It’s a strange business this blogging lark, in the three years now that I have been trawling the internet and trade magazines to bring you items that are both interesting and relevant to our industry I find myself more and more reading regular content from all sorts of bloggers across a wide spectrum of interest. [...]
ALTERRA COFFEE ROASTERS ™ AND THE BRIGHT TEA CO. ™ NOW EVEN MORE CHOICE.
March 28th, 2011KSV Vending are pleased to confirm a significant change in the fresh brew hot drinks they can supply for the Flavia Creation 400 drinks system. Alterra Coffee Roasters™ have teamed up with Mars Drinks to further improve many of the existing favourites on the Flavia drinks menu whilst a similar agreement with The Bright Tea [...]
FLAVIA GALAXY HOT CHOCOLATE AVAILABLE FROM STOCK.
March 23rd, 2011One of the most popular drinks for the Flavia Creation 400 drinks system over the long winter period has been Galaxy Hot Chocolate. I guess on a cold dark morning there is nothing better to warm you through at the start of the working day than a quality hot chocolate. Even now spring has officially [...]
VENDING MACHINE SAVINGS AFTER THE JAPANESE EARTH QUAKE.
March 22nd, 2011Following the massive earthquake off the coast of Japan and the subsequent damage to much of their infrastructure as a result of the Tsunami it created I see in a small way the vending machine industry is helping with a contribution with power saving. Much of Japan’s industry, certainly that in the north of the [...]
VENDING MACHINES HELP PUSH FAIRTRADE SALES BY 40%.
March 17th, 2011Figures just released by the Fairtrade Foundation show that despite the recent tough trading conditions UK sales grew by a very impressive 40%. Total sales of Fairtrade products in 2010 were £1.1 billion pounds, up from £836 million in 2009. Clearly the ever increasing scope of Fairtrade products will help turnover growth but these are [...]
MARS DRINKS ADDS NEW BRANDS FOR THE FLAVIA® DRINKS SYSTEM, ALTERRA COFFEE ROASTERS™ AND THE BRIGHT TEA CO.™
March 14th, 2011New brands for Coffee and Tea are being introduced for use with the successful Flavia drinks system manufactured by MARS Drinks. They are ALTERRA COFFEE ROASTERS™ and THE BRIGHT TEA CO.™ These new products will replace the existing Flavia tea and coffee ranges and will be phased in from late March 2011 onwards as part [...]
COFFEE NATION VENDING MACHINES COSTA LOT!!!!!
March 8th, 2011I see that Whitbread, the owners of Costa coffee, have recently acquired Coffee Nation to further boost their exposure to the rapidly expanding UK coffee market. What does surprise me is the price Whitbread were prepared to pay for this additional market share. Coffee Nation operate 900 coffee Vending Machines in various high use locations [...]
NEW AERO CARAMEL FROM NESTLE.
March 3rd, 2011If you have not tried it yet, you really should try the new Aero Caramel from Nestle Confectionery, you could say it is Unmissabubble! It seems that every week there is a launch of a new version of an existing product or brand; in my opinion this one is particularly good. Nestle obviously agree as [...]
