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Automatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch Assistant Editor Alfonso Flores discusses the potential of micro markets, and how operators could jeopardize it. Read blog.
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Blog: Stop Competing With Each Other

Automatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch Assistant Editor Alfonso Flores discusses the potential of micro markets, and how operators could jeopardize it. Read blog.

News • June 20th, 2013
Long-Time Vending Instructor Says Goodbye And Thanks

Jim Clark, the vending instructor and biggest proponent of the vending repair program in Philadelphia, Pa., has retired. His farewell to the industry is heart-felt and appreciative for the industry he’s been a part of for more than 20 years. Read...

News • June 20th, 2013
Three Square Market Moves To Wholesale Equipment Distributors

Three Square Market (32M), a subsidiary of TW Vending, announced that beginning immediately, all future growth of its state of the art micro market kiosk technology will be done through wholesale equipment distributors. While reception of the Three...

News • June 20th, 2013
Hormel Foods Lowers 2013 Fiscal Outlook

Hormel Foods Corp lowered its full year guidance range for fiscal 2013 from $1.93 to $2.03 per share to $1.88 to $1.96 per share. "Lower than expected results in our pork operations, higher input costs and softer sales of our retail products in our...

News • June 20th, 2013
General Mills Closes Commerce, Calif. Plant

General Mills, Inc. will close its plant in Commerce, Calif., according to Baking Business News. Production will be consolidated to other facilities in the region. The closing was to create operating efficiencies in the company’s supply chain, and...

News • June 20th, 2013
Blue Diamond Opens Turlock, Calif. Plant

Doors to Blue Diamond's Turlock, Calif. Plant opened recently as California dignitaries and guests became the first to tour a facility deemed to be the largest single almond investment since 1910 when the cooperative organized the industry and created...

News • June 20th, 2013
Tea Continues To Grow In Popularity

The beverage industry is seeing a culture shift toward tea, according to The Mail Tribune. David DeCandia, a tea expert at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Los Angeles, Calif. believes the tea will eventually reach the popularity of coffee. Full article.

News • June 20th, 2013
Starbucks To Include Calorie Information On Menu Items

Starbucks Coffee Co. announced it will include calorie information on menu boards at all company-operated and licensed U.S. Starbucks® stores beginning June 25. The company hopes the launch of menu board labeling and pastry case calorie labeling will...

News • June 20th, 2013
NAMA Meets With Legislative Officials, Discusses Vending Issues

Last week, a NAMA team including CEO Carla Balakgie, COO Dan Mathews, senior vice president Eric Dell and vice president Roni Moore met with U.S. Senator John Boozman, R-Ark. and U.S. Representative Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., to discuss current issues...

News • June 19th, 2013
Coffee Drinkers Up 5 Percent From Last Year

The National Coffee Association (NCA) has published its 2013 National Coffee Drinking Trends market research report, which reveals that 83 percent of American adults drink coffee, a five percent increase from last year. The new report, part of the NCA...

News • June 19th, 2013
Lincoln, Neb. Prepares For Healthy Vending Labels

Vending machines in Lincoln, Neb. may be going healthy, according to 10/11 News. As a part of an anti-obesity campaign by an organization called Healthy Lincoln, vending machines products will be labeled green for healthier drinks and snacks and red...

News • June 19th, 2013
COINS Act Reintroduced To U.S. Senate

The COINS Act, which would result in $1 coins replacing Federal Reserve $1 notes, was reintroduced to the U.S. Senate June 6 by Tom Harking, D-Iowa, according to Coin News. The act, which has received bi-partisan backing from GOP members like John...

News • June 19th, 2013
Study: Cocoa May Fight Diabetes

A study conducted by researchers at Penn State suggests that cocoa may help fight obesity-related inflammation diseases such as diabetes, according to Candy Industry News. Mice were fed a high-fat diet for a controlled period of time and then some...

News • June 19th, 2013
Thirty Percent Of Starbucks Transactions Come From Starbucks Cards

Thirty percent of Starbucks’ U.S. transactions come via its stored value Starbucks Card, according to PYMNTS News. Additionally, 25 percent of Starbucks transactions come via its loyalty program, which it launched a few years ago. Full article.

News • June 19th, 2013
Green Coffee Association To Host Annual Golf Tournament

Green Coffee Association, Inc. has announced the date for the 2013 Annual Golf Outing and Dinner, Tuesday Sept. 17, 2013. The event will take place at the Ardsley Country Club in Irvington, N.Y. There will be a shotgun start at 11:30 a.m. following...

News • June 19th, 2013

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