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Advocacy Group Claims Soda Tax Will Benefit Schools $233 Per Student

A study by the California Center for Public Health Policy estimates a 1-cent per ounce tax on sugary sodas and other sweetened drinks would generate $233 per student and fund initiatives to prevent childhood obesity

News • April 21st, 2011

Institute Challenges Dean Foods' Advertising Claims About Horizon Milk

The Cornucopia Institute filed a formal request with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today, asking for an investigation into Dean Foods' advertisements for its Horizon milk with Omega-3 DHA, alleging the nation's largest dairy conglomerate...

News • April 21st, 2011

MEI's Chuck Reed To Explain Bill Recycling Technology At National Automatic Merchandising Association OneShow In Chicago

A session titled, "Why Recycling and Why Now," will be offered in conjunction with the National Automatic Merchandising Association's OneShow in Chicago.

News • April 21st, 2011

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. And ConAgra Foods, Inc. Partner On Swiss Miss® Hot Cocoa K Cups

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. and ConAgra Foods, Inc. reached an agreement to make Swiss Miss® Hot Cocoa available in K-Cup® portion packs for the Keurig® Single-Cup Brewing System.

News • April 21st, 2011

VMW Blog: Big Beverage Bottler Invests In Vending Technology, Hastening The Pace Of Change

Elliot Maras, editor of Automatic Merchandiser, notes in his blog that one of the major beverage bottlers has made a big investment in wireless reporting in vending machines

News • April 20th, 2011

New York State Issues Guidance On State Sales Tax For Vended Products

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has issued a guidance document on how the state sales tax applies to food and beverages sold in vending machines.

News • April 20th, 2011

Parenting Author Jen Singer Opposes Removing Chocolate Milk From School

Jen Singer, an author on parenting and editor of an Internet news site, mommasaid.net, wrote an article in The Wall Street Journal claiming that schools are making a bad move in banning chocolate milk.

News • April 20th, 2011

Lawsuit Questioning Taco Bell's Beef Withdrawn

Taco Bell declared victory Tuesday after a law firm dropped its class-action lawsuit over the meat filling served in the fast-food chain's tacos and burritos

News • April 20th, 2011

Vending Thieves Target Machines In Grand Junction, Colo.

Vending machines on golf courses in Grand Junction, Colo. have been targeted by thieves

News • April 20th, 2011

National Automatic Merchandising Association Announces 2011 Innovation Award Winners

The National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) has announced its 2011 "iSpot" innovation awards.

News • April 20th, 2011

Featured in Automatic Merchandiser: Brad Thomas Of A Matter Of Taste, Northridge, Calif., Named First Quarter Route Driver Of The Year Winner

Brad Thomas, a route driver for A Matter of Taste in Northridge, Calif., is the first 2011 quarter winner of the Automatic Merchandiser Route Driver of the Year contest sponsored by Kraft Foods Vending & OCS.

News • April 20th, 2011

National Coffee Service & Vending Inc. Launches Single-Serve Coffee Pod Program

National Coffee Service & Vending Inc. (NCS&V), the Lake Worth, Fla.-based vending and coffee service brokerage, will be providing a comprehensive single- serve pod program across the U.S. with distribution partner Vistar.

News • April 20th, 2011

Court Sentences Red Bull Vending Scammer To 17.5 Years In Prison

The founder of a Lauderhill company that duped customers into thinking they could make hefty profits by buying Red Bull vending machines was sentenced on Monday to 17 1/2 years in federal prison

News • April 20th, 2011

Coca-Cola Shareholder Group Seeks Resolution On Bisphenol-A

On April 27th Coca-Cola shareholders will vote on a resolution at the company's annual meeting in Atlanta about the use of bisphenol-A (BPA) in beverage can linings.

News • April 20th, 2011

Featured In Automatic Merchandiser: Account Retention: Now More Than Ever!

News • April 19th, 2011

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