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Vendies 2022 awards – Voting opens

13. April 2022 Automaten

The Vendies awards continue its longstanding tradition of recognising and rewarding companies and individuals that have made exceptional contributions to the trade. Following the success of the first Vendies virtual awards ceremony – organised by the publishers of EVA Media partner Vending International, Datateam Business Media – the Vendies will be returning to a live awards format on the 9th of June 2022. Now more than ever, it is vital that the hard work of operators and suppliers in the vendingweiterlesen

Massimo Trapletti re-elected as President of CONFIDA

13. April 2022 Automaten

Massimo Trapletti will remain at the helm of the Italian Vending Association for the next four years, with innovation, digitalidation and sustainability being the key themes on which the sector will focus in the future During the General Assembly of CONFIDA, the Italian Vending Association, Massimo Trapletti (Bianchi Industry), who led the sector during the difficult years of the pandemic, was re-elected to the Presidency for the next four years (2022-2026) and during his speech outlined the themes on whichweiterlesen

EVA publishes new report on the use of bottled water in vending

12. April 2022 Automaten

New report looks at how water is currently provided in the industry and if consumer preferences are changing. The EVA recently contacted vending machine operators and bottlers as part of a survey to help analyse the current trends of bottled water in our industry. The objective of the study was to understand how bottled water is currently provided in the vending industry, to understand if new formats for bottled water are being used and to what extent, and to seeweiterlesen

EVA stands in solidarity with Ukrainian vending companies

5. April 2022 Automaten

The Executive Committee of the European Vending & Coffee Service Association (EVA) met in Brussels on 30 March to discuss the situation in Ukraine. The EVA stands in solidarity with the people impacted by the invasion in Ukraine and with all those who are affected by this terrible crisis. As an industry sector dedicated to providing food and drinks on-the-go and in the workplace, our members present in Ukraine are working hard to ensure continuity of supply, including to theweiterlesen

City Vending joins the EVA

25. März 2022 Automaten

City vending is a Bulgarian company that has been working in the field of vending services for more than 20 years. The company provides everything you need for the vending business across the country – machines, consumables and their own brand of coffee – City Vending. In addition, since this year City Vending publishes the first online magazine for the vending industry in Bulgaria – Vending Media. Zhaneta Hristova, Sales Manager, explains why City Vending has decided to join theweiterlesen

Epta Refrigeration joins the EVA

9. März 2022 Automaten

Epta provides a complete range of commercial refrigeration solutions, guaranteeing the supply, installation and maintenance of its systems worldwide. The Group operates in Retail, Food & Beverage and HORECA. In 2013 Iarp joined the Epta Group, increasing the product portfolio with plug-in cabinets and vending machines. The vending machine business is one pillar of the Epta strategic plan and last year the company invested to increased presence with dedicated resources in sales, R&D and launching the new ColDistrict vending machinesweiterlesen

Roger Williams passes away

9. März 2022 Automaten

We regret to inform you of the passing of Roger Williams, Managing Director of Coinadrink Ltd, on Thursday 3rd March. Roger was one of the founding fathers of the EVA and contributed for many years as both treasurer and President to the reputation of our organisation. We will always be thankful for all the energy and time he invested to make our industry more innovative and future-oriented. Over the last 60 years at Coinadrink he demonstrated several times his abilityweiterlesen

EVA contributes to the Vendtra Conference

25. Februar 2022 Automaten

Erwin Wetzel, the Director General of the EVA, was invited as a guest speaker at the Vending Trade Festival (Vendtra) Conference which took place on 17 February and which was part of the digital trade show that was organised by the vending magazine Vending Report on 17 & 18 February. Being the first speaker of the day, he gave a thorough overview about the vending & OCS market situation in 2021, presented post-covid consumer trends and showed opportunities for operatorsweiterlesen

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company joins the EVA

25. Februar 2022 Automaten

Coca-Cola HBC bottles and sells the beverages of the Coca-Cola company exclusively. The company serves more than 715 million consumers across a wide geographic footprint of 29 countries on 3 continents. This spans from the West Coast of Ireland to the Pacific coast of Russia; from Northern Europe to Nigeria. The well-known company offers brands in the sparkling, juice, water, sport, energy, ready-to-drink tea, coffee and snacks areas, all designed to cater to a growing range of tastes with aweiterlesen

Hot issues for vending – February 2022

25. Februar 2022 Automaten

A quick look at some topics relevant for the vending industry. EU Commission launches consultation on front of pack nutritional labelling A consultation has opened on a proposed Regulation to revise EU Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers. It covers front-of-pack nutrition labelling, nutrient profiles, origin labelling and date marking. The EVA will provide a response on behalf of the industry to the stakeholder consultation and will certainly raise important issues for vending including how theweiterlesen