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  • Kraft Hires VSA Partners For New Focus On Marketing

    With the appointment of VSA Partners as both lead integrated agency of record and digital agency of record for Crystal Light , Country Time and Tang , as well as digital agency of record for Kool-Aid , Kraft signals the growing importance of...

    News • May 9th, 2013

  • USA Technologies Releases Research Showing Positive Impact On Sales For Machines Enabled By Its Cashless Payment Platform

    USA Technologies, Inc. (USAT) has released data from its 2013 Cashless Knowledge Base that demonstrates how a cashless payment platform can be instrumental in driving additional revenues. One of the highlights of this year's study was a sales trend...

    News • May 9th, 2013

  • Land O’Lakes Reports 8 Percent Sales Increase In 2013

    Land O'Lakes, Inc. announced first quarter financial results, reporting quarterly net sales of $4.2 billion and net earnings of $72 million. Sales were up 8 percent from the same period last year. Company officials described the first quarter...

    News • May 9th, 2013

  • AVT Partners With Cupful To Launch Marley Coffee Micro Stores In Las Vegas, Nev.

    AVT, Inc. announced that they have reached a deal to grant exclusive rights to the innovative Marley Coffee Micro Stores in the Las Vegas market to Cupful, Inc. The deal requires Cupful to purchase 300 Marley Coffee automated systems from AVT, which...

    News • May 9th, 2013

  • Mondelez International Records Revenue Increase In 2013

    Mondelez International, Inc. reported first quarter 2013 results. Net revenues were $8.7 billion, up 0.9 percent. Organic net revenues increased 3.8 percent, including solid contributions from higher volume/mix of 2.5 percentage points and favorable...

    News • May 8th, 2013

  • Imperial Coffee Introduces Exclusive Fair Trade Organic Coffee

    Imperial Coffee and Services Inc. , a Toronto and Southern Ontario, Canada, market leader in office coffee, vending and water services, added to its product line Café Femenino, a fair trade and organic coffee produced by a women’s cooperative in...

    News • May 8th, 2013

  • NAMA Offers Webinar For Better Vending Route Drivers

    NAMA announced it will offer the popular four-week webinar titled The Route to Building a Successful Driving Team beginning May 23. The Webinar is designed to provide operators with the knowledge required to hire and develop high-performing route...

    News • May 8th, 2013

  • Kansas University Police Search For Vending Thief

    Campus police at the University of Kansas are investigating thefts from 20 vending machines across the campus, according to the Lawrence Journal. The police captain reported that at least $1,692 was found missing from food vending machines in various...

    News • May 8th, 2013

  • Sales of UTZ Certified Coffees Rose 38 Percent In 2012

    The UTZ Certified annual report from 2012 shows a strong increase of sustainably produced UTZ coffee, cocoa and tea worldwide. Sales of certified coffees rose with 38 percent to a total volume of 188,096 metric tons. Cocoa sales with the UTZ label...

    News • May 8th, 2013

  • Little Debbie Updates Logo After More Than 20 years

    McKee Foods, the makers of Little Debbie Snacks, has given the Little Debbie logo a makeover. Rolling out now on select products, this is only the third version of the logo since the Little Debbie brand was introduced in 1960. Consumers should...

    News • May 8th, 2013

  • Signifi Solutions Offers Video Game Vending Machine

    Signifi Solutions has launched a new video game vending kiosk called the 'Gamer Spot Shop' where consumers can rent and purchase video games. “If traditional retailers are going to compete with on-line retailers, they have to rethink their...

    News • May 8th, 2013

  • California Bill Requiring 100 Percent Healthy Snacks In Vending Machines By 2017 Launches Debate

    A California bill proposing the restriction of what proposers call "unhealthy" vending food on state grounds, including state offices, is causing intense debate, according to the Los Angeles Times. The bill, set to go before the state Committee on...

    News • May 8th, 2013

  • Blog: Just What We Need – More Competition!

    In a guest blog on VendingMarketWatch.com, Paul Schlossberg of D/FW Consulting discusses the ramifications to the vending and micro market channel as drug stores expand their food offerings. Read blog.

    News • May 7th, 2013

  • NAMA President, Carla Balakgie, Joins U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Association Committee

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce welcomed four new executives to its Association Committee of 100. These CEOs will represent association members before the U.S. Chamber’s board of directors, enhance Chamber lobbying and coalition work, recommend...

    News • May 7th, 2013

  • Snyder’s-Lance Reports 6.5 Percent Increase In Net Revenue In First Quarter 2013

    Snyder's-Lance, Inc. reported results for its first quarter of 2013. Net revenue for the first quarter ended March 30, 2013 was $419 million, an increase of 6.5 percent compared to prior year net revenue of $393 million. Net income was $19.8 million...

    News • May 7th, 2013