Smart Snacks for Work

The time between meals always seems exponentially longer when you are at work. Your stomach never seems satisfied with what you had for breakfast and snacks often become the answer. To keep you stomach sated and your to-do list progress moving, here are some delicious desk top snacks to enjoy

Refocusing Vending Choices Before the Start of School

School’s officially out for summer, which means you might see a decline in business for any snack vending machines you might have on campus. And while things might be slow right now, this is a perfect time to experiment and refocus your snack selection for the 2012-2013 school year. Here

Herr’s Showcases New Healthy Snack

If you operate your own snack vending machine, you should be looking for two things: Delicious treats and healthy foods. Fortunately, thanks to the latest chip selection coming from the iconic Herr’s brand, you’ll be able to enjoy the best of both. As shown off on Vending Marketwatch, Herr Foods

Healthy Vending Unit Teams Up with NY Film Academy

Whether you’re just joining us now or have been following our blogs for a while now, you already know that healthy vending is here to stay. More and more businesses and facilities are adopting snack vending machines that are friendly to customers’ calorie counts, and the movement is showing absolutely

Wake Up the Office with a Coffee Vending Machine

Just because summer is starting to heat up doesn’t mean there still isn’t a place for hot coffee! While students and teachers will be soaking up the sun during their summer vacations, many busy offices will still be hard at work throughout the months, of June, July, and August. It’s

Vending Smart for Summer

With the official start of summer just a month away, now is the perfect time of year to start optimizing your drink or snack vending machine for the fast-approaching season of sun. Just like the vending machine industry itself, customer snacking habits are always changing, and it’s crucial to stay

USelectIt Makes the News from NAMA

It was an exciting week for the world of vending, but the NAMA OneShow has officially concluded. This Vegas vending convention celebrated the latest innovations in our beloved vending machine business, and news outlets all over have put in their 2 cents on the event. The folks here at USelectIt

Wittern Group Makes Headlines

USelectit parent company The Wittern Group has been a premier name in the vending industry for decades, so it should come as no surprise that they recently made the news at the Des Moines Register. The article focuses on how the Wittern Group was able to push through recession and

“Mike & Ike” Snack is Back

Some things are just meant to go together. Vanilla and chocolate, milk and cookies, and for anyone who has ever bought candy from a vending machine, Mike & Ike. These irresistible fruit-flavored snacks have been around for over 70 years and are synonymous with snacking for all types of customers. As part

“M&M’s” Getting Its Own Chocolate Bar

Ever since their creation in the 1940s, snack lovers around the world have been enjoying the delicious mini bites of chocolate known as M&M’s. And while chocolate addicts have enjoyed several M&M variations such as peanut and pretzel, fans of this snack are in for an all-new surprise when they

New Vending Machine Keeps Bar Patrons Fresh

When you hear the terms “vending machine” and “bar” mentioned in the same sentence, you likely imagine a slightly intoxicated patron fumbling wildly for change so that they can purchase the last bag of Munchos on the block. And while there is always a time and place for drink-fueled snacking,

NAMA Hosting Conference Call on School Vending

Healthy vending continues to be a major point of discussion in the industry, and NAMA is making sure that the entire vending machine business is aware of the changes they need to make. According to Vending MarketWatch, the association will hold a conference call among its members to discuss regulations

Fresh Food Sales Increasing at Convenience Stores

When it comes to food and snacks, customer buying habits are always evolving with the times. According to BusinessWeek, convenience store shoppers are buying fresh food more than ever, which marks a significant change in convenience stores’ reputations as snack depots. The article reports that according to 7-eleven, fresh food

Pepsi Enjoys Positive Profits

PepsiCo is a worldwide name that certainly needs no introduction to the vending world. According to Vending Times, the drink and snack company made some major changes for 2012, and as a result enjoyed a 17% rise in profits for the final quarter of the year. PepsiCo’s strategy for 2012

Vending Machines and the Evolution of Coins

Reach into your pocket, and you will likely pull out a chunk of change consisting of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. You probably do not give these coins much thought, as they are the same classifications of currency you used since childhood. However, what if a brand new coin was

North Carolina Mom Brings Healthy Vending Options to Town

Even though areas all over the country are adopting legislation towards healthier vending options, a Charlotte, North Carolina mother decided to take a more direct approach to calorie-conscious snacking. According to DigTriad, Patti Moore began to grow concerned once she noticed that her daughter was developing a food allergy. After

Artistic Re-purposed Vending Machines

Some neat vending machine news appeared last week out of the annual CES conference in Las Vegas. Now, you may well ask, what does the CES – or consumer electronics showcase – and vending machines have in common? Meet the Art-o-Mat, a retrofitted cigarette vending machine (the kind that are now banned

Vending Machines Replace Nursing Home Cafeteria

Vending machines are becoming more efficient and accommodating by the minute, and a recent news article from Genesee County, New York reveals that they have the potential to replace human food service entirely. According to TheDailyNewsOnline.com, the Genesee County Nursing Home will stop serving meals in its cafeteria in favor

Chicago Vending Machines Receiving a Healthy Makeover

Snack and drink vending machines are a staple of all kinds of establishments throughout the world, and they are not going anywhere anytime soon. They are however, receiving a change for the better. According to a Chicago Tribune report, new vending machine regulations are leading to healthier vending choices becoming

Vending Machines for the Jet Set

Have you ever been in a super big hurry, about to fly in your private jet to the tropical island that you own before monsoon season hits, and are jonesing for some caviar to take on the flight? Nope, we didn’t think so. But just in case, some Californian caviar