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New services will be offered as separately priced, add-on modules to the company's core ePort Connect cashless payment and telemetry service... | Judge denies Hostess's motion to throw out its employment contracts with the Teamsters, but clears way for the troubled baked goods manufacturer to end some other union contracts... | Founded in Kansas City, MO, in 1937 by brothers Elmer F. and John T. Pierson, the original Vendo organization marketed a novel bottled cold-beverage vending machine that used a patented lid... | USI's Mercato 5000 snack vender meets the revised requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. New England's Technivend hosts seminar to review the machine's advanced features... | Tuna giant targets vending with a new grab-and-go can that requires no draining and eliminates the usual mess associated with opening cans... | Kellogg's Food Away From Home is building upon the excitement of the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games in London with a new on-pack vending promotion that runs through August... |
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A multiyear deal puts Eight O'Clock coffee and Good Earth and Tetley teas in K-Cups and Vue packs for Keurig single-cup brewers... | | | Price reductions for Folgers and other Smucker brands follow declines in green coffee costs... |
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Over the years, vending has become synonymous with "junk food." That shouldn't be the case. A vending machine is simply a distribution channel, not unlike a store. Other things being equal, it doesn't matter to the vending operator if the sale that's made is a chocolate bar or a granola bar, as long as the margins are the same... by Paresh Patel | What makes it easy for your sales route driver to sell allied products is that, in the eyes of your customer, both the driver and the company already have credibility... by Len Rashkin | As operators get ready to attend the NAMA OneShow, they might pause for a moment and ask themselves what use they are making of their clients' own regional and local shows to generate sales... by Amanda Puppo | In this month's column I thought I'd go over several things that have been happening that you might find as intriguing as I have. Let's start with the plunging coffee market... by Kevin Daw |
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This year, the AMOA-National Dart Association chose Cora Mahoney and Bernie Marsh for the Hall of Fame... | S&B Candy & Toy Co. and Smarties Candy Co. have launched a program that offers patrons of S&B's new Smarties Crane the opportunity to compete online for college scholarships... | New table features solid maple construction with high-impact laminate top rails and worsted cloth. It will be offered with either an MEI bill acceptor or an ESD coin slide, both factory preset for $2 play... | The gift of classic pinball machines and jukeboxes from Rhino Records founder Richard Foos is valued at $85,000... | A bill to create a market in Minnesota for electronic pull-tab and bingo games that will run on portable devices was signed by Gov. Mark Dayton on May 14... | Dave & Buster's, which has alternated from a private to a publicly traded company several times during its 30-year history, is preparing to go public yet again... |
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Archie McPhee & Co., the celebrated purveyor of novelty merchandise, is marketing a variety of gumballs in unexpected flavors... | The amusement vender challenges players to a simplified game of pinball in which they can receive either 1" prize or ball gum, or an additional 2" capsuled prize... | Brand's popular Sqwishland figurines and videogame codes will now be available in Big Bear's Eyeprize X novelty machine in a new vending package... |
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In speaking with NBVA convention-goers last month, I got a sense there's renewed optimism in the air. This shouldn't be surprising -- entrepreneurs are naturally optimistic... by Hank Schlesinger | The annual National Automatic Merchandising Association convention has been the principal forum for the ongoing industry conversation for six decades, and participants at this year's OneShow in Las Vegas have a great deal to talk about... by Tim Sanford | Ecast's abrupt departure created something of a shock for many industry members. Why? Exploring the reasons behind the industry's surprised reaction to the "not-so-surprising" news may reveal some interesting things... by Marcus Webb | Since I returned from the Amusement Expo, I've been thinking about where this industry has been and where it might be headed. The coin-op business as we know it today is on the trailing edge of... by Alicia Lavay |
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