March 2011

Coffee Service

Isn't it time to reconsider hot beverage vending?

March 8, 2011
Hot beverage machines, like food machines, have taken a beating over the years as the nation’s work force has moved out of large blue collar job sites into smaller, more white...
Coffee Service

Starbucks believes in hot beverage vending; Do you?

Feb. 10, 2011
When you think of good coffee, do you think about vending? If you don’t, you might be in danger of falling behind the times.Coffee is the bright spot of refreshment services nowadays...
Coffee Service

Tough OCS customers? Indepedent says 'bring it on!'

Feb. 8, 2011
Would you want “Give ‘em Hell Harry” Truman for a customer?Satisfying the hard-nosed former President wouldn’t be easy, but once you did it, he’d be a customer for life.That’s...
Scott Rorah, Michigan Merchandisers Inc., New Baltimore, Mich., says expanding territory coverage reduces service quality for brokers.
Product Brokers

Changing broker landscape barely fazes operators

Feb. 7, 2011
This past year, Jim Evans, who operates a vending/OCS business in Moonachie, N.J., felt he needed a new single-cup system to offer his customers. The single-cup business had been...
Andrew Davis found the SBC machine boosted sales.
Coffee Service

Can Starbucks revive hot beverage vending?

Feb. 7, 2011
Coffee may the hottest thing happening in refreshment services today, but when it comes to hot beverage vending machines, most operators will change the subject.For many, the ...

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Technology

Technology based reports are vital to increasing profitability

Feb. 7, 2011
DEX has revolutionized the way the vending operator can do business. It captures lots of data from the vending machine, automatically. Then vending management systems can download...
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Management

Route Driver Quarterly Winner, Siluvathasan Edwin Ravienthira, Culinary Ventures Vending, Union, N.J.

Feb. 7, 2011
This 17 year vending veteran has the formidable skills of a route driver and the ability to adapt to changing technology.Siluvathasan Edwin Ravienthira, route driver for Culinary...