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  • Hershey Co. Plans To Add Front-Of-Pack Labeling

    The Hershey Co. recently announced plans to bring an enhanced food labeling system to its U.S. product portfolio. Hershey will provide front-of-pack nutrition information to make it simple and easy for consumers to make choices about the role of...

    News • April 19th, 2013

  • Podcast: People Are Vending’s Greatest Asset

    Mark Dieffenbach, director of specialty sales for The Hershey Co., speaks with Automatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch Editor Emily Refermat about the trends and opportunities in vending. As chairperson of NAMA for the past year, he feels...

    News • April 19th, 2013

  • PepsiCo To Display Vending Machine Prototype At OneShow

    PepsiCo has a new prototype of its Pepsi Interactive Vending Machine using Kinect for Windows motion-sensing technology. The unit will be on display at the NAMA OneShow in Las Vegas, Nev. from April 24 to 26. “We’re always looking for new...

    News • April 19th, 2013

  • USA Technologies' Michael Lawlor To Speak On Data, Cashless And Strategic Implications At NAMA OneShow

    USA Technologies, Inc. 's Michael K. Lawlor, senior vice president of sales and business development, will be presenting at two separate sessions at the NAMA OneShow being held in Las Vegas, April 24 to 26, 2013. Titled, Technology's Impact on...

    News • April 19th, 2013

  • IBWA Argues Bottled Water Industry Is The ‘Face of Positive Change’ For Earth Day 2013

    The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) recently released an announcement highlighting the concerns the bottled water industry has about the environment and the actions it's taking to protect it. Among those actions are a substantial...

    News • April 19th, 2013

  • Systech Introduces M2M Cellular Gateway

    Systech Corp. adds the SL-500, an IP to Cellular M2M Gateway, to the SysLINK line of products. The SL-500 connects "things" to the cloud, as part of the growing "Internet of Things," also known as machine-to-machine (M2M) network. Support is included...

    News • April 19th, 2013

  • Vending Machine Game Makes Second OneShow Appearance

    The lastest release of Snack WarZ , the game app that allows the vending machine to be the hero by killing monsters with snacks and beverages, will once again be at the NAMA OneShow. The mission of the game is to help NAMA and the industry at the...

    News • April 19th, 2013

  • 365 Retail And Avanti Partner For Micro Market, Vending Data Integration Standards

    Responding to the continued growth of micro markets by vending operators, 365 Retail Markets and Avanti Markets have partnered to develop the industry’s first data integration standard. Known as AIM – Access Integration and Management – this...

    News • April 18th, 2013

  • Blog: Don't Give Up On Vending

    While the introduction of micro markets and other technological advances have brought great new energy to vending, Emily Refermat, editor of Automatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch argues that operators shouldn't give up on their vending...

    News • April 18th, 2013

  • Mrs. Freshley’s Announces New Packaging, Logo

    Mrs. Freshley’s, an award-winning line of snack cakes and pastries from Flowers Foods , has unveiled a brand new look: packaging with a bright modern design that compliments a new logo. The updated packaging provides product descriptions and...

    News • April 18th, 2013

  • New Jersey Vendor To Install 3,000 Crane Telemetry Units

    Crane Merchandising Systems’ Streamware brand announced that Culinary Ventures Vending, a vending operation based in Union, N.J., has purchased 3,000 of Crane's Currenza™ Navigator telemetry units for the online connectivity of the company’s...

    News • April 18th, 2013

  • PepsiCo Reports Growth In First Quarter 2013

    PepsiCo, Inc. reported core earnings per share of $0.77 for the first quarter, an increase of 12 percent on organic revenue growth of 4.4 percent. PepsiCo Americas Foods organic revenue grew 6 percent in the quarter driven by organic revenue growth...

    News • April 18th, 2013

  • NAMA's Eric Dell And Crane's Laurin Miller To Present At Lieberman Vending Show May 3

    Lieberman Companies is pleased to announce that NAMA’s Eric Dell and Crane Streamware’s Laurin Miller will host seminars at its 34th Annual Vending Food and Equipment Show on Friday, May 3, 2013. Eric Dell will present from 11 am to noon...

    News • April 18th, 2013

  • Food Truck Business Expands In Cincinnati, Ohio

    Cincinnati, Ohio, is increasing the allotted number mobile food truck spaces available, according to WVXU news. The change affects the "nightlife" areas and is expected to be made permanent, instead of requiring an annual vote. Full article.

    News • April 18th, 2013

  • Cantaloupe Introduces Seed Service Desk™

    Cantaloupe Systems announced the addition of Seed Service Desk™, a new component of Seed Platform™, the integrated, web-based suite of telemetry, analytics, cashless and vending management software (VMS) applications that power modern vending...

    News • April 17th, 2013