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Coca-Cola Co. Promotes Beatriz Perez To Chief Sustainability Officer

The Coca-Cola Co. announced that Beatriz ("Bea") Perez, currently chief marketing officer for Coca-Cola North America, will become the company's chief sustainability officer, effective July 1.

News • May 23rd, 2011

California Automatic Vending Council Urges Vending Operators To Ask Lawmakers To Oppose Senate Bill 653

The California Automatic Vending Council is asking California vending operators to send a letter to their state legislators in opposition to Senate Bill 653, which would significantly alter California's tax structure by extending new taxing...

News • May 23rd, 2011

General Mills Inc. To Acquire Yoplait

General Mills Inc. signed definitive agreements with PAI partners and Sodiaal to acquire a 51 percent controlling interest in Yoplait S.A.S. and a 50 percent interest in a related entity that holds the worldwide Yoplait brands for...

News • May 23rd, 2011

Pittsburgh, Pa. School District Renews Aramark Foodservice Contract Despite Losses

The Baldwin-Whitehall school board in Pittsburgh, Pa. renewed Aramark's foodservice contract for a year despite financial losses

News • May 23rd, 2011

Sodexo Sues Columbus County, N.C. Schools Over Payment

Sodexo has sued the Columbus County, N.C. board of education, seeking $175,317, the final payment under the 1-year contract it had with county schools.

News • May 23rd, 2011

Canteen Vending Services Inc. Acquires Tampa Bay Vending Inc.

Canteen Vending Services Inc. has acquired the business and assets of Tampa Bay Vending, Inc. and its affiliates, Corporate Services Group, Inc. and Corporate Distribution Services, Inc., based in Tampa, Fla.

News • May 23rd, 2011

Sara Lee Corp. To Close Chester County, Pa. Facility

Sara Lee Corp. will lay off 62 workers in Chester County, Pa. starting June 30, and the facility there will close by the fall

News • May 23rd, 2011

Experts Offer Tips On Mobile Food Truck Operations At National Restaurant Association Show In Chicago

Experts offer tips on how to build a safe and effective food truck at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago

News • May 23rd, 2011

Florida Considers Restricting Vending Machines In Schools

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said he may shut down or restrict the use of vending machines in public schools in response to what he says is a public health epidemic of obesity that left unchecked will cost the state millions in...

News • May 23rd, 2011

Burglar Robs Vending Machine In Fort Lauderdale, Fla. High School

Police are seeking a burglar who broke into Dillard High in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. at least five times recently and stolen cash from the school's vending machines

News • May 23rd, 2011

Environmental Group Seeks $60,000 From California Refreshment Services Provider, Claiming Proposition 65 Violation

A law firm representing an environmental organization called the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) recently sent a letter to Dr Soda Co., a Pacoima, Calif.-based refreshment services provider, giving them the option to pay $60,000 to resolve...

News • May 23rd, 2011

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Suspends Coca-Cola's Opposition Motion Against Apple Rush Co., Inc. CEO Robert Corr

Apple Rush Co., Inc. announced that pursuant to the motion of Robert Corr, President and CEO of Apple Rush Co., Inc., the motion opposed by The Coca-Cola Co.; the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB...

News • May 20th, 2011

Vandal Burglarizes Vending Machine At Michigan State University

An individual allegedly broke into the candy vending machine and stole an undetermined amount of coins at a Michigan State University building in East Lansing, Mich.

News • May 20th, 2011

Ocean Spray To Relocate Bordentown City, N.J. Facility

Ocean Spray will close its Bordentown City, N.J. facility and relocate to Pennsylvania in two years.

News • May 20th, 2011

Healthy Food Mandates Not Popular In Cape Girardeau, Mo. Schools

Many of the provisions in the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, signed into law late last year, are not going over in Cape Girardeau, Mo. lunch rooms.

News • May 20th, 2011

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