Mike Edwards of Greensboro
Vending & Cofee Co. Wins
Route Driver of the Year
By Adrienne Zimmer, Assistant Editor
For over 14 years, Mike Edwards has provided top-notch service to clients on behalf
of Greensboro Vending & Coffee Co. located in Greensboro, N.C.
MIKE EDWARDS loves his job
as a route driver for the opportunity to
meet new people and try new products.
Edwards, who began his vending career
nearly two decades ago, has worked for
Greensboro Vending & Coffee for fourteen
years. As a large vending company, Greens-
boro Vending needed a route driver who
could easily manage accounts with profes-
sionalism, responsibility and timeliness.
Mike Edwards is that route driver.
Edwards, the 2013 Route Driver of
the Year fourth quarter winner, will be
crowned the 2013 yearly winner
in Chicago, Ill., at the 2014
NAMA OneShow.
Where it all began
When Mike
Edwards was
twenty-one
years old, a
friend from
high school
offered
to get him a job at J&H; Vendors Sup-
ply in North Carolina, working in the
warehouse. Years later the company was
bought out by Vend South and Edwards
found himself in an unfamiliar place:
as manager of a vending company.
After about one year, Vend South was
acquired by Vendors Supply, located in
Salisbury, N.C.
For Edwards, the constant acquisitions
weren't a problem, but when it came to
commuting, he decided he couldn't travel
the distance to work for Vendors Supply,
so he gave up the managerial position in
hopes of fnding work closer to home.
Edwards' supervisor at the time made one
phone call to Greensboro Vending and the
company hired Edwards within the week.
Like most route drivers, Edwards
didn't know at the age of twenty-one that
he wanted to stay in the vending indus-
try. "After I was in the industry for a few
years and after I'd worked in multiple
positions, I began to think that this is
what I wanted to do," said Edwards.
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