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Foodee Inc.
Sodexo buys Foodee
Sodexo acquired
restaurant aggregator
Foodee Inc., and said it will
expand the foodservice
platform for businesses
with flexible workforces.
The Foodie platform, now a
part of Sodexo's corporate
services segment, features
800-plus local restaurants
in 14 cities across the U.S.
and Canada. It's expected
to expand offerings to New
York City, Los Angeles,
Dallas, and Montreal.
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SBA RRF comes to
messy end, 265K
applicants eat dust
The $28.6 billion
Restaurant Revitalization
Fund closed on Jun. 30,
fulfilling fewer than a
third of the applied for
$75 billion in federal relief.
Some 370,000 foodservice
businesses applied for
funding, but only 105,000
of those were approved
for grants, which averaged
about $272,000 each.
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21229167
Google for Startups
Israel features Griin
Micro-Roaster
Israeli coffee tech firm Griin
Griin
said its compact, locationbased
bean roasting
machine is now featured
at the Tel Aviv branch of
Google for Startups. Griin's
countertop coffee roaster,
placed at the Google
campus by local office
coffee service operator
Keren Kedem-Rosenberg,
will be available to Google
employees and visitors.
Griin is developing an ondemand
coffee sourcing
and roasting solution
that is compact, clean
and automatic for OCS
operators.
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21229505
Mastercard and
Verizon pact on 5G
contactless pay
VendingMarketWatch.
com/2123048
Nayax acquires
Israeli retail tech
startup Weezmo
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com/21230395
Crane Co. to divest
Engineered Materials
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21224140
Welbilt okays Ali
Group's $4.8B offer
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21230018
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Kaericher
Bart Kaericher is at the helm of
Aramark's healthcare division
Kaericher comes to Aramark from Compass
Group NAD, another foodservice leader,
where he held executive roles in sales,
marketing, and retention.
Bergstein
Sabra names new president and CEO
Hummus snack maker Sabra Dipping Co.
LLC tapped Joey Bergstein to further
position the company as the leading plantbased
food brand. He comes from ecofriendly
CPG company Seventh Generation.
Andersen
Tomra Systems appoints new chief
Tove Andersen will become the reverse
vending machine pioneer's next president
chief executive. She will succeed Stefan
Ranstrand by Nov. 1. Norway's Tomra makes
RVMs to automate the collection of used
beverage containers.
Former Red Bull chief takes reins at
Kozak
Guayakí Yerba Mate
The maker of yerba mate beverages
appointed Stefan Kozak its new chief
executive. He helped take Red Bull to the
No. 2 non-alcoholic position in U.S.
Manor
Nayax installs new financial chief
Nayax Ltd. has appointed Sagit Manor chief
financial officer. She will be responsible for
the payments company's global finance
activities, supply chain and procurement
operations. She succeeds Liron Grosman.
West
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners taps GM
Peter West, former managing director of
Coca-Cola Amatil, is now general manager
of the new Australia, Pacific and Indonesia
business unit of Coca-Cola Europacific
Partners. The latter combines Coca-Cola
European Partners and Australia's Amatil.
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