Quench your thirst with a Gatorade Sports drink from Selecta’s vending machines and you could be in with a chance to win a luxury sports holiday! Selecta, Europe’s leading vending operator has teamed up with Britvic, exclusive distributors of Gatorade Sports drinks to bring consumers the hottest vending promotion of the summer!

Maynards, most famous for Wine Gums, has launched a new £2million multi-platform campaign that includes new character, Maynard the Moose.

To launch, Maynards will overtake commuter hotspots in the UK through a series of digital advert take-overs, followed by the 5-week TV campaign in which Maynard the moose ambushes people using his vast array of hypnosis techniques to ensure they give into their chewing urges.

The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust has appointed Refreshment Systems as its sole provider of beverages and refreshment services to patients, visitors and staff. The contract, which will deliver around one million vends a year and will run for five years, is the largest contract the firm has ever won.

GVS Assist, a leading national supplier and maintainer of automated coffee, tea and snack machines, has opened up a new operations centre in Castleford.

Wilkes Group, the Yorkshire based family group of Companies, currently celebrating sixty-four years, are proud to announce they are now of loyal and humble service to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.

Photo-Me, the leading manufacturer of automated photo booths, is delighted to announce that The Photobook Maker is now available at 22 Asda stores nationwide. This innovative kiosk is the first of its kind to produce stylish photobooks in minutes.

Vimto has won a prestigious marketing award for its ‘Seriously Mixed Up Fruit’ campaign.

The leading soft drinks brand received top honours for the £5 million fully integrated campaign at the Marketing Society Northern Awards held on 30 June.

The Drury Tea & Coffee Company, leading London based tea blenders and coffee roasters, has announced the appointment of a new Barista Trainer, Christelle Langer.

Much of the legislation which either impacts or threatens the UK vending industry, comes from Brussels and therefore the work done by the European Vending Association (EVA) is essential to making sure that vending has its say at the highest level.

As the Welsh debate hit the headlines again, the news is the same and it still makes no sense. The AVA’s Jonathan Hilder, explained: “We met the leader of the opposition for the Welsh Assembly, Nick Bourne, recently to discuss the current guidelines and explain how the ban on vending is ludicrous and inconsistent with general policy.”

N&W has announced the departure from the company of former Sales and Marketing Director, Mike Kane, with immediate effect.

At the end of 2009 the AVA sprung into action when it heard that the UK vending industry may soon have to cope with the introduction of a new design £1 coin due to an increasing number of counterfeit £1 coins in circulation.

Installation has been completed on the first PHS Waterlogic sponsored PlayPump®, and is now providing free clean water to a school in southern Africa.

Powershot’s 330ml Organic Energy drinks offer natural organic goodness with their top quality, anti-oxidant blend of tea extracts, Panax Ginseng, fruit juices and high purity mineral water.

This August, as the Official Treat Provider of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Cadbury is kicking off a two year campaign which will see the nation split into two teams and immersed in game play in the lead up to London 2012.

This month, Nestlé Professional® launches ROWNTREE’S RANDOMS® sharing bags – the soft, jelly sweet confectionery that’s now perfect for sharing out-of-home. ROWNTREE’S RANDOMS® is the No.2 impulse sugar product in the UK (IRI, Fruit Sugar Singles, Total Market, w/e 27th March 2010) and the bigger 195g format allows catering operators to offer a higher value bag and grow profits.

This month sees Nestlé Professional® launch to the out-of-home market its new and mouth-watering MILKYBAR® Raisin and Biscuit bar.

Douwe Egberts aims for improved operator margins with new Espresso Bar vending concept

After a successful entry into the vending arena last year, Douwe Egberts has announced the launch of a brand new vending concept called Espresso Bar, which aims to help operators break the £1 barrier on vended coffee drinks.

According to FoodReference.com, Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot chocolate every day. It was thick, dyed red and flavoured with chilli peppers. Now a velvety brown, the drink has regained its natural colour, retained its air of indulgence and cut down on the calories!

We work some of the longest hours in Europe, without taking adequate breaks. Caught up in the rat race, a good diet often goes out of the window Monday to Friday, which is why vending machines that offer healthy drinks and snacks are a convenient must for the UK workforce. Vending International investigates...

Only satisfied operators remain loyal to their manufacturer – and only satisfied consumers are loyal to their operator. Quality is the key to success. As one of the leading manufacturers in Europe, SATRO GmbH has been developing instant drinks for vending machines with this in mind for over 40 years.

The Save a Cup scheme was established by the vending, food service and plastics industries to collect the millions of hard wall polystyrene cups used in the UK every week. The scheme is run by the Save a Cup Recycling Company, the objective of which is to increase the number of cups collected in line with Government targets for recycling packaging waste.

Spanish vending machine giant, Jofemar, has announced the launch of the Series 2 version of its best selling hot food merchandiser, the Gourmet. Distributed in this country by its subsidiary, Jofemar UK, the Gourmet is the modern way to dispense nutritious hot meals automatically. The new features on the Series 2 model include fresh contemporary livery, improved graphics and enhanced LED back lighting.

Nestlé Toque d’Or®, the UK’s premier student catering competition, announces that the University College Birmingham has won the coveted title at the glittering 2010 awards ceremony, held on 16th July at the Dorchester, Park Lane, London.