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  • Online Exclusive: Innovations In Retail Will Change The Way We Do Business
    Online Exclusive: Innovations In Retail Will Change The Way We Do Business

    Industry consultant Paul Schlossberg continues his coverage of the National Retail Federation (NRF) BIG Show with a discussion about how the vending, micro market and OCS operator can lead the way into a new world of self-service retail. Read article.

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • Michael Foods Reports 7.2 Percent Sales Increase In Fourth Quarter 2012, 5.1 Percent For Year

    Michael Foods Group, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2012. Net sales for the quarter ended Dec. 29, 2012 were $503.6 million, compared to $470 million in 2011, an increase of 7.2 percent. Net earnings for the quarter ended...

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • Research: Vending Machines Increased School Breakfast Participation 10 Percent

    New research shows one in five children come to school hungry, according to a release by Star Food Healthy Express, a leading school vending machine program. “No child should go hungry, ever,” said Joe Gilbert, head of Star Food Healthy...

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • Coca-Cola Predicts An Increase In Cashless Transactions
    Coca-Cola Predicts An Increase In Cashless Transactions

    Coca-Cola expects 5 to 10 percent of its vending machine transactions to be done using mobile payment methods such as Isis Mobile Wallet or Google Wallet by 2017, according to NFC Times. Coca-Cola also plans to feature tens of thousands more machines...

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • Reunion Island Coffee Now Features Loose Leaf Tea
    Reunion Island Coffee Now Features Loose Leaf Tea

    Reunion Island Coffee is celebrating the launch of its Benchmark line of loose leaf teas, which will be available to its office coffee service (OCS) distributors. The Benchmark line was developed by Reunion Island’s director of coffee Adam Pesce...

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • GMCR Appoints Michael Degnan Chief Legal Officer, Sonia G. Cudd Named Secretary
    GMCR Appoints Michael Degnan Chief Legal Officer, Sonia G. Cudd Named Secretary

    Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) recently announced Michael Degnan has been appointed chief legal officer, corporate general counsel. In addition, Sonia G. Cudd has been appointed secretary. Both appointments are effective March 31, 2013...

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • Drug Stores Add High-End Food Choices To Lure Customers

    In an apparent attempt to rebrand their image, drug stores such as Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid are beginning to open upscale stores across the country with better quality food and beverage choices, according to the Los Angeles Times. Some feature...

    News • March 26th, 2013

  • GMCR Nantucket Blend Receives Fair Trade Certification

    Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. announced that another one of its best-selling coffees, Green Mountain Coffee® Nantucket Blend®, is now 100-percent Fair Trade Certified™. This conversion will represent approximately five million pounds of...

    News • March 25th, 2013

  • Georgia Vendor Blogs About Chicago Mayor's Anti-Vending Stance

    Sandy Thornton, managing member of VendEdge, a vending operation in Ringgold, Ga., recently posted a blog about Chicago, Ill. Mayor Rahm Emanuel's citywide healthy vending challenge. The blog covers the absurdity of blaming vending for the obesity...

    News • March 25th, 2013

  • Intel Introduces Touchscreen Vending Machine
    Intel Introduces Touchscreen Vending Machine

    Intel, with the help of Vendors Exchange International Inc ., has built a second-generation, touch-enabled vending machine on its Folsom, Calif. campus that offers more features, a larger capacity of computer supplies and gathers user data. Called...

    News • March 25th, 2013

  • Coca-Cola To Cut 750 U.S. Jobs

    Coca-Cola Co. will cut 750 jobs in the U.S., according to CBS News. The workforce reduction will be across the board and employees will be notified in the coming weeks. The cuts, which will be based primarily in Atlanta, Ga., where the company is...

    News • March 25th, 2013

  • Supervisor Development Program Deadline Approaches
    Supervisor Development Program Deadline Approaches

    Joann DeNardis, NAMA’s Director of Education, said time is winding down to register for NAMA’s Supervisor Development Program (SDP). Registration for the session will close Monday, April 1. “NAMA members tell us that SDP is a turnkey way...

    News • March 25th, 2013

  • Nestlé Canada Recalls Kit Kat Chunky Peanut Butter And Kit Kat Chunky Hazelnut Bars
    Nestlé Canada Recalls Kit Kat Chunky Peanut Butter And Kit Kat Chunky Hazelnut Bars

    With an abundance of caution, Nestlé Canada is voluntarily recalling Kit Kat Chunky Peanut Butter and Kit Kat Chunky Hazelnut bars. The recall affects only the 48 gram size bars of these two limited edition Kit Kat Chunky products. No other Kit Kat...

    News • March 25th, 2013

  • Vending Machines To Be Installed At Florida Pool

    Vending machines will return to Westchase Community Association (WCA) pool areas in Tampa, Fla. following a decade-long hiatus due to vandalism and theft, according to World of Westchase news. The WCA board of directors approved $11,019 for the...

    News • March 25th, 2013

  • Pepsi Redesigns Bottle For First Time In 16 Years
    Pepsi Redesigns Bottle For First Time In 16 Years

    Pepsi has unveiled a new single-serve bottle for its Pepsi trademark portfolio including Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi MAX and Pepsi NEXT, marking its first design update since 1996. A visual expression of the brand's Excitement of Now positioning, the...

    News • March 25th, 2013

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