(CHICAGO) July 29, 2014 – NAMA announced today the release of the association’s Operating Ratio Report for 2014.
“NAMA’s Operating Ratio Report provides financial benchmarking and analysis for our industry that cannot be found anywhere...
Increased employment opportunities, among other factors, has led to the highest U.S. consumer confidence in nearly seven years and brighter views of the economy, according to Bloomberg. The Conference Board, a New York-based research group, announced that...
While competitive pressures and commodity prices continued to challenge vending, micro market and coffee service operators in 2013, more business owners reported adding technology and effectively addressing sales data and logistics to increase profits...
“I knew that was going to happen.” Personally, I hate these words, because when I hear them, typically something has gone wrong. And usually that means the person uttering them didn’t say anything during the process. It was only after the fact...
(CHICAGO) July 1, 2014 – NAMA recently mobilized a strong grassroots effort to protect the vending and refreshment services industry, other coin-acceptance industries, and customers from potential changes in coin currency by the U.S. Mint.
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MINNEAPOLIS (July 7, 2014) / PR Newswire / — General Mills is tapping into the latest consumer-driven food trends with its new lineup of product innovation launching this summer. Cheerios Protein cereal, LÄRABAR RENOLA grain free granola, Chex...
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed a law that would raise the state’s minimum wage from $8 per hour to $11 per hour by 2017, according to Boston Herald. Officials in the state believe the new law would affect 600,000 minimum wage workers...
Healthy vending is here. Turnkey healthy vending companies like HUMAN, Fresh Healthy and Vend Natural are gaining momentum (and locations) because of their ability to offer items that consumers are demanding. Last month, Fresh Healthy Vending...
California lawmakers failed to support Senate Bill 1000, legislation that would require warning labels on sugary beverages in the state, according to the Modesto Bee. The bill needed ten votes to pass and fell three votes short. Industry members...
Last week, I received an email from NAMA asking members to take a minute to thank Congressman Alan Nunnelee (R- Mississippi) and Congressman Sanford Bishop (D-Georgia) for their efforts which resulted in key language to be inserted that directly affects...
John Derrick has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award for 35 outstanding years in the vending industry. The award was presented to Derrick at the New England Spring Meeting by 2014 meeting Chairman Jeff Terban of Burdette Beckmann.
Derrick began...
NORTHFIELD, Ill., June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRFT) today announced the appointment of George Zoghbi to the newly created executive position of Vice Chairman, Operations, R&D, Sales and Strategy, reporting directly to...
