Crane Streamware launches DataMAX 2.0, the company's business intelligence tool for the vending industry. DataMAX helps vend operators make smarter, better-informed decisions ...
As part of an ongoing effort to promote honesty and ethics in the industry, the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) recently introduced a took kit that members...
Cantaloupe Systems tabs Crane Streamware's Glenn Butler Glenn Butler has joined Cantaloupe Systems as president and chief technology officer. Butler joins Cantaloupe after spending...
NAMA launches nationwide Facebook contestThe National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) launched the Vend.Love.Win. Facebook contest (www.facebook.com/VendLoveWin).The...
Power packed opening event to launch OneShow April 25The National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) OneShowSM will kick off Wednesday, April 25, 2012, beginning at 1 ...
Without action, the cashless and telemetry aspects of many vending machines will simply stop working as AT&T and eventually Verizon shut down their 2G networks.
From one soda machine to a full-service operator of over 3,000 vending machines and 600 micro markets, Jim Brinton has seen his operation change more in the last 5 years than ...
Crane Merchandising Systems has announced the release of new features and enhancements to its Streamware-branded VendMAX software. These enhancements enable VendMAX to offer two...
Crane Co., which owns Crane Merchandising Systems and other engineered industrial products, reported that second quarter 2012 earnings per diluted share increased 26 percent to...
USA Technologies, Inc., a provider of wireless, cashless payment and M2M telemetry solutions for small-ticket, self-serve retailing industries, has completed an upgrade to its...
Vendscreen Inc., inventor of the Vendscreen™ smart device for new and existing vending machines, announces the acquisition and intellectual property of CTO Services, LLC and its...
Grindmaster-Cecilware Corp. announced that Jose G. Avendaño has been appointed as vice president of engineering. He will be based in Louisville, Ky. and will be responsible for...
Scott Halloran and Michael Calkins give new meaning to the term 'friendly competitors.' In 2011, after successfully running their own vending operations for years, they merged...
Ace Vending in Tempe, Ariz., an 18-route operation servicing 3,000 machines from five operating facilities, offers a case study of a company that has become a market leader and...
Editor's Note: This is an expanded version of the 2012 State of the Vending Industry Report that appeared in the June/July IssueThe road to recovery has been slow in the recession...
Look back 50 years and the vending business was described as the 4 Cs. That’s coffee, cola, candy and cigarettes.Today we live in a new world of technology and instant communications...
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-...
Coffee may the hottest thing happening in refreshment services today, but when it comes to hot beverage vending machines, most operators will change the subject.For many, the ...
DEX has revolutionized the way the vending operator can do business. It captures lots of data from the vending machine, automatically. Then vending management systems can download...
Nancy Woodham remains optimistic for vending operators thanks to technology. She looks forward to helping operators maximize new marketing opportunities.
At the NAMA Coffee Summit, software providers updated coffee service operators on system capabilities, consultant Rick Leffke cited the need to sustain excitement with employees...
A major credit card player has invested in the vending market. In addition, a host of new system providers have entered the fray, all bringing new opportunities to vending operators...
Remote data transfer and other new technologies provide better ways to verify sales. Misreporting sales to customers is a longstanding and largely secretive practice.