Vending Machines Show Normality Returning To Tsunami-Struck Japan
Just over a year after the Japanese tsunami, vending machines in tsunami-struck Otsuchi show normality is coming back to Japan.
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Published on: 09/11/2012
Chocovision Hot Drinks Forum Takes Place for Major Vending Machine Suppliers
Hot drinks ingredients manufacturers and vending companies took part in the Chocovision forum in Davos. The event attracted 200 senior business leaders and vending suppliers from around the world.
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Published on: 29/10/2012
PepsiCo Launches Interactive Vending Machines
PepsiCo announced earlier this week the rollout of its new Pepsi Interactive Vending machine pilot program that allows consumers to buy, gift and play games with PepsiCo beverages.
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Published on: 11/10/2012
Vending Machine Vends Tea For Tweets
A vending machine that give customers iced tea in return for tweets has been installed in Cape Town in South Africa.
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Published on: 16/09/2012
Kenneth the Talking Vending Machine!
Kenco Millicano has brought vending to life in London, with Kenneth, a talking vending machine, which delighted customers in Soho Square this summer.
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Published on: 24/08/2012
Coffee Production Benefits from RFA Partnership
Coffee farmers in Guatemala are benefitting from the Rainforest Alliance to develop more sustainable farming techniques.
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Published on: 31/07/2012
5 Reasons Why A Daily Coffee From Your Vending Machine is Good For You
According to latest health studies, enjoying your daily cup of coffee from your vending machines can have real health benefits. Read about 5 health benefits of coffee.
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Published on: 17/07/2012
A Cup of Coffee a Day May Keep the Doctor Away
Studies show that coffee may help reduce risk of high blood pressure, Alzheimer's and Diabetes and that 2 cups of coffee a day may not be bad for you after all. So there's a good reason to have that extra coffee from your office vending machine.
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Published on: 05/07/2012
Controversial Chocolate – Can Chocolate Keep People Slim?
Research in the US finds an unusal link between weight and regular consumption of chocolate.
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Published on: 05/07/2012
SnackTime Soft Drink Partner Moves Head Office
SnackTime's soft drinks partner Britvic has relocated its head office to Hemel Hempstead. Formally based in Chelmsford in Essex, the head office move of our brand partner has now been completed and at the same time has created 30 additional jobs.
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Published on: 18/05/2012
European Vending Association Looks To Vending Industry Future
The European Vending Association held its Annual Assembly and discussed topics affecting the vending machine industry. Environmental issues for vending companies were hot topics including energy efficient vending machines, and ethical and fairtrade vending.
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Published on: 23/01/2012
Coffee Drinking Expands Globally
Coffee drinking habits and the cafe society trend are expanding globally. Starbucks, the world's largest coffee company, has recently announced that it is finalising a deal with India's Tata Coffee to open coffee establishments in India. This is good news for the coffee industry and also the coffee vending industry.
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Published on: 20/01/2012
Face Scanning Vending Machine
Food manufacturer Kraft has launched a face-scanning vending machine which vends chocolates and desserts only to adults and not children. The i-sample vending machine serves confectionery and dessert samples and is on trial in New York and Chicago
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Published on: 19/01/2012
Costa Coffee Drive Thru's Launched in UK
The coffee chain Costa coffee is launching 75 'drive-thru' coffee outlets in the UK. This move follows a trial of the new format coffee outlets over summer 2011 and comes as the coffee industry both in coffee vending and high street coffee outlets becomes more popular and more sophisticated. The demand for cafe style coffee in the UK is ever expanding.
Whitbread, Costa Coffee's owner, explained that they are continuing to grow their coffee drinks business and comes in the wake of their launch of the Flat White Coffee and other speciality coffee drinks.
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Published on: 19/01/2012
Interactive Snack Vending Machine for Crisps
Lays in Buenos Aires have teamed up with US supermarket chain Walmart to create a unique interactive crisp sampling machine that creates real potatoe crisps from real potatoes right before your eyes! This live snack vending machine looks completely normal but instead of putting in coins, you put in your potatoes! You can then watch your potatoes as they go through the entire production process from a raw potatoe into a Lays crisp from the snack vending machine.
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Published on: 19/01/2012