Article: Junk food vending machines to be banned from French schools

Article: French schools' new bete noire: vending ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  October 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... in Brussels banned vending machines in all of the city ... classes. School vending machines are a relatively ... about 40 percent of French schools have them. The machines ... them installed. "Vending machines," he says, "become ...

Article: French Remove Junk Food Vending Machines
AP Online;  July 30, 2004 ;     289 words ... ... 2004 Dateline: PARIS Soda and junk food vending machines are getting kicked out of French schools as part of a broad public health bill ... rising obesity among youths. The ban on vending machines will take effect for the school term beginning ...

Article: Vending machines offer plenty in Japan.
Yomiuri Shimbun (Toyko, Japan);  January 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ...TOKYO _ Vending machines usually bring to mind canned soft ... eggs _ and sushi. The uses of vending machines in Japan have increased. There ... country in December, two such vending machines set monthly sales records _ a ...

Article: Vending machines go high-tech.
Yomiuri Shimbun (Toyko, Japan);  January 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Jan. 18--TOKYO -- Vending machines usually bring to mind canned ... sushi. The functionality of vending machines has also improved. There are ... country in December, two such vending machines set monthly sales records ...

Article: CONSUMERS' EXPERIENCES, OPINIONS, ATTITUDES, SATISFACTION, ...
Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... increasing presence and penetration of vending machines into consumers' lives, there have ... and consumption behavior involving vending machines. This study is the first of its kind ... services rendered by food and beverage vending machines. Consumer satisfaction/dissatisfaction ...

Article: Vending machines dispensing iPods, cameras, DVDs
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Vending machines, purveyors of pretzels, soda and ... fast-food restaurants now can use vending machines to buy electronic gadgets and other ... present, won't hesitate to pay vending machines for items that cost 500 times as ...

Article: SPONSORSHIP OR COMMERCIALISM? The dilemma of vending ...
Boise Weekly;  October 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... and high schools sell soft drinks in vending machines. Across the country public schools ... soda and sugar-laden beverages from vending machines in 677 public schools. Texas Agriculture ... includes the exclusive right to put vending machines in public schools. Ironically, the ...