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  • NAMA Members Unite To Oppose Anti-Vending Legislation
    NAMA Members Unite To Oppose Anti-Vending Legislation

    NAMA members on opposite sides of the country recently stepped up their individual efforts to lobby against two bills that could have serious impact on the vending industry in their respective states. In Oregon, John Powell (NAVA Oregon Legislative...

    News • May 1st, 2013

  • FDA Launches Investigation Of Caffeine Added To Foods
    FDA Launches Investigation Of Caffeine Added To Foods

    Michael R. Taylor, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine, released a statement in response to the release of caffeinated gum, which the FDA claims is the most recent in a series of foods to have...

    News • May 1st, 2013

  • Fresh Del Monte Produce Reports Decreased Earnings For First Quarter 2013
    Fresh Del Monte Produce Reports Decreased Earnings For First Quarter 2013

    Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. reported financial results for the quarter ended March 29, 2013. The company reported earnings per diluted share of $0.71 for the first quarter of 2013 compared with earnings per diluted share of $1.08 in the first...

    News • May 1st, 2013

  • Hostess To Re-Open Indiana And Illinois Bakeries, Will Accept Union Workers
    Hostess To Re-Open Indiana And Illinois Bakeries, Will Accept Union Workers

    Following last week's announcement that it plans to reopen and begin hiring employees for its bakeries located in Columbus, Ga. and Emporia, Kan., Hostess Brands, LLC announced that it will open additional bakeries in Indianapolis, Ind. and Schiller...

    News • May 1st, 2013

  • Boston Entrepreneur Launches 'Cold Brew' Coffee Company

    Paul Jackmauh, a University of Massachusetts graduate and entrepreneur, has started his own coffee company, Boston Cold Brew, featuring an untraditional brewing technique — cold brewing, according to The Daily Collegian. Jackmauh defines cold brewing...

    News • May 1st, 2013

  • New Mexico Farm Receives Grant To Sell Produce In Vending

    Thanks to a $49,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Comida de Campos, a family farm in Embudo, N.M., will begin packaging and selling fresh produce from refrigerated vending machines, according to Alamogordo Daily News. Full article.

    News • May 1st, 2013

  • Pennsylvania High Schoolers Push Through Ban On Bottled Water

    Students at George School, a private Quaker boarding and day high school in Newtown, Pa., have succeeded in gaining a ban on bottled water sales, according to Bucks Local News. On campus additional water fountains will be added with hydration stations...

    News • May 1st, 2013

  • Gaviña Rereleases Blueberry Gourmet Coffee
    Gaviña Rereleases Blueberry Gourmet Coffee

    Gaviña has announced that blueberry coffee is back. Like ripe blueberries fresh off the vine, Gaviña’s Blueberry Coffee is a rich medium roast, accented with authentic fruit flavor. With its sweet aroma and smooth aftertaste, this coffee is a...

    News • April 30th, 2013

  • Prestige Vending Partners With Arizona Online Marketing Firm

    Prestige Vending, a company specializing in healthy choice vending and micro food markets in Tucson,  Ariz. has partnered with WildFire, an established engine optimization and location marketing firm, in order to further improve the effectiveness of...

    News • April 30th, 2013

  • Unilever Touts Tea As Having Unlimited Potential
    Unilever Touts Tea As Having Unlimited Potential

    Unilever executive vice president of global beverages, Winifred Hopf, spoke on behalf of tea at the Innobev Global Beverages Congress in Warsaw, Poland, according to Food Navigator. Hopf explained that tea is the hottest beverage in the global...

    News • April 30th, 2013

  • VE South Launches New Online Marketplace

    VE South, a Florida-based full line vending distributor, has launched a new online marketplace at www.VESouthVendingMarketplace.com. “We wanted an online presence where our customers, existing and new, could find products, machines and service all...

    News • April 30th, 2013

  • Essentia Reports 69 Percent Revenue Gain For First Quarter 2013
    Essentia Reports 69 Percent Revenue Gain For First Quarter 2013

    Essentia® Water, innovator of a bottled functional water brand in the U.S., reported a 69 percent revenue increase in the first quarter 2013. Bucking the category trend of seasonality, January was the biggest month in the brand's 15 year history...

    News • April 30th, 2013

  • Category Experts To Speak At AWMA C-Metrics™ Conference

    A lineup of four of the convenience industry’s foremost experts will discuss trends, reveal current data and offer projections for the future in Category Close-Up sessions at the AWMA C-Metrics™ Convenience Industry Outlook Forum, to be held June...

    News • April 30th, 2013

  • Hostess Brands Plans To Re-Open Kansas Bakery
    Hostess Brands Plans To Re-Open Kansas Bakery

    Hostess Brands, LLC, a new company and employer under new ownership, announced plans to expand and re-launch its bakery in Emporia, Kan. The company will initially add 250 jobs to the local economy and plans to create a total of more than 300 jobs in...

    News • April 30th, 2013

  • Promotion In Motion Named Fourth Fastest Growing Consumer Packaged Goods Company By Boston Consulting Group

    The Promotion In Motion Companies, Inc., headquartered in Allendale, N.J., has been named one of the fastest growing Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies in the U.S., according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Information...

    News • April 29th, 2013

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