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TO P NE W S Kraft Foods to change corporate name to Mondelez International ▶ Kraft Foods Inc. will change its corporate name to Mondelez International, Inc. (pronounced mohn- dah-LEEZ), a newly-coined word that evokes the idea of "delicious world." As previously announced, Kraft Foods is dividing to create two public companies before the end of 2012: a global snacks business and a North American grocery business. The North American grocery company will become Kraft Foods Group, Inc., retaining the Kraft brand. ZeeCooper & Co. to rep Heritage Coffee Co. ▶ ZeeCooper & Co., the Lusby, Md. coffee service products brokerage, has agreed to represent London, Ontario-based Heritage Cof- fee Co. in the U.S., initially focusing on expanding the private label program. Applications available for John Boyle and Alan Plaisted scholarships ▶ Applications are being accepted for both the John Boyle Memorial Scholarship sponsored by the Tri-State Automatic Merchandising Council, serving Pennsylva- nia, New Jersey and Dela- ware, and the Alan Plaisted Scholarship sponsored by the Southeastern Vending Association. Both scholar- ships cover costs for attend- ing the 2012 Michigan State University/NAMA Executive Development Program, Oct. 21 to 25, 2012. For infor- mation, contact the respec- tive associations. Canteen Vending buys CL Swanson's vending and dining business Starbucks, Green Mountain expand partnership ▶ Starbucks Coffee Co. and Green Mountain Cof- fee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) announced the expansion of their strategic relationship for the manufacturing, mar- keting, distribution and sale of Starbucks-branded Vue™ packs for use in GMCR's recently introduced Keurig® Vue™ Brewer. ▶ Canteen Vending Services Inc. acquired the vending and dining assets of CL Swanson Corp., the Madison, Wis.-based provider active in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Tennessee and Arkansas, from the Swanson family for an undisclosed sum, said Steve Luccia, Canteen's vending services division chief fi nancial offi cer. CL Swanson, founded in 1945, had annual sales over $40 million. The acquisition does not include the correc- tions business. Luccia said Canteen acquired CL Swanson's oper- ating facilities in Rockford, Ill., Dubuque, Ia. and Spring- dale, Ark. CL Swanson opera- tions in Memphis, Tenn., Little Rock, Ark., Madison, Wis. and Milwaukee, Wis. will fold into Canteen facili- ties. A Canteen franchise in Jonesboro, Ark. is consider- ing taking CL Swanson's Jonesboro business. People in the News Avanti Markets names Five Star Food Service operator of the year Avanti Markets named Five Star Food Service Inc., based in Chattanooga, Tenn. as its operator of the year. Alan Recher, president of Five Star, accepted the award. Recher Mr. Coffee's Samuel Glazer passes away Samuel Glazer, a co-founder of Mr. Coffee, recently passed away. He was 89. Autocrat names senior food technologist Autocrat, LLC named Mark Vasi as senior food ap- plications technologist. Industry loses James Herr James S. Herr, founder of Herr Foods Inc., maker of Herr's line of snacks, passed away of complications from pneumonia. Kienna Coffee names U.S. sales director Kienna Coffee, based in Calgary, Canada, appoint- ed Rod Thorgeirson as director of sales to the U.S. He is based in Phoenix, Ariz. Red Bull founder Chaleo Yoovidhya passes away Chaleo Yoovidhya, a Thailand businessman who started the Red Bull franchise, recently died. AVT, Inc. names Ben Wheeler as sales and marketing director AVT, Inc. named Ben Wheeler as director of sales and marketing. He comes from Flextronics Inter- national. NAMA names industry award winners NAMA announced its 2012 industry award win- ners. Winners are: Industry Person of the Year: Craig Hesch, NCE5, owner, A.H. Management Group, Inc., Rolling Meadows, Ill.; Coffee Operator of the Year: Ken Shea, NCE5, vice president and director of fi eld operations, The Standard Compa- nies, Inc., St. Charles, Mo.; Coffee Allied Member of the Year: Tim Wayne, director of sales, The Folgers Coffee Co., Orrville, Ohio; Vending Operator of the Year: Dan Hart, owner of Southern Refresh- ment Services-Canteen, Tucker, Ga.; Vending Allied Member of the Year: Brent Garson, president, Ven- dors Exchange International, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Herr May 2012 VendingMarketWatch.com Automatic Merchandiser 11