VENDING MACHINES AND THE “NANNY STATE”.

June 30th, 2010

A cup of hot sweet tea has for years been the traditional support for people suffering from stress or some form of upset. How many times will you have heard someone say “don’t worry, sit down and have a nice cup of tea”. Although not recommended for people actually suffering from shock a sweet hot [...]



KSV WELCOMES ANOTHER NEW MEMBER OF STAFF.

June 28th, 2010

As part of our expansion plans, KSV have made another addition to our growing sales team and would like to officially welcome Laraine Ross to KSV. Laraine brings a wealth of experience and for those of you that have met her, you will know that she brightens up the room when she enters! Laraine is [...]



BUDGET BLUES? TRY THE SMILE ACTIVATED VENDING MACHINE

June 22nd, 2010

Well, maybe today’s Budget was not as bad as many of us feared with VAT not increasing until next year and with the scope for it remaining the same. That should mean your favourite hot drink from KSV will still be vat-free! Quite how well a new ice cream Vending machine unveiled yesterday by Unilever [...]



FLAVIA BRIGHTER TOMORROW UPDATE.

June 22nd, 2010

As more and more large companies sign up for either Fairtrade or Rainforest Alliance certified commodities for their tea coffee and cocoa supplies the work of “Brighter Tomorrow” undertaken by Mars stands out as a clear success for relatively local direct support. The aims of both Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance are very laudable and clearly [...]



“REVERSE” VENDING MACHINE IDEA FROM PEPSI.

June 17th, 2010

Pepsi have a new “Dream Machine” being tried in a limited number of locations in North Carolina USA to encourage recycling. I’m not sure about the name but the principle is good, as in return for putting empty PET drinks bottles or aluminium drinks cans into this machine reward points are issued that can be [...]



FLAVIA DISTRIBUTORS KSV DELIVER THE GOODS.

June 14th, 2010

KSV stock for immediate despatch the complete range of Flavia drinks and ancillaries with weekday orders placed and cleared by 3.00pm delivered the next working day to all but the most remote parts of the country. All Flavia teas, coffees, indulgence and wellbeing drinks are available from our warehouse with the complete ancilliary range ex [...]



GOOGLE CAFFEINE WILL IT HELP OUR COFFEE SALES?

June 10th, 2010

I see Google have launched their new web indexing system to collect and present web content ensuring the very latest information choice is presented to Google users. Google Caffeine it is going to provide web search results that are 50% fresher than previously. With the rapid growth of web content to include far more video [...]



MARS BAR PACKAGING GETS THE ENGLAND COLOURS!

June 7th, 2010

As part of their support for the England Football Team, Mars have produced the promotional England Football Mars Bar. Mars is the official supplier of snack products to the England team and if you have not seen the new limited edition packaging, they now have a white background with the George Cross together with the [...]



VENDING MACHINE HAS SEED BOMBS FOR GUERRILLA GARDENERS

June 3rd, 2010

Despite being a really keen gardener a “seed bomb” was not a term I had come across until recently, and I certainly don’t consider myself a guerrilla gardener! Seed Bombs are clay wrapped parcels containing compost and a selection of seeds and are around the size of a golf ball. They are the brain child [...]