(CHICAGO) February 25, 2015 — Today NAMA shared an update with members regarding the FDA’s Vending Machine Calorie Disclosure Rules. The FDA plans to issue a compliance guide on this final ruling within the next month and NAMA recommends members delay...
DEERFIELD, Ill. , Feb. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mondelez International, the world's pre-eminent maker of biscuits, chocolate, gum and candy, today announced that Roberto Marques , 49, will join the company in mid-March and become Executive Vice...
(CHICAGO) February 20, 2015 — NAMA is pleased to reveal new, exciting events that will make their debut at the 2015 NAMA OneShow. From April 22-24, thousands of top exhibitors and operators will converge in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center...
For some, it can be difficult and rather intimidating to manage employees, projects and money, among other things, in business. There is no singular way to manage within a company and there is no specific attitude or personality that all successful...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced its decision to deregulate the first two non-browning apple varieties, Arctic® Golden and Arctic® Granny apples, in the United States. The genetically modified apples were developed by...
DEERFIELD, Ill., Feb. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mondelez International today announced the acquisition of Enjoy Life Foods, a private U.S. snacking company and the market-leading brand in the fast-growing "free from" segment. Enjoy Life offers more...
Over the last few weeks, snow has pounded New England and affected travel, school and work in that region. ABC News reported that 77 inches of snow has already fallen in Boston, MA this year. And on Feb. 10, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation...
PORTLAND, Ore.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--In a review of trends impacting the nation’s biggest eaters – Boomers and Millennials – Maxwell PR + Engagement found a parallel path of interests among the two generations, which make up more than half the...
(CHICAGO) February 12, 2015 -- NAMA’s Government Affairs Division is excited to announce its first annual industry-wide Washington, DC advocacy event – NAMA Takes the Hill 2015, taking place July 21 – July 22, 2015. Led by event co-chairs and...
Sysco officers met with five officials from the Federal Trade Commission yesterday in order to prevent a possible lawsuit that would block the company’s purchase of US Foods, according to the Wall Street Journal . The source reports that Sysco sought...
SALT LAKE CITY--( BUSINESS WIRE )--The single most important practice managers can adopt to cause employees to produce great work is to recognize them.
Respondents cited “recognition” three times as often as any other reason for what causes them to...
Perhaps you've noticed that McDonald's has been in the news a lot lately. They have a new CEO who must move quickly to drive sales and profit growth and turn-around decreases in same-store sales. In recent years our industry has faced similar...
DEERFIELD, Ill., Feb. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ ) today reported its 2014 results.
Full Year GAAP Results
On a reported basis, net revenues were $34.2 billion, down 3.0 percent, including a...
(WASHINGTON, February 9, 2015) The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline has increased every day for two weeks for a total of 14 cents per gallon. Gas prices had previously dropped for a record 123 consecutive days before beginning to...
You’re in business. You have employees. Now it’s time to take a group of individuals with different skills and drive them into one entity able to achieve a greater level of success. This is the endeavor of veteran vending operators and sport coaches...
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in January 2015, employment rose by 257,000 and the unemployment rate was little changed at 5.7 percent. Job gains occurred in retail trade, construction, health care, financial activities and...
With the unending talk of health and wellness, vending operators have been encouraged to get out in front, be proactive. But what does that mean?
To me, one meaning is to become educated about trends and healthy products and then use this knowledge...
(CHICAGO) February 4, 2014 – NAMA has joined more than 158 associations, trade groups and non-profit organizations as signatories to a letter to Congress in support of The Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015 (H.R. 527...
(CHICAGO) January 30, 2015 – NAMA announced today that it will offer the NAMA Dental Vision Plus Plan to all NAMA member companies.
The NAMA Dental Vision Plus Plan is provided in partnership with Care ington International Corporation. This member...
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” ~ Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia
While we do not recommend dressing like him...
Breakfast is in fierce competition for the consumer dollar. Mintel reported that it expects breakfast to grow to $35 billion by 2018 and Julian Mellentin, author of the new report The snackification of breakfast: How changing consumer habits are creating...
Employee engagement is higher when workforces are satisfied with the health and well-being benefits their employer provides, according to new research from Quantum Workplace and Limeade . As part of its research, the study found that more than 73...
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, representing the Oregon Commission for the Blind, has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for allegedly failing to follow the Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1936 which gives preference...
NAMA Knowledge Source Partner, VMW Contributing Editor and SmithAmundsen Law Firm Partner Heather Bailey discusses twelve state employment law updates that will take place in 2015. California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia...
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – January 15, 2015 –AIS Media Inc., announces part 1 of 4 of the new Transformation 2015 webinar series, “Top Digital Marketing Trends in 2015,”the must-know marketing tactics to outsmart your competition. Join AIS Media Inc...
