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ive Star Food Service located in Chattanooga, TN, celebrated the opening of its 400th micro market at a Jostens production facil- ity in Clarksville, TN. The Jostens installation marks the 133rd micro market Five Star has opened this fs- cal year. Headed by Vice President of Micro Markets Mark Stephanos, Five Star has a team of more than 50 employees solely dedicated to the success of its micro market business. "Five Star's rapid growth to 400 markets in just over four years has been an exciting challenge," remarks Stephanos. "Our team of micro market professionals has done an outstanding job of consistently delivering on our promise of quality service and products to our customers." Future investments. Investments in technology have helped with the company's rapid micro market expan- sion. "We see continued growth in the micro market space," said Five Star Food Ser- vice President and CEO Alan Recher. "I believe improved technology will play a key role in the future expansion of the industry." Senior leadership at Five Star foresees a future where micro markets comprise 50 percent or more of the total business. F Five Star Food Service Opens 400th Micro Market in Malmö, Sweden, offers customers in the retail, bank, cash center and public transportation markets, full service solutions to opti- mize their cash handling through automated process- ing of coins and notes. This represents SuzoHapp's fourth acquisition of cash handling technologies over the last 15 months, SuzoHapp Chairman James Brendel reports. Keurig Launches K-Mug ® Pods ▶ Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. announces the addition of Keurig ® K-Mug ® pods: pods that brew a large travel mug-size of bever- age within the Keurig ® 2.0 brewing system. K-Mug ® pods are recyclable. USG Hosted Successful Member Seminar March 10, 11 ▶ Unifed Strategies Group (USG) conducted a USG Membership and Technol- ogy 101 Seminar in Atlanta, GA, on March 10 and 11 at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel. More than 32 representatives from 26 USG member companies were in attendance. Tutorials regarding new Web pro- grams such as Performance Central, PurchasePower 3.0 and the USG Order Center were presented along with seminars on telemetry and cashless vending. Senior leadership foresees micro markets making up 50% or more of the total business. PayRange Announces Compatibility With Apple VoiceOver ▶ PayRange Inc. announced that the PayRange mobile app for iOS is now enabled to work with Apple VoiceOver. VoiceOver, a gesture-based screen reader, allows visually impaired users to hear a description of everything hap- pening on their screen, from battery level to who's calling to which app their fnger is on. PayRange's iOS mobile app will notify VoiceOver users of the dollar amount allotted to them, in addition to letting the user know with which machine the app is communicating. The app will speak phrases such as "Apply payment," "Cancel pay- ment," and "Snack machine near elevator." New Greenlite Option For Card And Mobile Payments Available On All USI Products ▶ U-Select-It announced that its new Greenlite Solu- tion will be offered on its new vending platforms. This turnkey package provides operators with state-of-the- art card and mobile payment acceptance and includes remote monitoring and management tools to help reduce the cost of servicing machines. Greenlite is pow- ered by Cantaloupe Systems. SuzoHapp Acquires SCAN COIN ▶ SuzoHapp announced that it has completed the acquisition of SCAN COIN, a provider of advanced cash handling technolo- gies, software and services. SCAN COIN, headquartered 12 Automatic Merchandiser VendingMarketWatch.com April 2015 T O P N E W S