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Vending Operator of the Year
George Yost: Premier Services, Denver, Colo.
George Yost imports coffee from Cameroon to have better quality control. Coffee is now the best part of his business, which includes vending, OCS, manual feeding, catering, and honor boxes.
George Yost relies heavily on his roaster, Bruce Soren, left, and Eugene Byron, right, his vending operations manager.
Key associates for Yost include Mickey Negreanu, who oversees the Eur-O-Serve foodservice business, and his sister, Carolyn Sleezer, his buyer.
Yost began sourcing coffees from different countries and in 2005 he decided on a partner in Cameroon. In the years he has imported coffee, the farmers have doubled their yields, allowing him to get better coffee for his money.
“My job is entirely about the coffee side now,” Yost said. He estimates he spends about $5,000 a year on coffee education.
