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Article: OCS operator of the year. (Readers' Choice Award).
- Article from:
- Automatic Merchandiser
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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Ron Shirley Excalibur Refreshment Concepts Inc., Burr Ridge, Ill.
For this veteran OCS and honor snack operator, the current focus on specialty coffee takes the industry back to its roots.
For an OCS veteran like Ron Shirley, the Automatic Merchandiser 2002 OCS Operator of the Year, the industry seems to have come full circle. Today's current emphasis on high-quality coffee reminds him of the early days when good coffee wasn't big news.
Shirley, whose company, Excalibur Refreshment Concepts Inc., Burr Ridge, Ill., is both an OCS and honor box service provider, got his feet wet in the mid-1970s working for the Cleveland, Ohio franchise of ...