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Vending Consultant Offers Advice For New Operators On Organizing The Warehouse And The Delivery Truck

Larry Towner, a vending business consultant, explains ways for new vending operators to organize their warehouse and their delivery trucks in a podcast interview conducted by A&M Equipment Sales Inc. a vending equipment dealer based in Lithonia, Ga.

Podcast • January 31st, 2012

Social Media Expert Offers Five Tips For Small Businesses

Writing for www.networksolutions.com , Monika Jansen offers five social media tips for small business. To read the tips, click here . Editor’s Insight: This is one of several articles about using social media for marketing that...

News • January 30th, 2012

National Automatic Merchandising Association To Offer Supervisor Development Program At OneShow, April 23 To 25, 2012 In Las Vegas

The National Automatic Merchandising Association’s (NAMA) Supervisor Development Program will next be offered in April at the organization’s OneShow.

News • January 20th, 2012

Featured In Automatic Merchandiser: Keynote Speaker At CoffeeTea&Water Event Cites Single-Cup As Biggest Change In Coffee Service

Ross Colbert, global beverage strategist for Rabobank, an international bank, a keynote speaker at the CoffeeTea&Water event in Las Vegas, cited single-cup as the biggest force for change in the coffee service industry.

News • December 19th, 2011

Elements of the 'vending subcontract'

A properly worded contract will protect a vending operator's rights when serving under a foodservice or management company contract.

Article • December 6th, 2011

Considering self checkout? Variety and quality are paramount

Self checkout vending markets (SCVMs) continue to grow at a rapid rate. As challenged as our industry’s operating environment has become, these SCVMs are popping up nationwide and delivering outstanding sales. Change is never easy. To offer a SCVM...

Article • October 14th, 2011

Foundation for success: customer relations

With change coming fast on so many fronts – customer needs, products, technologies, and new competitors – can vending operators adapt quickly enough to survive? Most operators recognize the business environment is changing. But with the...

Article • September 15th, 2011

Vending industry members gain management insight from diverse authors

Several months back I read an article on a leadership program that General Electric (GE) created in the 1970s. GE worried that its executives lacked a broad view of society or even life itself. GE needed more employees capable of guiding the company...

Article • May 24th, 2011

Product recognition software strengthens item-level oversight

(Editor's Note: Following is an expanded version of a feature article that ran in the May 2011 edition of Automatic Merchandiser Magazine. The article below ran in Automatic Merchandiser up until the subhead, "Product Recognition Solutions: Vending...

Article • April 5th, 2011

Tools unlock merchandising strategies for vending

What is merchandising in vending? Jim English, CEO of Sprout Retail, a partnership designed to use technology to improve operational efficiency and develop interactive consumer programs, defines it as follows: “The art of balancing service frequency...

Article • April 5th, 2011

How to plan a successful sales meeting

A properly planned sales meeting makes it easy for the customer to do business with you.

Article • April 5th, 2011

New Jersey vendor tabs Florida operation to add dedicated OCS company

Culinary Ventures partners with Paramount Automated Food Services Inc. to launch OCS company in New Jersey.

Article • March 21st, 2011

Account retention, now more than ever!

The recession gives urgency to customer retention efforts; operators must be proactive

Article • March 15th, 2011

For continuous success, cross train your employees

The Fram Oil Filter was designed to eliminate the threat of ruining your engine by eliminating contaminants. The marketing theory rested on the benefits of changing your oil filter with every oil change. If you didn’t take that preventive step, they...

Article • February 7th, 2011

The driver’s role changes, but remains critical

The need for human interaction is especially important for a service where the customer primarily interacts with machines and not people.

Article • December 17th, 2010

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