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TOP NEWS
NAMA Announces
2020 Industry Award
Honorees
[NAMA]

Photos courtesy of NAMA

Nicky Gacos

Craig Kushner

Building on Starbucks'
entry into the creamer
category in July 2019,
Nestlé and Starbucks
announced Starbucks®
Non-Dairy Creamers, the
latest innovation from
their global coffee alliance.
Starbucks Non-Dairy
Creamers are available in
Caramel and Hazelnut.
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21146227

365 Expands
Touchless With
V5 Kiosk
365 Retail Markets has
added its v5 kiosk to its list
of Touchless Transaction
technologies, allowing
customers to scan items to
their kiosk cart and check
out using various payment
methods, including the
365Pay app, scanning their
market card, swiping their
debit/credit card at the
kiosk, or using NFC mobile
wallet payments.
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21143274

Greg Garson

NAMA CELEBRATED ITS INDUSTRY
award honorees, recognizing respected industry leaders who were nominated and voted on
by their peers: Nicky Gacos, Owner, Colorado
Café Associates - Industry Person of the Year;
Craig Kushner, President, Monumental Markets
- Operator of the Year; and Greg Garson, Vice
President of Sales, Vendors Exchange International - Allied Member of the Year.
VIRTUAL CELEBRATION
NAMA hosted a virtual celebration on July 9,
2020. Carla Balakgie, NAMA CEO, praised the
honorees for their contributions to the industry. "Nicky, Craig and Greg have helped their
companies achieve success while devoting their
time and talent to advancing the industry as a
whole, supporting their colleagues and communities. I congratulate each of them on this
well-deserved honor."

Nestlé

Nestlé & Starbucks
Launch Non-Dairy
Creamers

Automatic Merchandiser * August 2020

SandenVendo Offers
vīv Touchless Option
On All Models
PRNewsfoto/PepsiCo

PepsiCo Announces
SodaStream
Professional
PepsiCo is bringing the
SodaStream brand into
away-from-home channels
with the introduction of
SodaStream Professional,
an eco-friendly hydration platform that will be
commercially available this
fall. The mobile-enabled
platform will allow people
to personalize and digitally
track their water-forward
beverage intake while cutting back on plastic bottles.
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21142723

SandenVendo America announced the availability of
integrated #TrulyTouchless
capabilities on their machines through their partnership with Vagabond.
The vīv touchless, cashless
technology solution is now
an option on all new machines as well as a retrofit
for machines already in the
field, demonstrating SandenVendo's commitment to
providing safe and secure
solutions to operators, accounts and consumers to
ensure vending machines
continue to be a reliable
source of nutrition for
workers by eliminating the
need to touch the machine.
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21143269

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