Vending Product News
brings our readers the latest up-to-date articles by leading industry experts about product trends – what are the fastest growing product segments today and what products will deliver the best sales for refreshment service operators. --
April 23rd, 2019 issue.
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By Karen Scott, Publisher
Products are the life blood of the convenience service industry. Vending, micro market and refreshment service operators will have a chance to get up to speed on product trends from experts from some of the nation’s top product manufacturers and nutrition and wellness experts at
The NAMA Show
, starting tomorrow and running through April 26 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Beginning with a pre-conference session today, the educational sessions will continue through Friday,
Tomorrow morning, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., Meghan Liefeld, director of consumer insight and category management at Danone, will help operators navigate key beverage trends, including how to think about the unique role of plant-based beverages, how consumers view cold brew versus iced coffee, and coffee customization and the implications for a best-in-class coffee bar.
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Sweet Street
has introduced six freshly baked Manifesto individually wrapped products made with only pure cane sugar, cage-free eggs and sustainably grown chocolates. Sweet Street ensures that farmers and their families are taught better farming practices, helping them protect their land for future generations, which gives customers and operators indulgence to feel good about.
These individually wrapped products include:
- Salted Caramel Crunch Manifesto Cookie
- Sandy’s Amazing Chocolate Chunk Manifesto Cookie
- Toffee Crunch Manifesto Blondie
- Peruvian Chocolate Manifesto Brownie
- Honduran Chocolate Manifesto Brownie (Certified Gluten Free)
- Chewy Marshmallow Manifesto Bar (Certified Gluten Free)
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The products are plant-based, single sourced and offer electrolytes.
Thai coconuts are a freshwater type that yield a better taste than the salty flavor of the more common coastal coconut, according to the Long Beach, Calif.-based company.
Flavors include: coconut water; coconut water with pulp; pineapple coconut water; ginger, lime and turmeric; espresso coconut water; and mango coconut water.
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Hostess Brands, LLC
, maker of single-serve breakfast items and snacks, recently introduced its newest treat: individual cake slices in two flavors, Iced Lemon Cake and Cream Cheese Pound Cake.
Hostess Iced Lemon Cake is a moist pound cake made with real lemon juice and topped with a refreshing lemon icing, and Hostess
Cream Cheese Pound Cake is a dense, rich, cream cheese-flavored pound cake. Packaged for convenience, the products are wrapped as individual cake slices, making them a perfect option for consumers who eat breakfast on-the-go.
“Our fans now have wider access to their favorite coffee shop-style cake slices,” said Becky Logan, Hostess Brands’ brand director for breakfast. “This is the latest step in Hostess’ continuing focus on our growing breakfast business.”
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