At the 2025 NAMA Show in Las Vegas, Bob Tullio of Automatic Merchandiser interviews Dillon Houstoun, co-founder of Launch Hydrate, to explore how the functional beverage brand is gaining traction in vending and micro market channels.
With all the consolidation this industry has seen, what drew huge crowds to the NAMA Show? Bob Tullio thinks it’s the newcomers: Highly motivated new operators — intrigued by the promise of giant revenue, often driven by TikTok videos — and extremely excited by the technology.
Heart of Georgia Vending, an operator with more than 150 vending machines in the greater Macon, Ga., area, has been acquired by Five Star Breaktime Solutions.
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