Contents
JUNE 2014
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D E P A R T M E N T S
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Editor's Note
Growth is good, but operators
will also need to decipher healthy
vending, mobile and customer
perception to sustain it.
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VendingMarketWatch
News
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OCS Update
OCS hot beverage sales and unit
volume have rapidly increased.
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Spotlight
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Marketplace
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Route Driver
of the Year
Quarterly
Winner
Joseph Si-Salem
Canteen Refreshments –
Philadelphia, Norristown, Pa.
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F E A T U R E
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How to create your
micro market planogram
It is important not to use vending
knowledge to create a micro
market planogram, but instead
rely on the two-step procedure
that other retail channels use.
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The Pavlic
Personal Touch
Micro markets help this vendor
maintain its competitive edge as the
oldest independent operator in the
greater Milwaukee, Wis. metro area.
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Technology Empowers
Operators In 2013
While competitive pressures and
commodity prices continued to
challenge vending, micro market and
coffee service operators in 2013, more
business owners reported adding
technology and effectively addressing
sales data and logistics to increase
profits as the economy, in
most areas, continued
to improve.
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