&M’s Cookies; Twix&circledR; cereal clusters; 3 Musketeers&circledR; chocolate brownie bar; 3 Musketeers&circledR; S’mores brownie bars; 3 Musketeers&circledR; chocolate strawberry brownie bars; Combos&circledR; pizza crackers; Combos&circledR; hot ‘n spicy crackers; and Combos&circledR; ranch pretzels. For more about the new line, call 800-381-VEND. — Mars/Masterfoods USA brings a new line of snacks called Generation MaxTM to vending. All Generation Max products contain 150 calories or less per serving, 35 percent less calories from fat, 10 percent calories from saturated fat and 35 percent by weight of sugar per serving along with additional nutrients. The line satisfies the 35:10:35 rules in place for most schools. The line consists of 10 products: Snickers® cookies; Snickers® cereal clusters; M&M’s Cookies; Twix® cereal clusters; 3 Musketeers® chocolate brownie bar; 3 Musketeers® S’mores brownie bars; 3 Musketeers® chocolate strawberry brownie bars; Combos® pizza crackers; Combos® hot ‘n spicy crackers; and Combos® ranch pretzels. For more about the new line, call 800-381-VEND.

The National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) Premiere Zone features the latest products in vending, coffee service and foodservice. Food, beverages, parts, equipment and full-size vending machines were displayed with booth information at the entrance to the show floor at the National Automatic Merchandising Association’s Spring 2007 Expo.

The new Proex Inc. sandwich and hoagie containers are designed to better showcase quality sandwiches and wraps. Modeled after more traditional foodservice containers with a black bottom and clear domed top, this package is microwaveable and quick to assemble with a sure locking mechanism. For more information, contact Proex at 630-879-7776.

In conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star Program, the Cadmus Group and USA Technologies are working with vending repair centers to rebuild old machines with new parts, making them Energy Star efficient. A limited number of models have already been tested with new USA Technologies’ VM2iQ devices that, once added, lower a vending machine’s energy consumption, allowing it to carry the Energy Star logo. To find out more about the rebuilt program, visit www.energystar.gov/vending.

Shock Coffee has expanded its coffee line to single cups with Shock Coffee Brand pods. A new hyper-caffeinated cappuccino machine is also available, the Shock-a-cino. Call 888-33-SHOCK for more information and visit www.shockcoffee.com.

Wachtor Electronics is an authorized repair facility for Mars, Conlux, Pyramid, Standard and Rowe service and sales. Doing business for 26 years, Wachtor Electronics is considered a premier service center of MEI, offering 6-month warranty on all repairs. Visit www.wachtor.com or call 800-949-8019 in Utah or 800-949-8021 in Washington.

Kwanhon Electronics Co. Ltd manufactures Internet access vending machines and ATMs. For more information, call 86-769-855-37201 or e-mail [email protected].