Wellness may be grabbing the headlines, but Americans still have a sweet tooth. One product segment that continues to hold its own for most vending operators, despite the twin...
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...
Forest City Coffee, in Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, announces its acquisition of Sun Express Coffee Supply Corp effective July 30, 2012."We couldn't be happier to include the company...
Flowers Foods has appointed Craig S. Parr to the newly created position of senior vice president of finance and chief risk officer. Parr comes to Flowers from The Andersons, Inc...
An article in the November issue of Consumer Reports recommends consumers limit the consumption of rice products due to inorganic and organic arsenic levels found in popular foods...
Long time National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) member and vending industry leader Ira Alan Kronenberg passed away Sept. 10, 2012 in New Orleans, NAMA Executive ...
PepsiCo, Inc. has announced John Compton, PepsiCo's president has departed to become CEO of Pilot Flying J Oil Corp., based in Knoxville, Tenn. Zein Abdalla, former Europe CEO...
Wachtor Electronics, a successful Automated Merchandising Systems (AMS) authorized distributor in Kent, Wash., opened its new Southern California distribution facility on July...
Microtronic US, LLC is pleased to announce that Steve Bryant has joined the firm as national sales manager. As the former owner/operator of Columbian Coffee & Vending Service ...
ADM Vending & Coffee has moved to a new 13,000-spare-foot location on Continental Blvd. in Merrimack, N.H., according to the Nashua Telegraph. The company began 12 years ago as...
Sandra T. Larson, senior director and counsel government affairs for the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA), has received the Northwest Automatic Vendors Association...
Monogram Food Solutions, LLC, the Memphis-based manufacturer of value-added processed meats, has acquired Hinsdale Farms of Bristol, Indiana, one of the nation’s largest manufacturers...
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. announced the planned retirement of Ira J. Lamel, executive vice president and chief financial officer. It is expected that Lamel, who is 65 years...
US Foods announced it has agreed to acquire Glover Wholesale Co. Glover is a leading foodservice distributor based in Americus, Ga.Founded in 1892 by George Washington Napoleon...
Al Scherr, a long time veteran of the baking and vending supply industry, passed away Jun. 26, 2012. Scherr, fondly called the Dick Clark of the pastry business, would have been...
Poca, W.Va.,-based Tyler Mountain Water Inc. has purchased the assets of South Charleston-based McCune Coffee Co., for an undisclosed sum, according to Charleston Daily Mail News...
Nestlé Prepared Foods Co. announced a comprehensive plan to decrease the sodium content in its products by another 10 percent from reductions made earlier this decade. This major...
Bachman Co. announced that it has sold its brands and certain assets to Utz Quality Foods Inc., Hanover, Pa., and will change its name to Savor Street Foods Inc. and retain its...
The newly listed pure-play tea and coffee business D.E Master Blenders 1753 has unveiled its first set of results showing sales growth of 9.5 percent on a like-for-like basis ...
Jerry E. Cross, Sr. recently passed away at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. He was 72. Cross worked for more than 30 years for Allen Wholesale...
Southern Refreshment Services Inc., a Canteen franchise based in Tucker, Ga., recently named Jeff Parks, a longtime vending industry executive, as president, according to Dan ...
Haas Baking Co., based in St. Louis, Mo., recently closed after 87 years in business as a supplier of frozen bakery to the vending and foodservice industry. The company had more...
Snyder's-Lance, Inc. reported results for its second quarter of 2011. The company previously issued an announcement on July 22, 2011, which provided preliminary second quarter...
