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  • Alicia Lavay

      How Alicia Lavay built, reinvented, and sold Vending Times after 60 years of industry evolution If you’ve been in convenience services for more than a minute, you know the name Vending Times. For decades, it landed in mailboxes 12 times a year — sometimes more than 150 pages thick! — chronicling the people, products, and progress of vending, office coffee service, bulk vending, music and games, and later, micro markets. Behind much of that story stood Alicia [read more]

    Published On: March 31, 2026Categories: Operator StoriesTags: ,
  • What America's Favorite Sodas and Snacks Say About Vending in 2025

    What America’s Favorite Sodas and Snacks Say About Vending in 2025

    November 12, 2025

  • ReyVend Press Release

    Why Smart Cooler Adoption Stalled — and How ReyVend Solves It

    November 11, 2025

  • From 0 to 6 Vending Locations in 6 Months! Goodland Vending

    From 0 to 6 Vending Locations in 6 Months!

    November 11, 2025

  • Cocoa Bliss Flavia Lavazza Group (1)

    Flavia Introduces Cocoa Bliss: Indulgent Hot Cocoa Made Simple

    November 10, 2025

  • Copper Moon Coffee

    Copper Moon Coffee Announces Two New Seasonal Blends: White Christmas and Winter Solstice

    November 7, 2025

  • Andamiro Unveils Marksman: A New Standard in First-Person Arcade Shooters

    Marksman Shooter from Andamiro Debuts at IAAPA

    November 7, 2025

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