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Aramark Announces Site Of New Global Headquarters ▶ Aramark announced a new site for its world head- quarters in Philadelphia, PA. The company plans to relo- cate to 2400 Market Street in fall of 2018. Situated along the Schuylkill River, the existing structure, origi- nally built as a Hudson Motor Car Company plant in the 1920s, will be transformed into a modern, 600,000 square foot, nine-story build- ing with an emphasis on innovation, sustainability and green space. Aramark will occupy the top five floors as the build- ing's anchor tenant. Doritos Uses Vending To Encourage Voter Registration Among Youth ▶ This election season, Doritos, one of the marquee brands from PepsiCo's Frito- Lay division, is partnering with Rock the Vote. As part of the Bold- est Choice campaign, the Doritos brand is introducing a limited-edition Doritos bag created for those not registered to vote. It has no taste, no crunch and no chips to illustrate that, if you don't make a choice, you don't get a choice. To bring the Boldest Choice concept to life, Doritos cre- ated a vending machine that dispensed the provocative bags instead of the con- sumer's snack of choice to students not registered to vote. Only registered voters got their choice of Doritos Nacho Cheese or Cool Ranch from the machine — dem- onstrating that when you're not registered to vote, you don't get a choice and, if you are, you do. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=XGZw50ACcys NAMA Opens Undergrad Scholarship Application ▶ NAMA announced that it is now accepting applica- tions for its undergraduate scholarship. NAMA members and their dependents could be eligible for a $2,500 educational scholarship from the NAMA Foundation. The applicant must meet the following criteria: • Be a full-time employee (minimum of 40 hours per week) or the child/ legal dependent of a full-time employee of a NAMA member company in good standing. • Be a graduating high school senior or stu- dent enrolled full-time (minimum of 12 credit hours per semester) in an undergraduate program at an accredited college or university, OR a full-time employee enrolled part- time, in an undergraduate program at an accredited college or university. • Maintain and verify a cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, or equivalent. The deadline to apply is October 28, 2016. The application can be found here: www.surveymonkey. com/r/GSJ3XZC. For more information visit the NAMA Foundation Scholarship page at www. namanow.org/foundation/ scholarships. People in the News Seth Mattison To Keynote CTW Founder and chief movement officer of FutureSight Labs, Seth Mattison has been named the keynote speaker at the 2016 Cof- fee, Tea & Water show. Mattison is an expert on workplace trends such as talent manage- ment; change and innovation; and leader- ship. He has shared his insight with leaders of big brands including Johnson and Johnson, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, Cisco, Dow, Disney, and Deloitte. Lofton Little, Founder Of L.C. Vending, Dies At 106 Lofton L. Little, "Schott", passed away at the age of 106. In 1953, he began what is now L.C. Vending Co., a Texas-based family business operated by his son, daughter and grandson. Little was a past president of the Texas Merchandise Vending Association and also a past president of the San Antonio Manufacturer's Asso- ciation. "Schott", as he was affectionately known, had a long, joyful life. General Mills Announces Leadership Changes General Mills announced two new senior leadership appointments. Jon Nudi has been named senior vice president; presi- dent, U.S. Retail, one of the company's three operating segments. The U.S. Retail role was previously held by Jeff Harmening who was promoted in June to president and chief oper- ating officer of General Mills. Nudi has most recently been located in Europe running the Europe-Australasia business for General Mills. Replacing Nudi in Europe will be Bethany Quam who has been promoted to senior vice president; president, Europe-Australasia region. Quam was most recently head of the convenience and food- service operating segment, responsible for U.S. away-from-home sales and marketing. PFG Names New EVP, CFO Performance Food Group Company announced that Tom Ondrof will join PFG as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1, 2016. Ondrof joins PFG following a 24-year career with Compass Group North America. He will lead PFG's corporate finance department and oversee accounting, tax, treasury, investor relations and financial planning. Mattison Little Nudi October/November 2016 VendingMarketWatch.com Automatic Merchandiser 11 T O P N E W S