The appearance and taste profile on our new whitener, (KSV product code E006), is identical to the previous product and has been gradually introduced over the past few months although it is only now the new branding is completely in place. Your ordering code and product description remain unchanged.

KSV Vending will continue to offer the best possible choice of quality ingredients for a wide range of hot drinks vending machines, all of which can be ordered quickly and conveniently via our website online ordering service. For more detailed advice just pick up the phone and talk to us about how we can provide a hot drink solution for just about any situation you care to choose!

Written by:  Colin from KSV.

KSV VENDING INTRODUCE HVO FREE WHITENER FOR HOT DRINKS MACHINES. is a post from: KSV News

However despite the huge sales and professional advertising it seems the attention to detail around copyright and patent infringement may not have been as effectively covered.  UK based relative “minnow” Dualit Ltd with a turnover around £15m, and most recognised for their classic electric toasters have won a significant victory over Nestle in the UK courts who were seeking to prevent Dualit providing alternative and I suspect cheaper capsules suitable for use in Nespresso machines.

Dualit are now clear to sell their alternative capsule throughout the UK with no restrictions. On the basis of free EU trade arrangements I suspect it won’t be long before the same Dualit capsules appear across the European market to. Nespresso  is also suffering from the market being squeezed by  Sarah Lee produced capsules and are currently involved in a legal dispute with the Ethical Coffee Co. in France for similar reasons.

Next time around with a new system maybe Nestle need to “Wake up and taste the coffee” first!

Written by: Colin from KSV.

IT’S THOSE NESPRESSO COFFEE CAPSULES AGAIN, THE LITTLE GUY WINS WHILE NESTLE LOSES IT! is a post from: KSV News

For those of you prepared to spend just a little more why not consider bidding in the current US charity auction for a nice cup of coffee; the bidding is apparently at $600,000 as I write this! Why so much? Well Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook is offering around an hour of his precious time for the winning bidder to join him for a chat over coffee at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California. I’m sure it’s for a good cause and hope the winner feels he gets value for money!

Mr Cook may well give a wonderful insight to his product range and sing the virtues of the i-phone5, the latest i-pads and possibly a glimpse into the future, but for an awful lot less why not chat with one of our genuine vending experts for free.  They can give you great advice on the best vending solutions available, and maybe arrange to demonstrate our great range of hot drink options.

One thing I am certain of is we can provide you a wonderful cup of coffee with plenty of change from $600,000 !

Written by Colin from KSV.

FANCY AN APPLE WITH YOUR COFFEE?? THAT’S $600,000 PLEASE! is a post from: KSV News

Call or order online for fast delivery to your door, with same day despatch for orders placed by 2:00pm. Call or email us for experienced impartial vending advice, we have been around for over twenty five years, or save the link to our website for quick access to all we do.

Eastbourne to Edinburgh, Gatwick to Glasgow, Brighton to Bridgend, KSV Vending have it covered.

Written by:  Colin from KSV.

KSV HAVE THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR RURAL TOWN OR CITY VENDING. is a post from: KSV News

A wide range of product mixes were sold from this one Sweetmeat vending machine with cigarettes, matches, chocolate, throat sweets and toffees all available from one point of sale. Although cigarette vending has been consigned to history and some modern snack break machines can vend a good choice of consumables these are often in enclosed or controlled environments. It’s a surprising thought that back in the 1890’s public access on streets and stations gave such a wide choice of vended products.

Made of the cast iron many Victorian vending machines have not survived, not so much through wearing out or breaking, as with much of what the Victorians made these vending machines were superbly over-engineered, but they were lost to their scrap metal value. Two World Wars and the consequent demand for metals of all types sealed the fate of many early heavy cast Vending machines, so that today good examples are few and far between.

Advanced electronics, plastic composite panels, stainless steel piping, LCD displays, automated coin and note recognition are all familiar and vital components for today’s vending machines, but however reliable they are, however good the hot drink quality produced, the chances of these fetching a premium at auction in over 100 years time is in my opinion far less likely than something from The Sweetmeat Automatic Delivery Company still being capable of vending a product even then. Two World Wars stripped the country of first generation vending machines and the latest WEEE Regulations will see off most of the rest by legislating for the positive effects of structured and controlled recycling. This will mean the vast majority of today’s vending machines will be stripped down and disappear in bits long before they can appear in any future vintage equipment auction.

And finally I would like to quash the story circulating at KSV Vending that PC senior first sold NEW vending machines for The Sweetmeat Automated Delivery Company!!

Written by: Colin from KSV Vending.

VICTORIAN VENDING MACHINE MAKES £7500 AT AUCTION. is a post from: KSV News