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  • Pinnacle Foods Reports 3 Percent Sales Increase In Fourth Quarter 2012

    Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Dec. 30, 2012. Net sales for the quarter increased 3 percent versus a year-ago to $705 million, and net earnings in the quarter were $44 million...

    News • March 7th, 2013

  • Sixty Foot Doritos Vending Machine To Be Music Concert Stage

    During the Austin, Texas, music concert, South by Southwest, a 62-foot Doritos vending machine will be the stage for a number of performing artists and consumer participation via Twitter, according to Mashables. Viewers can use the Twitter hashtag...

    News • March 7th, 2013

  • Canteen Of Owensboro, Ky. Acquires Fischer Candy, Part Of RDM Sales In Indiana

    Canteen of Owensboro, Ky. has acquired the assets of the Fischer Candy of Evansville, Ind. and the vending routes of RDM Sales of Ferdinand, Ind. From Fischer Candy, Owensboro gained seven vending routes, a warehouse and personnel. From RDM Sales...

    News • March 6th, 2013

  • CAVC To Hold Board Meeting And Breakfast April 26 At OneShow

    The California Automatic Vendors Council (CAVC) is planning a board meeting and continental breakfast April 26 at the Venetian/Sands Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. There will be discussion on pending legislation, scholarship drawing and more. Breakfast...

    News • March 6th, 2013

  • VendScreen Moves To Larger Facility

    VendScreen, Inc. , inventor of the VendScreen Revolution™ smart device for vending machines, has out-grown its headquarters in Portland, Ore., prompting a move into a larger space.  The new building has VendScreen essentially doubling its...

    News • March 6th, 2013

  • Marley Coffee To Exhibit At Natural Products Expo

    Marley Coffee announced it will exhibit at the Natural Products Expo West (Expo West), Booth #5305, at the Anaheim Convention Center from March 8 to 10. Company management states that they are having their most active quarter ever and looks forward...

    News • March 6th, 2013

  • Bill Proposes 40 Percent Increase In Federal Minimum Wage

    Lawmakers have introduced a bill that would increase the minimum wage from the current $7.25 per hour to $10.10 an hour by 2016, according to the Nation's Restaurant News. The federal minimum wage was last increased in 2007 -- raised from $5.15. Full...

    News • March 6th, 2013

  • BeBevCo Adds Distribution In Minnesota

    Bebida Beverage Co. (BeBevCo), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of liquid relaxation and energy products, announced that it has partnered with Unlimited Distributions, LLC for distribution of KOMA Unwind throughout the Minneapolis-St...

    News • March 6th, 2013

  • Turnkey Vending Coffee Machine Placed In Massachusetts University Library

    Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. has installed a Fresh Healthy Vending Cafe machine in its library building, according to the Fresh Healthy Vending blog. The machine provides a fresh-brewed, cup of coffee made from fair-trade beans that are ground...

    News • March 6th, 2013

  • Washington Passes Healthy Vending Proposal

    Seattle, Wash.'s city council voted to require half the products sold in vending machines on city property to be healthy, according to the Seattle Times. The Public Health-Seattle and King County set the guidelines for what's healthy, but have...

    News • March 5th, 2013

  • Mondelez International Launches BelVita Breakfast Biscuits

    Mondelez International, Inc. announces the launch of belVita Breakfast biscuits in foodservice and vending. Made with 18 to 20 grams of whole grain, each individual package of four biscuits is portioned to provide nutritious and sustained energy all...

    News • March 5th, 2013

  • DS Waters Acquires AquaSpring Water Co.

    DS Waters of America, Inc. announces the acquisition of AquaSpring Water Co. in Houston, Texas. One of the country's largest providers of bottled water, brewed coffee and water filtration services, DS Waters is expanding its regional scope as well as...

    News • March 5th, 2013

  • Sodexo Ranks First On Fortune Magazine’s 2013 Corporate Reputation Survey

    Sodexo is the most admired company in its sector according to Fortune Magazine's 2013 corporate reputation survey. About 4,000 business executives, directors and analysts rated close to 700 companies from 30 countries on nine criteria, from innovation...

    News • March 5th, 2013

  • Colombian Coffee Growers Strike

    Colombian coffee growers have been on strike for over a week demanding government aid for coffee bean selling prices, according to Colombia Report News. Fedecafe, or Colombia’s coffee growers federation, reports that due to inflated coffee prices and...

    News • March 5th, 2013

  • Dr Pepper Snapple Reacquires Asia-Pacific Distribution Rights

    Dr Pepper Snapple Group announced that it has reached an agreement with Mondelez International, Inc . to reacquire the distribution rights for Snapple and several other non-carbonated beverage brands in parts of Asia-Pacific. The company will have...

    News • March 5th, 2013