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APR 2013

Automatic Merchandiser serves the business management, marketing, technology and product information needs of its readers including vending operators, coffee service operators, product brokers, and product and equipment distributors in print.

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The best and brightest By Alfonso Flores Micro markets, nutrition and coffee round out this year's category winners. A utomatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch.com readers love new products. They showed it again this year by voting for their top sellers in the 2013 Readers' Choice New Products of the Year contest through an online ballot at VendingMarketWatch.com/awards. More than 300 votes were submitted in seven categories. This year's winners are consistent with the vending industry's key growth trends of 2013 — micro market friendly products, items considered nutritious and America's love of coffee. New products of the year The cookie category winner, RUGER®, LLC's RUGER® Strawberry Wafers, is served in multi-functional pouches perfect for traditional vending or micro markets, as is the diverse packaging sizes of the candy category winner Mars Chocolate North America DOVE® Brand Silky Smooth Cookies and Crème bar. The food category winner, AdvancePierre Foods Pierre Drive Thru™ Deluxe sandwich, fts the grow26 Automatic Merchandiser VendingMarketWatch.com April 2013 ing micro market trend by offering restaurant-style food. Wellness focused, the snack category winner, Kellogg's® Special K® Cracker Chips is regarded as a healthy choice snack low in sodium and calories. In addition, the cold beverage category winner, Nestlé Sweet Leaf Tea, is viewed as a healthy beverage alternative, made with pure cane sugar and no highfructose corn syrup. Consistent with the demand for café-quality offce coffee, the Barista Prima Coffeehouse® Vanilla Latte Café Beverage for the Keurig ® Vue® system, has won the hot beverage category. The last category is representative of a consumer favorite — Mrs. Freshley's® Cinnabon® Honey Bun which won in this year's pastry category. CONTINUED ▶

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