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  • 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 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 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® 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, 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

  • Starbucks Reports Record Second Quarter 2013

    Starbucks Corp. reported financial results for its 13-week fiscal second quarter and 26-week fiscal year to date ended March 31, 2013. The company reported total net revenues increased 11 percent to $3.6 billion. Global comparable store sales grew 6...

    News • April 29th, 2013

  • Survey Shows Majority Of Adults Oppose Taxes On Sugary Drinks

    Most U.S. adults don't support the idea of soda and candy taxes, and many doubt bigger price tags would trim the national waistline, according to the finding of a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll. In the online survey of more than 2,100 adults...

    News • April 29th, 2013

  • StarKist Names Sam Hwi Lee President And CEO

    StarKist Co., a subsidiary of Dongwon Industries, confirmed that Sam Hwi Lee, was named president and chief executive officer of StarKist. Lee, a StarKist board of director member since 2008, became the interim president of StarKist on Nov. 1, 2012...

    News • April 29th, 2013

  • Glacier Water Records 7.8 Percent Revenue Increase In 2012

    Glacier Water Services, Inc. announced results for the fiscal year ended Dec. 30, 2012. Brian McInerney, chief executive officer of Glacier Water, said in a prepared statement, “Our revenues increased 7.8 percent over the prior year with...

    News • April 29th, 2013

  • Restaurants Chains Consider Launching Branded Food Trucks

    Prestige Food Trucks, a premier central Florida food truck builder reports significant demand for mobile food venders as small to large restaurant chains/franchises consider expanding into mobile catering. “Over the past two years, many small to...

    News • April 29th, 2013

  • Dunkin' Brands Reports Increased Earnings In First Quarter 2013

    Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc., the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts (DD) and Baskin-Robbins (BR), reported results for the first quarter ended March 30, 2013. Dunkin' Donuts U.S. comparable store sales grew 1.7 percent. The company added 108 net new...

    News • April 29th, 2013