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for the future
By Adrienne Zimmer, Assistant Editor
All Star Services' investment in technology, such as telemetry, cashless and
an updated VMS, revitalized this Michigan-based company to become one of
the largest vending, offce coffee and foodservice operations in the Midwest.
nvesting in vending technology can be expensive and intimidat-
ing. There is never a guarantee that the investment will bring
better margins, but in 2008, All Star Services took a technological
leap of faith and hasn't looked back. Technology has allowed this
19-route operation to combine its four-location operation inventories,
Jeff and Suzanne Smith, center,
are proud to be a part of a family
run business. The Smiths' three
children Duncan and Devin, right,
and Caroline, along with her husband
Jon, left, also work in the family
business.
Investing
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