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VendingMarketWatch Top News Stories n its 2013 Micro Mar- ket Channel Census, Bachtelle and Associ- ates reported that total 2013 micro market location dollar sales reached $233.8 million, an increase of 154.9 percent over the prior year. This information is based upon micro market and kiosk oper- ating data provided by seven micro market kiosk suppliers active within the channel during 2013. Micro markets double The census found that the number of total micro markets nearly doubled in 2013 to 5,123, increasing by 2,511, or 95 percent, over the 2012 base of 2,642. Active micro market kiosks increased in 2013 from 2,724 to 5,426, a 2013 growth rate of 99.2 per- cent. The report showed 248 kiosk removals from micro market sites which refects a 4.4 percent removal rate of all active 2013 kiosks. Channel sales over installations In 2013, projected total micro market channel sales increased at a faster rate than micro market installations. Total micro market product sales in 2013 were up $143.1 million over 2012 channel sales. The average sales tax rate equaled 4.3 percent of micro market sales. View the rest of the report at www.vendingmarketwatch.com/11393773. I Micro Market Dollar Sales In 2013 Reach $233.8 Million strategic partnership with USConnect. With the intro- duction of Crane Cashless, USConnect companies will benefit from increased cost savings while continuing to leverage enhanced function- ality, including integrated alerts, complete cashless reconciliation, remote DEX and cashless ROI analysis. VendScreen Pilot Yields 85 Percent Vend Lift, 9 Month ROI ▶ VendScreen Inc. has announced the results of a nine-month pilot conducted with an international snack foods manufacturer and a large Northeast vending oper- ator. It reports that the total machine vends increased an average of 85 percent, and sales of the manufacturer- branded products doubled. The additional revenue gen- erated during the first nine months of manufacturer-spe- cific product sales canceled out the device hardware investment costs. Cantaloupe Purchases CompuVend ▶ Cantaloupe Systems has announced its acquisition of CompuVend Systems, a provider of management and control software to the vending, office coffee, distribution and foodservice industries. Post-acquisition, CompuVend VendPro cus- tomers can continue to use VendPro, or have the option to upgrade to Seed Office™, the cloud and mobile VMS from Cantaloupe Systems. Micro market integration nearly doubled in 2013 to 5,123, an increase of 95 percent from 2012. Breakroom Provisions Debuts Micro Market Anti-Theft Feature ▶ Breakroom Provisions Co. (BP) debuted integrated image capture with its anti- theft "widget" at the NAMA OneShow. The anti-theft widget with image capture is part of ECR Software Corp.'s mobile-ready, HTML 5 office suite for vending and micro markets. ECRS develops award-winning retail automa- tion solutions, and is the technology partner for BP. White Castle Joins Single-Cup Movement ▶ White Castle announced it would start offering its res- taurant blend, medium roast coffee in single-serve coffee cups. The cups are avail- able at retail and compatible with brewers that accept K-Cups ® . Nayax Acquires InOne, Plans U.S. Launch ▶ Nayax announced the acquisition of InOne, a lead- ing U.S. provider of cashless payment systems, remote data collection, management soft- ware and replacement control boards. Nayax now plans to offer its full range of products for cashless payments and telemetry to U.S. operators. Crane, USConnect Announce Partnership ▶ Crane Merchandising Systems has announced its 10 Automatic Merchandiser VendingMarketWatch.com May 2014 autm_10-11_0514VMWNews.indd 10 5/2/14 10:59 AM