Tilda Foodservice has partnered with vending supplier, MorVend in its first steps into the vending sector. With workplaces reopening the need for healthy and Covid-safe hot meal solutions is growing. That’s why the rice people and the family-owned vending...

Joe Hessling, chief executive and founder of 365 Retail Markets, the global leader in self-checkout workplace technology, has been elected as the new chair of the board of directors for the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA). “Joe’s proven dedication...

G20 countries must lead by example ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit in September by further reducing food loss and waste, and improving diets and agriculture, according to the authors of the Food Sustainability Index (FSI). The FSI,...

Costa Coffee, is trialling a new line of coffee machines across selected locations in Bristol this Summer. The new Costa Express Hot & Iced Drinks Machine is an integrated self-serve coffee machine, reinvented to deliver both hot and iced...

School children are set to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the much-anticipated Part 2 of the National Food Strategy, according to ProVeg UK, a non-profit organisation working to make school food healthier and more sustainable. The independent...

David Llewellyn, Chief Executive of the AVA, discusses how the vending industry has diversified during the pandemic. In the last year, consumer behaviour has changed considerably as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with all industries needing to adapt...

Leading foodservice wholesaler Thomas Ridley has strengthened its sales and e-commerce team with two new appointments.  Paul Knight, joins as sales director, with a 30-year career spent mainly working for Bidfood and latterly as managing director of of Bidvest’s...

A new report from the European Vending and Coffee Service Association (EVA) has revealed working from home as the main threat to the industry and highlights cashless payments as one of the key opportunities. The release of the report,...