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New Animal Shelter Vending Charity Program - click for more information!VENDING NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT:  The Animal Rescue League of Iowa and The Wittern Group of Des Moines have come up with a new vending concept! To provide your company the very best full service vending program and at the same time, help the ARL at no cost to you! Vending machines provide needed donations for the Animal Rescue League of Iowa. Simply let the Wittern Group place brand new vending machines in your business. One of their local vendors will keep your machines filled with the freshest top named products. This program is offered at no cost to your business and will directly benefit the Animal Rescue League of Iowa! Contact Brian Springer to learn how this program can benefit you! Call: 515-271-8488 or bspringer@wittern.com 

July 3, 09 The European Vending Association (EVA) is launching its market and consumer survey on the vending industry today  The European Vending Association is pleased to announce the launching of the vending market and consumer survey, co-drafted with the premium business information and market analysis provider, Datamonitor.  After several months of meticulous fact gathering on the vending industry through online and in-depth telephone interviews with market experts, the European Vending Association strongly believes that the study will shortly become a reference for the industry. It is the first time that such a comprehensive study has been carried out. The scope for both market and consumer surveys is: hot drinks, as well as canned and bottled food and drink.
Catherine Piana, Director General of the European Vending Association, announced “We are very satisfied with the result of the survey. It will certainly add value to the EVA and the National Associations, as we finally have detailed figures to defend the interests of the industry, especially in terms of lobbying.
  Furthermore, the vending market and consumer survey will be extremely helpful to formulate some actionable recommendations to the industry”.  The study, which is composed of 21 individual country reports (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, turkey, the United Kingdom and Ukraine) will be updated every year. The survey is already available, upon purchase, under the following website:
http://static.datamonitor.com/sc/cm/dchn0032/dchn0032b-brochure.pdf (you will find the order form in the last page).

Prices will differ from members to non-members, and there will be 4 different choices, according to your needs: separate country profiles, the 21 country profiles package, a European overview and finally, an all-inclusive, global package. Should you request more information on the study, please contact Rozenn Maréchal: rm@vending-europe.eu.
About the EVA: The European Vending Association represents the whole of the vending industry: machine, machine component and accessories manufacturers, ingredient suppliers and operators.  The primary aim of the EVA is to optimise the industry’s commercial interests within the EU legislation, serve as a forum of discussion and exchange of ideas and experience for its members, as well as draft standards for the industry.

HerculesNetworks.com
HERCULES NETWORKS is introducing the Automated Charging Machine (ACM) - the world's first machine that charges all types of cell phones, PDA's and mp3's in a rapid 10 minute charge. With 12 charging tips on every ACM, they are compatible with more than 95% of cell phones in the world today. ACM's can take a fee per every charge ($2) or give charging away as a customer service. In addition, ACM's can have LCD screens that have full motion and audio capability, and an illuminated billboard on the bottom for branding purposes. ACM's are available for short, mid, and long-term lease and for sale all over the world.
Visit Website at: www.herculesnetworks.com

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced a new loan program designed for small businesses struggling in today’s difficult economy.

The America’s Recovery Capital (ARC) Loan Program can provide up to $35,000 in short-term relief for viable small businesses facing immediate financial hardship, helping these businesses ride out the current uncertain economic times and return to profitability, SBA says.
ARC loans can be used to make payments of principal and interest, in full or in part, on one or more existing, qualifying small-business loan for up to six months. This allows borrowers to redirect cash flow and invest in their businesses, helping sustain the business and retain jobs.
For example, making loan payments on existing loans with proceeds from an ARC loan can allow a business to focus more funds on core operations, such as buying inventory or making payroll.
ARC loans are interest-free to the borrower, carry a 100% guaranty from the SBA to the lender, and require no fees paid to SBA. Loan proceeds are provided over a six-month period and repayment of the ARC loan principal is deferred for 12 months after the last disbursement of the proceeds.
ARC loans are available to viable, for-profit small businesses in the United States that have qualifying small-business loans and are experiencing immediate financial hardship.
SBA lenders will offer ARC loans for as long as funding is available or until Sept. 30, 2010, whichever comes first.  www.sba.gov

NEW ORLEANS — Clean ’09, the premier event for the commercial laundering, drycleaning and textile maintenance and rental industry, opened Thursday morning, just before 10 a.m., featuring a little New Orleans fare — a roving jazz band and Mardi-Gras-costumed character who handed out beads to attendees.
Representatives of the six sponsoring associations were on hand to cut the ribbon and signify the opening of the exhibit hall. Roger Cocivera, chairman of the Clean ’09 Executive Committee and president/CEO of TRSA, and David Cotter, TCATA CEO, shared the ribbon-cutting honors.
“Welcome to the ‘new’ New Orleans,” Cocivera said as he greeted attendees waiting to tour the exhibit hall. Cocivera joked about keeping his opening comments down to two minutes. He also promised attendees that they would see the best equipment available in the world.
http://www.americancoinop.com/Article7919

BELLISIO FOODS, INC. PRESS RELEASE:
Michelina’s®, a staple for hearty hot meals in workplaces served by vending, now invites Vending Operators to enrich snacktime and “take back breakfast” with new Snackers and Breakfast Snackers now available for the first time for frozen and refrigerated vending machines.
Quick, easy, hot and satisfying, Snackers are offered in only the most popular varieties – Ham and Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza for Snackers; Italian Sausage or Chorizo Sausage for Breakfast Snackers—all made for the microwave.

Best of all, Snackers and Breakfast Snackers have arefrigerated shelf life of 14 days in a cold food machine.
Snackers take all the hearty ingredients your customers will love – select meats, tasty cheeses and flavorful sauces – and wrap them all up in a tender grilled bun that’s oven baked to golden perfection. 
Breakfast Snackers are a unique blend of flavorful sausages with seasoned hashbrowns, cheese and scrambled eggs, all baked into a handheld portable meal for breakfast, appetizers or anytime snack. Please contact Chris Murray – Director of Sales – Michelina’s Vending Division with any questions. 
Phone: 407-321-7004 or e-mail: cmurray@bellisiofoods.com.

Smallest DVD Rental / Vending Kiosk A compact size DVD rental kiosk that takes up less than 2 square feet of floor space was much needed for smaller retail locations such as gas stations and c-stores. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) September 5, 2006 -- A new compact DVD vending kiosk has been developed by TELeasy Corporation, a Dallas-area company.
"It's a unique product," said Mr. Finer, TELeasy's Director of Marketing. "The Mini Quik Flik can now exist in gas-stations, laundry rooms, convenience stores, mail rooms, coffee shops, etc. without taking up too much room and can still offer up to 300 movies for rent or sale."
The kiosk takes up less than 2 square feet of floor space. It is modular and it is substantially cheaper than TELeasy's standard Quik Flik kiosk. Finer said, "we wanted to go after the smaller locations like gas-stations where space is limited. Our distributors sell our kiosks to many vending machine operators that simply could not justify our standard Quik Flik DVD vending kiosk. The Mini-Quik Flik costs substantially less than the standard product. With the modular Mini Quik Flik our customers can increase their capacity in stages as their business grows and their customers increase."
A smaller kiosk does not mean lesser functionality though, explained Finer, "TELeasy's software department is always innovating and adding new features we are constantly updating features and finding new ways for our kiosk owners to generate additional revenues." The kiosk can be purchased to hold a minimum of 75 DVDs to a maximum of 300 DVDs. Upgrading the kiosk's capacity is just a matter of adding more carousels without changing the amount of floor space that the kiosk occupies. TELeasy differentiates itself from its competition by developing and manufacturing products that are more affordable, modular, smaller in size, easier to install, maintain and have software features that allow the users more choices.
TELeasy Corporation has its offices in the Dallas Fort Worth area and it specializes in the design and manufacturing of about a dozen different types of automated self service kiosks. Some of its more popular kiosk products currently are Bill Payment Kiosks, DVD rental kiosks, Newspaper kiosks and Internet Access Kiosks. TELeasy delivers turnkey products: front-end graphical software development, back-end databases, web-reports, management tools, software to control hardware related to vending and payments such as, bill acceptors, card readers, pin pads and change dispensers. Contact: Rebecca: 972-620-5686 x 272  Fax: 972-620-5690
http://www.teleasy.com

NEW ANNOUNCEMENT: OfficeCoffee.com Identifies Leads For Vending, Office Coffee And Food Service Operators! OfficeCoffee.comOfficeCoffee.com introduces a lead referral service for office coffee services, water delivery services, vending service and food service vendors for a nominal fee.OfficeCoffee.com's sales leads come from ready-to-purchase customers, saving operators time and money. Because OfficeCoffee.com takes the hassle out of identifying and contacting sales prospects, any operator of office coffee service, water delivery service, vending service and food service can benefit from this service. The process is simple. Buyers log on to www.OfficeCoffee.com to locate office coffee services, water delivery services, vending service and food catering services. After they fill out an online request-for-quote form and submit their information and specific requirements, OfficeCoffee.com forwards the sales lead to four vendors in that geographic area via e-mail. The vendors get the leads quickly and contact the prospect directly to quote them a price. If the prospect doesn't purchase services right away, the lead is still valuable for periodic follow-up calls. Included in the lead are the number of employees at the prospect company and detailed information about what type of services they require. Vendors pay by credit card for each lead they receive. There are no contracts and vendors may cancel the service at anytime for any reason. For more information, click here to visit our website www.OfficeCoffee.com.

MicroTronicus.com 1-800-879-3586  Your best source for all cashless vending, Access Control, and Time Attendance. The new way to purchase - More than just cashless vending!
Microtronic US is the exclusive distributor of the MICROTRONIC System in the United States. This system is the forefront leader in Cashless and Control Technology and was developed in Switzerland over 20 years ago. It has been used extensively for years with tremendous success. Microtronic is the #1 cashless vending solution in Europe. Contact: info@microtronicus.com  The MICROTRONIC System is an electronic cash "stored value" system in a microchip as well as a full credit/debit card system. The system is based on an open archetecture platform that allows for the customer's card to be used in multiple applications. The intelligence in the MICROTONIC System is between the readers and the cards. The points of payment are virtually unlimited and the system can grow as additional machines are required. This feature allows you to meet your requirements of today while allowing for future expansion and growth, tomorrow. Visit Website: www.microtronicus.com

NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT:   pure. simple. mintwater.
Metromint is a pure, natural and unsweetened mintwater!

produced and distributed by San Francisco-based Soma Beverage Company, LLC., an innovative brand leader widely recognized for pioneering the mintwater beverage category. Since launching in 2004 by founders Rio Miura and Scott Lowe, the original, award-winning mintwater has become one of the top 10 selling premium waters in the natural food sector. A company that carefully balances science, through a state-of-the-art purification process – with nature, through its pesticide-free natural ingredients, Metromint combines the essences of peppermint, spearmint, lemon, orange, cocoa bean and cherry to produce a family of waters with no sweeteners, no preservatives and no calories. Since its debut, Metromint has developed strong appeal with health and fitness avids and sports fanatics alike. In 2007, Metromint entered into a sponsorship agreement with Olympic soccer gold medalist, Lindsay Tarpley. Metromint Peppermint, Spearmint, Lemonmint, Orangemint, Chocolatemint and Cherrymint varieties ($1.39-$1.69 suggested retail) are available in stores nationwide, including Whole Foods Market, Safeway and numerous natural and specialty food outlets. To discover more about Metromint, including its affiliations, available stores and locations, visit
www.metromint.com

NEW ANNOUNCEMENT: Pop N Go in Talks to Form Global Marketing Network With China Manufacturer
Pop N Go, Inc. (OTCBB: POPN), a leading manufacturer of healthy snack vending machines, and Shanghai Furong Industry Co, Ltd (Furong) announced the Companies have begun talks aimed at forming a Joint Venture to market Pop N Go machines globally. The Companies are also in discussions to manufacture Pop N Go's popcorn vending machine at a new manufacturing facility that Furong plans to open in Arizona in 2009. Furong is currently a prime parts supplier for Pop N Go's popcorn vending machine at its Shanghai facility. Following meetings with Mr. Frank Lu, Furong's General Manager, at Pop N Go's corporate office, the Companies have decided to enter into further talks to develop ways to introduce Pop N Go's patented popcorn vending machine to Furong's worldwide customer base. Furong has been operating for 20 years selling its commercial foodservice equipment lineup of 586 products through a network of 168 sales offices in 30 countries.
"We have been supplying key components for Pop N Go machines for several years and are eager to introduce Pop N Go to our worldwide customer base, especially with the strong trend toward healthy snack consumption occurring globally. We believe our customers will eagerly accept this great concept," said Frank Lu, Furong's General Manager. "Furong is the largest manufacturer in Shanghai of commercial foodservice equipment with a true global reach that will greatly expand Pop N Go's worldwide marketing. We are looking forward to this new marketing and manufacturing partnership which holds the promise of taking Pop N Go to the next level," said Mel Wyman, Pop N Go's CEO.
For further information about this release and Pop N Go, contact Mel Wyman at 562-945-9351 and/or Rich Kaiser, Investor Relations, YES INTERNATIONAL, 800-631-8127
About Pop N Go, Inc.
Pop N Go produces a unique hot air popcorn machine, capable of delivering single servings of fresh hot popcorn, which meets the demands of today's market. The company's self-contained equipment produces fresh popcorn for each customer while allowing the customer to watch the entire popping process. Pop N Go's machine is sized to fit almost anywhere (2’x2’), and can be used as a stand-alone vending machine or in a manual mode for traditional foodservice applications. Pop N Go's FlixStix Division produces the only single serving popcorn flavoring, which expands Pop N Go's brand into the home consumption market. More information about Pop N Go can be found at www.popngo.com.

AVA- The English vending national association presents its new website.  The clean and fresh website promotes to specifiers the benefits of trading with an AVA quality assured member as well as providing a directory of members (complete with links to their own websites) and a quick contact list for easy email contacts with member companies. Also on the site is general information about vending as well as instant access to documents such as the Guide to Food Hygiene Regulations for  Vending and Explaining Vending.
AVA members have their own area filled with specialist technical information and access to the whole of the 2007 AVA Census.  
This new site, which contains basic information about AVEX, will shortly be followed by a dedicated AVEX 2009 website.
For further information contact Janette Gledhill at +44 (0)20 8661 1112 www.ava-vending.co.uk

VENDING PRESS RELEASE: MEI Develops Software Update Allowing Vending and Amusement Machines to Accept New $5 Bill

WEST CHESTER, Pa., January 16, 2008 – MEI, the world’s leading developer of unattended payment systems, has developed recognition software for the new $5 bill entering circulation on March 13. Beginning Jan. 15, all products shipped by MEI will include the new software.
 MEI worked closely with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) in designing the new recognition software. The software supports the multiple security levels incorporated in the new bill design to reduce the chance of fraud. MEI is releasing the software well ahead of the bill’s official launch date to give operators adequate time to update their existing products.
MEI offers operators several options to quickly upgrade their bill validators in the field.  Operators can easily upgrade most MEI products with the software by using a handheld bill programming device.  Product-specific instructions are available on MEI's Currency Upgrade web page at http://vendupgrade.meigroup.com.
“Seamless and secure acceptance of new currency designs is critical to vending and amusement operators” said Jeff Jordan, executive vice president of MEI’s global vending and amusement business. “With MEI’s new recognition software, operators can be confident that their products will accept the new $5 bill from the day it enters circulation.”
For high performance in both bill handling and security, MEI bill validators operate with optical sensing technology rather than magnetic technology. They reliably accept new, highly secure currency designs as well as earlier designs still in circulation. 
About the New $5 Bills
The new $5 bills, like the $10, $20 and $50 notes introduced over the last few years, incorporate advanced security features to combat counterfeiting, including color-shifting ink, a watermark and security thread. These features are easy to use for consumers and cash handlers alike, and they will help to maintain global confidence in U.S. currency. To learn more about the new $5 bill, visit http://www.moneyfactory.gov/newmoney
According to the Federal Reserve and BEP:
  • Approximately 1.5 billion of the new $5 notes will be printed for its initial rollout.
  • The changes made to the $5 note will raise the cost of production from about 7 cents to about 8 cents.
  • The average lifespan of a $5 note in circulation is 16 months, the shortest of any U.S. paper currency. (A $100 note will last 89 months – more than 7 years.)
  • $5 notes represent about 9 percent of all U.S. paper currency.
About MEI
MEI, headquartered in West Chester, Pa., holds the world’s largest installed base of unattended payment systems, handling over 2 billion transactions per week in more than 100 countries. The company developed the first electronic coin mechanism in the 1960s, followed by the first electronic non-contact bill acceptor, and more recently its credit card capability and vending management solution. Recently, MEI reached a milestone of selling more than 4 million bill acceptors and 5 million coin mechanisms worldwide. Its products are in widespread use in the vending, soft drink, gaming, amusement, transportation, retail, and kiosk markets. For more information on MEI and its products, visit www.meigroup.com or Call 800-345-8215.

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