I have blogged recently on the proposed new 5p and 10p coins the Royal Mint are planning to introduce. As further details are released it seems just plain daft to me that the vending industry is going to be hit with around £100 million in costs to make coin mechanism changes when the driving force [...]
MARS BAR GETS A LOW FAT MAKEOVER.
September 23rd, 2010Mars have announced that from September a reduction in the saturated fats used in the production of all Mars Bars. The 15% reduction is being generated by a change from saturated palm fat to sunflower oil as part of an ongoing commitment from Mars to improve the nutritional content of their products. This ingredient change [...]
NEW FLAVIA CREATION 400 TITANIUM
September 21st, 2010Mars Drinks have recently launched the new look Flavia Creation 400, the new model is referred to as the Flavia Creation 400 Titanium. In reality this is more an update to the existing model with new features and a facelift to include the new Titanium Silver front, hence the name! The existing model was already [...]
SAINSBURY’S COFFEE MACHINE EXPLODES! NOT ALL COFFEE MACHINES GO BANG!
September 17th, 2010Staff and customers in Sainsbury’s Farnborough branch were injured when the coffee machine in the stores café exploded recently. A total of six people were taken to hospital and others were treated at the scene and three fire engines were despatched to the incident. Looking at the photographs in the newspapers the coffee machine is [...]
NEW PRODUCTS FROM MARS CHOCOLATE.
September 15th, 2010Despite the doom and gloom of the economy, confectionery has continued to perform well with growth rather than decline! People are still treating themselves with small luxuries and chocolate products seem to be as popular as ever. Mars have introduced a number of new products and aim to build on this growth. One of the [...]
WHAT IS FLAVIA CAPPUCCINO LATTE SWIRL?
September 13th, 2010For those of you are not familiar with the full range of sachets available from Mars for the Flavia Drinks Machines, you may not be aware of the sachet called Cappuccino Latte Swirl. This sachet was produced to pair with any of the full selection of fresh ground coffee’s to make a high quality authentic [...]
SUSSEX VENDING MACHINES MAKE THE HEADLINES.
September 8th, 2010Not a lot seems to make the national news from Sussex, in fact having spent all of my life living in the county very little seems to happen here at all! For a Vending Machine story from Sussex to make the BBC national news is pretty unusual, but the County has been chosen recently for [...]
FLAVIA CREATION 400 PRICE AND PACKAGE.
September 6th, 2010As a Flavia Platinum Distributor we can supply the Creation 400 machine from as little as £6.95 per week on a low cost rental scheme. With KSV there are no hidden extras and new Flavia Creation 400 machines are supplied with Free delivery and installation, up to 5 years on site warranty and a Free [...]
VENDING MACHINES, A QUESTION OF CHOICE.
September 2nd, 2010It 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 [...]
