An important message to all of our customers regarding ordering supplies around the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Due to the public holiday for the Diamond Jubilee on the 4th and 5th June 2012; please be aware that to guarantee your delivery for Vending Ingredients and hot drinks supplies before the holiday, your order would need to [...]
CADBURY COMEBACK ON THE CARDS AFTER “KRAFTY” DEAL IN 2010.
May 25th, 2012When the world famous Cadbury chocolate business was sold in early 2010 following a hostile takeover bid from the American giant Kraft Corporation many investors were more than happy with the price they received for their shares with the total sale being worth in excess of £11 billion. For over a hundred years Cadbury’s really [...]
SAVE A CUP, NO ONE STEPS IN TO SAVE THEM.
May 21st, 2012Back in April Save a Cup were placed into Administration by their owners following a prolonged period of difficult trading conditions. It would appear that no interested party has stepped forward to offer the company help in the form of a capital injection to enable trading to continue while the business model could be reviewed [...]
MARS DRINKS OFFICE CONNECTIONS.
May 16th, 2012From mid 2012 Mars Drinks UK will change the umbrella slogan used to describe the Flavia ® drinks system and range of Alterra™ Coffee Roasters, The Bright Tea Co™ and Galaxy ® Hot Chocolate from “Source Seal Serve” to “Mars Drinks Office Connections”. The aim of this change is to offer a better description of [...]
MARMITE ‘MARMAGEDDON’ LOOMS FOR NEW ZEALAND.
May 15th, 2012Following my previous blog on cannabis vending in New Zealand detailing how this popular, addictive, and apparently pleasurable (but illegal) product was being offered by Vending Machines to overcome “supply difficulties” I read in the same week about supply challenges down under with another potentially addictive product. Following the devastating earthquake in Christchurch last year [...]
FLAVIA DRINKS SACHET – FRESHPACK AND THE PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY FROM MARS INC.
May 8th, 2012Contrasting news on recycling and sustainability over the past few days that has potentially short term negative implications for the vending industry here but news from the USA shows the way forward. Save a Cup, the major provider of collection and recycling services for vending cups and packaging, have in the last 10 days appointed [...]
