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VendingMarketWatch Top News Stories aren and Joe Webster and their team at Newco Enterprises welcomed U.S. Senator Roy Blunt for an official visit to their company headquarters in Saint Charles, MO on Sept. 1. "We thank Senator Blunt and his staff for taking the time to tour Newco and to under- stand the challenges and opportunities involved in our industry," said Karen Webster, chief financial officer, of Newco Enterprises. "As Missouri-based business owners, we recognize the value of a positive working relationship with elected leaders in Washing- ton, D.C. In fact, this visit follows our initial introduction we had at the NAMA Fly-In this past July." Senator Roy Blunt, elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, serves as the vice chair- man of the Senate Republican Conference. He also serves on the Senate Appropria- tions Committee; the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee; and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He is the chairman of the Senate Rules Committee and chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. Newco is a leading manufacturer of commercial coffee and tea brewing equipment and related accessories. K U.S. Senator Roy Blunt Visits Newco Enterprises Headquarters facilities. It includes manu- facturing facilities located in the following cities: • Cincinnati, Ohio and • Indianapolis and Portland, Indiana. CCR currently owns these manufacturing facilities. The company expects to begin a series of transaction closings for these facilities in the fall of 2016 and com- plete them in 2017. FreshBrew Group Strengthens, Expands Relationship With USAT ▶ USA Technologies, Inc. announced that it has added FreshBrew Group to its roster of ePort Connect ® customers committing to fully connect- ing every machine to USAT's cashless payments platform. As a result, USAT is working with the Fresh- Brew team to integrate over 3,000 ePorts in unattended machines across the busi- ness, as well as upgrading older equipment in an effort to make 100 percent of FreshBrew's machines cash- less and mobile-payment enabled. "It's our view that mobile phones will eventu- ally replace wallets, and we have to be ready with cash- less solutions that align with the modern-day payment expectations of consumers," said Steven Weyel, chief operating officer, Fresh- Brew Group. "So far, we are happy to report that, with 76 percent of our machines connected to USAT's ePort Connect platform, average cashless usage is already at 31 percent, and we antici- pate revenue increases of 15 to 20 percent." U.S. Senator Roy Blunt visited Newco Enterprises following initial introductions at this year's Fly-In. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Signs Definitive Agreements To Expand Distribution Territory And Purchase Manufacturing Facilities ▶ Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated announced it has signed definitive agree- ments with an affiliate of The Coca-Cola Company to expand the bottler's distribu- tion territory to include ter- ritories located within parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and West Virginia and to purchase manufac- turing facilities in Ohio and Indiana. The definitive agree- ment to expand distribution territory includes the second phase of the proposed territory expansion. The Distribution Definitive Agree- ment includes the following territories: • Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; • Indianapolis, Bloomington, Terre Haute, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Lafayette and Anderson in Indiana; and • Louisa, Kentucky. Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. ("CCR"), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, cur- rently serves these territories. The company expects to begin a series of transaction closings for these distribu- tion territories in the fall of 2016 and to complete them in 2017. The definitive agreement to acquire three manufac- turing facilities represents the second phase of the proposed expansion of the company's manufacturing 10 Automatic Merchandiser VendingMarketWatch.com October/November 2016