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Elite Cuisine LLC's micro markets, called E-Marts, are the driving segment in its vending business.
Elite Cuisine LLC's micro markets, called E-Marts, are the driving segment in its vending business.

The thing that sets Elite Cuisine apart from other operations is a passion for food. Co-owners Jim Schweppe and Steve Closser describe Elite Cuisine as more of a corporate dining business that offers full scale vending and office coffee service options, than the other way around. So when they decided to add micro markets to the 10-route operation last year, they took everything they knew about food and grew it into a program that’s made them a huge success in the St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo...
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Revitalizing the industry

Co-owners Jim Schweppe and Steve Closser of Elite Cuisine LLC, St. Louis, Mo., have taken 30 years of food service experience and used it to successfully install their newest endeavor – micro markets. The systems already show huge potential.

Article • June 17th, 2013
New Jersey Vendor Embraces Technology

Tom DiNardo and Jack Yuppa of Culinary Ventures Vending in Union, N.J. are always looking for a way to stay ahead of the competition. By utilizing multiple technological platforms, this company has proven itself a leader in innovation.

Article • May 6th, 2013
35 years of growth

J&J Vending of Union City, Calif. turns 35 this year. The Canteen franchise, started by father and son Joel C. (Senior) and Joel E. (Big Joe) Skidmore in 1978, had four accounts. Now there are more than 1,300 machines and eight routes. With the...

Article • April 1st, 2013
OCS operator grows into regional giant

A strong brand, dedicated marketing, quality beans and an eye for trends, grew this Wichita, Kan.-based OCS operator into a regional giant serving seven states.

Article • March 4th, 2013
Bullying at work

In a recent addition of The Family Business Advisor , an online newsletter from The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., an article appeared about bullying in the workplace. At first I was surprised, I mean sure, bullies in the playground or on...

Blog • February 21st, 2013
Technology spells success for Virginia operators

How two vending operators who believed in the value of technology partnered to beat the recession and become the largest independent vending operation in Richmond, Va.

Article • February 1st, 2013
How to maintain inventory and pricing controls

Focusing on asset management is a must, even if the small vending operation isn't yet ready to invest in vending management software.

Article • February 1st, 2013
Survey Shows 80 Percent Of Companies Use Facebook

InSites Consulting, a consulting business based on analyzing consumer behavior and turning it into valuable insights for companies, released the results of a social media survey of more than 1,200 company managers around the world. Key...

News • June 20th, 2012
Better user experience grows Houston, Texas operation

Before 2011, Chuck Olson of CNC Vending, serving Houston, Texas, would have said his company was just like every other vending company. He sold the same products, with the same equipment, as his competitors. The only selling point he could make was...

Article • June 18th, 2012
Vending Operator of the Year: Daniel and Mark Stein, Vend Mark Co., Northbrook Ill.

When Andy and Bonnie Stein started Mark Vend Co. in suburban Chicago in 1962, they had one employee, two trucks, and a few dozen machines that dispensed only cigarettes. Fast-forward almost five decades, and the company looks a whole lot different...

Article • December 6th, 2011
Untapped revenue market: Honor boxes

How to serve smaller locations has always been a challenge for vending operators. The answer, according to one operator, is an old one – honor boxes. Mark Legler, owner of V.E.N. Enterprises, Remington, Ind., has a thriving vending business, half of...

Article • October 14th, 2011
VMW Blog: Remote Machine Monitoring Saves The Day For Susie's Lemonade; What About Us?

Elliot Maras, editor of Automatic Merchandiser Magazine, notes in his blog that a Verizon Wireless TV commercial uses a very simple story to illustrate how a complex technology improves consumers’ lives. Maras notes that technology companies are...

News • October 12th, 2011
VMW Blog: Coffee Service Industry Has Spoiled The Customer: Profitability Is Today’s Challenge

Elliot Maras, editor of Automatic Merchandiser Magazine, notes in his blog that coffee service operators have done an excellent job of spoiling their customers. Because customers today want the best quality service for the best price, operators now face...

News • July 20th, 2011
VMW Video: Coin Acceptors And InOne Develop New Telemetry, Cashless Device Called Arrow

Coin Acceptors announced a new cashless device called Arrow, at the recent National Automatic Merchandising Association OneShow in Chicago. Arrow was developed from CoinCo's 50 years of currency experience together with InOne's DEX and controller...

News • June 22nd, 2011
Cantaloupe Systems Receives Patent For Vending Machine Service Scheduling System

Cantaloupe Systems has been awarded U.S. patent number 7,894,938 for its Vending Machine Service Scheduling system. A fundamental element of the Cantaloupe Retail Optimization Platform (CROP) is the cloud-based, wireless Seed technologies that provide...

News • June 16th, 2011

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