It seems the new coalition government may be considering revoking the ban on cigarette Vending Machines due to come into force in October 2011. Vending provides a number of significant end user advantages, including accessibility, availability, usually a good range of product choices as well as the potential to control access to the products being [...]
FLAVIA FRESH BREW DRINKS REAL VALUE FOR MONEY.
August 31st, 2010The Daily Mail is reporting on a Sri Lankan produced tea that will set you back an eye watering £25.00 for a small pot giving you two cups only for your money at a few very select outlets. Sacred White is blended by one of the world’s most respected tea blending companies Mariage Freres, who [...]
THE VENDING MACHINE AND THE SKUNK WHISPERER!
August 27th, 2010A Tulsa resident in the USA had quite a shock when she went to use her local Pepsi Vending Machine and found a furry paw reaching out to her. Two young raccoons had decided to make the vending machine their home and the local “Skunk Whisperer” was called in to coax them out with the [...]
VENDING MACHINES SPOT FAKE £1 COINS.
August 23rd, 2010Following Richard’s recent blog commenting on the decision by the Royal Mint to introduce new 5p and 10p coins in 2011 which involves work on literally millions of coin mechanisms for every thing from Hot Drinks Vending Machines through to parking meters and ticketing machines it appears the Mint may have a more pressing problem [...]
MARS ANNOUNCE A NEW TWIX, IT’S CALLED THE TWIX FINO.
August 19th, 2010Without giving away my age I do remember the first Mars Twix bar arriving in the school tuck shop and I have been a regular eater ever since. The announcement that Mars are launching a Twix Fino product, the first truly new variant in 43 years, confirms the years have simply flown by!
Over the years [...]
VENDING MACHINES FOR BOOKS NOT CIGARETTES.
August 17th, 2010As tens of thousands of cigarette Vending Machines become obsolete with their gradual banning across Europe at least one enterprising book publisher has found an interesting alternative use for some. A while back I blogged about an artist in the USA who was using a converted cigarette vending machine to sell small works of art [...]
NEW 5p AND 10p COINS ARE COMING SOON!
July 27th, 2010In their wisdom the HM Treasury have recently approved the proposal to introduce new 5p and 10p coins scheduled for release into circulation in January 2011.
To you and I the coins will look very similar as they will be the same size and shape, but to an electronic coin mechanism they will appear to be [...]
COCOA TRADING MAY LEAVE A BITTER TASTE.
July 19th, 2010For those of you who look forward to a daily cocoa fix either in the form of your favourite chocolate bar or possibly a hot vended drink may end up paying more for your treat in the future. In what has been described as the biggest single cocoa trade in over fourteen years a British [...]
FLAVIA TEAM UP WITH ALTERRA FOR NEW COFFEE CHOICES.
July 13th, 2010There is nothing like advance warning of good news from KSV on my favourite subject of Drinks Machines!
From 2011, thanks to a recent agreement between MARS and Alterra Coffee in the USA, we on this side of the pond will have some exciting new coffee choices to try using the Flavia Creation 400 drinks machine.
Alterra [...]
