Recently added articles from Automatic Merchandiser:
New tools and concepts: what does it all mean?(THE WAY I SEE IT)
May 01, 2009; ... NAMA did its final Spring Expo in Las Vegas in Style last month, hosting a wealth of innovative equipment, products and technology. The variety of tools can be overwhelming. There was the interactive "diji touch" machine from Crane Co. and Kraft Foods. There was a dedicated ...
Pepsico Inc. makes offers for PBG and PepsiAmericas; PBG says "no".(Vending MARKETWATCH.COM: For Daily News Updates)
May 01, 2009 ... PepsiCo Inc. offered to buy its two largest bottlers, Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. and PepsiAmericas Inc., for about $6 billion. The deal valued the companies at a 17 percent premium to their respective shares' closing prices on April 17. Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) Inc.'s board ...
Bill seeks federal nutrition standards for school vending.(Vending MARKETWATCH.COM: For Daily News Updates)
May 01, 2009 ... Senators Tom Harkin (D-la.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation designed to improve student health by updating decades-old nutrition standards in schools. The bill seeks to establish school nutrition standards for foods and beverages offered in school vending machines, ...
Vistar Corp. to acquire Five Star Distributors Inc. in Chicago.(Vending MARKETWATCH.COM: For Daily News Updates)
May 01, 2009 ... Vistar Corp., a foodservice distributor to the vending-related and independent restaurant market segments owned by Performance Food Group, entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of Five Star Distributors, Inc., a Chicago-based company. Five Star Distributors specializes in ...
BVA and VPC approve merger agreement.(Vending MARKETWATCH.COM: For Daily News Updates)
May 01, 2009 ... The membership of the Better Vendors Association (BVA) and of the Vendors Purchasing Council Inc. (VPC) approved their previously reported merger agreement at their respective gatherings in Las Vegas, Nev. Brian Faley, executive director of BVA, said the ...
Pork producers assure public pork is safe.(Vending MARKETWATCH.COM: For Daily News Updates)
May 01, 2009 ... U.S. pork producers issued statements to assure consumers about the safety of their products as the number of ...
Canteen Vending buys Take A Break Inc., in Wilmington, Del.(Vending MARKETWATCH.COM: For Daily News Updates)(Company overview)
May 01, 2009 ... The assets of Take A Break Inc., a refreshment service provider based in Wilmington, Del., were recently acquired by Canteen Vending, a division of Compass Group North America, according to Alan Blum, former owner of Take A Break Inc., a company founded by his father, the late Gerald Blum, ...
National Vend Brokers Association names officers.(People in the News)
May 01, 2009 ... The National Vend Brokers Association recently announced new officers. David Atnip, Atnip Co. Inc., Fullerton, Calif. is president; Dave Rasmussen, Rasmussen & Associates Inc., ...
Chris Mumford launches consultancy.(People in the News)
May 01, 2009 ... Industry veteran Chris Mumford has left MEI after 17 years and formed the Mumford Group, LLC, along with majority partner, Kristin Mumford. Mumford Group is a manufacturers' rep company, based in West Bloomfield, Mich., ...
Lance names Belyeu customer business manager for vending.(People in the News)
May 01, 2009 ... Tracy Belyeu has become customer business manager for the vending channel at Lance Inc. He assumes responsibilities ...
Variety FoodServices promotes Nowak to vice president.(People in the News)
May 01, 2009 ... Variety FoodServices, Inc., based in Warren, Mich., promoted Lawrence M. Nowak to vice president of ...
Schwan's tests frozen food vending in hotels.(Vending MARKETWATCH: For Daily News Updates)
May 01, 2009 ... Schwan's Home Service, Inc. has partnered with Fastcorp to test frozen-food vending machines at 20 hotel locations in the U.S. The vending machines, marked with ...
Fastcorp clarifies role in K-Cup machine.(Vending MARKETWATCH: For Daily News Updates)
May 01, 2009 ... Fastcorp issued a clarification about a report concerning a Green Mountain Coffee branded K-Cup machine. The April Automatic Merchandiser incorrectly reported that Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. and Fastscorp developed a Green Mountain Coffee branded vending machine to dispense Keurig ...
Kiddie Castle signs for 300 mall placements.(Vending MARKETWATCH: For Daily News Updates)
May 01, 2009 ... Kiddie Castle, Inc., a Mission Viejo, Calif.-based corporation that offers baby items, healthy snacks and toddler toys through vending machines known as Kiddie Castles, has signed agreements with mall operators including Simon ...
Cantaloupe, CompuVend integrate systems.(Vending MARKETWATCH: For Daily News Updates)
May 01, 2009 ... CompuVend and Cantaloupe Systems have begun integrating CompuVend's VendPro vending management software and Cantaloupe's Seed, real-time, vending machine monitoring management system. The goal is to ...
Canteen buys Patton Music's vending assets.(Vending MARKETWATCH: For Daily News Updates)
May 01, 2009 ... Canteen Vending, a division of Compass Group North America, has acquired the full-line vending assets of Patton Music Co. Inc. of Modesto, Calif. for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes about seven routes ...
Coastal Vending and Food Service Inc. files for bankruptcy.(Vending MARKETWATCH: For Daily News Updates)
May 01, 2009 ... Coastal Vending and Food Service Inc., a Canteen franchisee based in Charleston, S.C., filed for bankruptcy. protection, according to The Post and ...
Industry veteran Wayne Hood joins Continental Vending Inc.(People in the News)
May 01, 2009 ... Wayne Hood, who sold his vending business, Hood Services Inc. to Downey Vendors in Bell Gardens, Calif. in 2003, recently returned to the industry as a regional manager at ...
Jeannette Klemballa, wife of Nabisco Veteran Chuck Klemballa, passes away.(People in the News)
May 01, 2009 ... Jeannette Klemballa, wife of Nabisco veteran Chuck Klemballa, recently passed away. She was 59. She resided in Cedar Knolls, N.J ....
Kahiki Foods names Blumenthal vice president of foooservice.(People in the News)
May 01, 2009 ... Kahiki Foods Inc. has appointed Don Blumenthal as vice president of its foodservice division. Blumenthal will be ...