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VendingMarketWatch Top News Stories he 2016 winners of the NAMA Industry Awards were announced by the association. The awards, presented live at the NAMA OneShow in Chi- cago, IL, Wednesday, April 13, will recog- nize the most widely respected leaders in the industry, as nominated by their peers. The 2016 NAMA Industry Award winners: • Joshua J. Rosenberg, President & CEO, Accent Food Services – Industry Person of the Year • Scott Meskin, President, Black Tie Services – Operator of the Year • Art Wittern, Chairman, U-Select-It – Allied Member of the Year "The Industry Awards are a beloved element of the OneShow, recognizing lead- ers who have served our association and industry as innovators and advocates," said Dan Mathews, NAMA Executive Vice President and COO. "Josh, Scott and Art have performed above and beyond, helping their companies achieve success while devoting their time and talent to NAMA, overall industry efforts, their colleagues and com- munities. They are a true inspiration and I congratulate each of them on this well- deserved honor." T NAMA Announces 2016 Industry Award Honorees service technician entered a grocery store in Highland, CA, and caused thousands of dollars in damages. Accord- ing to the San Bernardino County Sherriff's Department, staff members told the sher- iff's deputies that the suspect briefy displayed an identif- cation badge to the staff and told them he was there to service the vending machine. He left the location car- rying a black tool box and an employee later noticed that coin compartments of the vending machine had been pried apart and emp- tied of money. The estimated damage and theft is approximately $8,000. USG Publishes Micro Market Merchandising Roadmap ▶ Unifed Strategies Group (USG) has published a comprehensive Micro Market Merchandising Roadmap for the USG mem- bership. The USG Roadmap lays out a basic plan for the general micro market lay- out, specifc beverage plan- o-grams based on beverage cooler ownership, cold and frozen food recommenda- tions and specifc product recommendations for vari- ous snack categories. This project, which has been in the works for about nine months, is based on USG micro market data and a thorough analysis of the data by seven USG supplier partners. The Micro Market Merchandising Roadmap is exclusively available to USG members via the USG Website www.usgvend.com. Josh Rosenberg, Scott Meskin and Art Wittern are NAMA's 2016 Industry Award Honorees. American Vending Sales Acquires Midwest Equipment Supply ▶ American Vending Sales (AVS) announced that effective March 1, 2016, Midwest Equipment Supply, LLC (MES) will merge with AVS. The combined compa- nies will conduct business together under the name American Vending Sales, Inc., with their main offce in Elk Grove Village, IL and branch offces in Jackson, WI and Bloomington, MN. "Combining these two companies will provide our customers with an extensive portfolio of high quality vend- ing machines and parts as well as local service and sup- port," added Vince Gumma, president of AVS. "Both AVS and MES have consider- able talent and experience in all areas of the vending industry and going forward our products and employees will allow us to better serve our customers." Man Posing As Vending Machine Service Tech Steals Cash ▶ An unidentifed male posing as a vending machine 10 Automatic Merchandiser VendingMarketWatch.com April 2016