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The Food and Drug Administration released draft guidance to help chain restaurants comply with the federal government's new nutrition labeling requirements, but has not yet provided directions for vending machines... | The federal government has released the second in a series of educational Web videos created to increase public awareness of the new $100 note... | 
Fresh Healthy Vending has selected the Ford Transit Connect as the official vehicle for its franchisee operators from coast to coast...
| Alert vendors are identifying menu items that conform to the various new requirements, and deploying Cantaloupe's sales-monitoring technology to track the popularity of these offerings... | Wisconsin has paid $25,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a blind businesswoman who lost the foodservice contract at the state's Fort McCoy military base... | PepsiCo enters partnership with a leading ingredients maker to develop lower-calorie beverages made with natural and high-potency sweeteners... |
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The coffee giant says it has no plans to raises prices, even though it expects higher coffee costs to weaken its profits in the upcoming fiscal year... | Lavazza, the coffee maker owned by the Italian family of the same name, agreed on Aug. 10 to buy a $250 million stake in Waterbury, VT-based Green Mountain Coffee Roaster... | Compass Group USA and sister company Bon Appetit Management Co. say they will only serve yogurt made from milk produced by rBGH-free cows...
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Getting the most from route and FEC technicians on the road is both art and science. Efficient operators make every effort to "routinize"... by Frank Seninsky | I was once asked, "Why do I need to know about coffee and tea, and how they are grown and processed? I just sell what my customer wants." There is a good answer to this question... by Len Rashkin | How can foodservice benefit your business? A company in the vending business can "prospect" its clients with a view to adding some type of food or coffee services... by Jerry McVety | Music and games are highly valued by the hospitality sector. Although this market loves them, it does not always love operators. Therein lies the eternal source of tension between the two... by Kevin Williams |
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The U.S. District Court in Denver ruled that Nathan Dunlap may be executed for committing mass murder at a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in Aurora, CO, in 1993... | Peter Gustafson is exiting LAI Games and will rejoin Sega Amusements USA as U.S. general manager. Gustafson managed LAI's U.S. office Dallas for three years... | Champion Shuffleboard Ltd., which also owns the Valley, Dynamo and Tornado table game brands, is planning to introduce a line of pool tables for the home recreation market... | The new Internet-Based Sweepstakes Organization said its members will modify electronic sweepstakes games to comply with North Carolina's new laws, but will consider challenging the ban... | TouchTunes' new social networking tools connect the virtual community with locations. Company plans to launch iPhone app to give the jukebox experience greater appeal... | The North Carolina-based maker of Heads-Up Challenge and and PokerPro electronic poker tables said it is exiting the amusement industry to focus on its casino products... |
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The record-breaking, 60-mile long traffic jam that clogged a major expressway in China for more than a week, had little or no impact on bulk vending supply chains... | L.M. Becker & Co. Inc. is going out of business after nearly seven decades in the bulk vending industry... | 
A&A Global Industries has announced a licensing agreement that gives the vending supplier the right to manufacture and distribute Hood Hounds figurines... |
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A recurrent theme in the industry conversation has been: "The operator is his own worst enemy." We've heard that charge leveled against everyone... by Tim Sanford | This summer, financial and business experts latched onto a common mantra to explain why U.S. companies aren't hiring, aren't investing and aren't growing... by Marcus Webb | A longtime industry professional recently reminded me that "Even when times are tough, people need entertainment..." by Hank Schlesinger | Taking another look at your current business plan, making projections and setting goals should be on top of the operator's agenda... by Alicia Lavay |
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