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  • Virginia School Board Member Fights To Remove Soda From Vending Machines

    A school board member in Fairfax County, Va. is campaigning to remove soda from school vending machines, according to the Fairfax Times. Ryan McElveen is leading the charge of parents and community members advocating for healthier beverage options for...

    News • February 26th, 2013

  • Peanut Butter Executives Indicted For Salmonella Outbreak

    Federal criminal charges are being levied for four former executives from Peanut Corp. of America for allegedly covering up information that their peanut butter was contaminated with salmonella bacteria, according to National Public Radio (NPR...

    News • February 26th, 2013

  • Social Media Study Shows Interest And Confusion Over Mobile Payments
    Social Media Study Shows Interest And Confusion Over Mobile Payments

    At Mobile World Congress, MasterCard, in partnership with Prime Research, released a global Mobile Payments Social Media Study tracking 85,000 related social media comments across Twitter, Facebook, Online Blogs and Forums from around the world...

    News • February 26th, 2013

  • Tim Hortons Adds Electric Vehicle Charging To Canada Coffee Shop

    Electric vehicle owners in Oakville, Ontario are now able to charge their cars while enjoying a Tim Hortons coffee. The Canada restaurant chain installed its first electric vehicle charging stations as part of a new pilot project. Charging stations...

    News • February 26th, 2013

  • Blog: Convenience Stores Better At Competing For PM Snacks
    Blog: Convenience Stores Better At Competing For PM Snacks

    Guest blogger and industry consultant Paul Schlossberg is seeing an increase in convenience store afternoon sales, and discusses its implication for the vending and micro market operator. Read Blog .

    News • February 25th, 2013

  • AVC Held Combined Annual Convention And Legislative Day
    AVC Held Combined Annual Convention And Legislative Day

    The Arkansas Vending Council (AVC) hosted its annual convention and legislative day as a combined event for the first time at the Wyndham Hotel in Little Rock, Ark. on February 20 to 21. The activities included a board meeting, a legislative update...

    News • February 25th, 2013

  • TreeHouse Reports 10.6 Percent Net Sales Increase In 2012

    TreeHouse Foods, Inc. reported fourth quarter earnings of $0.68 per fully diluted share compared to $0.81 per fully diluted share reported for the fourth quarter of last year. The company reported adjusted earnings per share for the fourth quarter of...

    News • February 25th, 2013

  • Health And Wellness Trends In 2013

    Health and wellness are twin pillars driving developments across the U.S. food industry in 2013, according to " Food Formulation and Ingredient Trends: Health & Wellness," a study from market research firm Packaged Facts.  Beyond efforts to help...

    News • February 25th, 2013

  • Flowers Foods Completes Acquisition Of Sara Lee And Earthgrains Assets In California

    Flowers Foods, Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of the perpetual, exclusive and royalty-free licenses to the Sara Lee and Earthgrains brands for sliced breads, buns and rolls in the state of California from BBU, Inc., a subsidiary...

    News • February 25th, 2013

  • Airports To Add Vending Machines For TSA-Approved Toiletries

    A three-year-old company based in New York, 3Floz, has agreed to a deal that will allow them to sell Transportation Security Administration (TSA)-friendly sized personal items in U.S. airports, including John F. Kennedy International Airport in New...

    News • February 25th, 2013

  • Recycling Rates For Bottled Water Reach 39 Percent
    Recycling Rates For Bottled Water Reach 39 Percent

    The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) announced that new data from the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and the Beverage Marketing Corp. (BMC) show the bottled water industry continuing to reduce its environmental...

    News • February 25th, 2013

  • Betson Promotes Steven Lamoreaux To Outside Sales
    Betson Promotes Steven Lamoreaux To Outside Sales

    Betson Enterprises, a leading world-wide distributor of coin operated equipment and a division of H. Betti Industries Inc. recently announced Steven Lamoreaux to the position of outside sales representative, mountain states region. "Steve is an...

    News • February 22nd, 2013

  • Convenience Store Makes Top Five U.S Coffee Sellers List

    A recent report from StudyLogic shows that the 7-Eleven convenience store ranks fourth in market share for the U.S. coffee market, behind McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks, according to CSP. 7-Eleven owns 6.84 percent of the coffee market with...

    News • February 22nd, 2013

  • Hormel Sales Increase 4 Percent In 2013
    Hormel Sales Increase 4 Percent In 2013

    Hormel Foods Corp. reported its performance for the fiscal year 2013 first quarter. Fiscal 2013 first quarter net earnings were $129.7 million, up 1 percent from earnings of $128.4 million a year earlier. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter...

    News • February 22nd, 2013

  • Kraft Cuts Coffee Prices 5 To 6 Percent
    Kraft Cuts Coffee Prices 5 To 6 Percent

    Kraft Foods Group Inc. has decreased the price of Maxwell House and Yuban coffees by about 6 percent as well as Instant Maxwell House and Sanka by 5 percent, according to the Chicago Tribune. The new prices are effective across the U.S. Gevalia or...

    News • February 22nd, 2013

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