Great coffee belongs anywhere people gather. The A300 Fresh Brew delivers fresh ground hot or iced coffee in a compact footprint designed for offices, micro markets, and self service locations. Dual whole bean hoppers, 120V flexibility, and guided cleaning make it easy to serve a premium experience day after day.
Automatic Merchandiser’s annual operator survey is back, with new emphasis on smart markets and evolving retail formats. Share your data to help benchmark 2025 performance and industry direction.
ConnectHQ® is the convenience industry's first and only Retail Operating System, built from the ground up to support your entire operation—markets, vending, OCS, pantry, smart coolers, and more. The all-in-one cloud platform includes scheduling, forecasting, inventory, financial reporting, pre-kitting, picking, and a powerful mobile app for managing it from anywhere.
Automatic Merchandiser’s Vending & OCS Nation podcast host Bob Tullio did so many interviews from the convention floor at the 2026 NAMA Show in Los Angeles that he will be dedicating three episodes to the event. This first part focuses on the show’s clear theme: smart markets.
Built for automatic tabletop coffee machines, the PicoCoffee allows consumers to vend beverages and purchase micro market items in the same transaction.
The HotLogic SmartShelf unattended hot-meal system can redefine how operators serve hot meals without kitchens or staffing, offering an innovative approach to vending, micro-market and foodservice automation.
