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USAT tailors Seed
Cashless+ for small,
medium businesses

Nayax launches
e-commerce site for
all cashless verticals
The cashless payment
and telemetry provider
launched in March its
e-commerce website at
shop.nayax.com. Nayax
said the site is available to
all unattended verticals,
including vending and such
pulse-based segments as
laundromats, amusements
and car washes, among
others. The website
guides customers through
the shopping process,
ensuring they choose the
correct device and cable.
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21214888

The next-generation Seed
Cashless+ offers USA
Technologies' customers
an updated experience
with new features.
Tailored for small and
medium businesses with
fewer than 400 devices,
it provides enhanced
insights for scheduling,
pre-kitting, merchandising
and real-time alerts,
along with a streamlined
user interface. " Being
able to do our daily tasks
quickly and accurately is
becoming more important
to successfully operating
small businesses like
ours. To continue growing
our business we need a
solution that goes beyond
pen and paper, and Excel
spreadsheets, " said Ricky
Tenney, owner of A.R.T
Vending, an independent

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Louisiana operator.
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21213574

Utz Brands acquires
National Food Corp.,
expanding Fla. DSD
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21216634

Piestro teams up with
PopID for face-topay on pizza vender
Consumers can now
pay using PopID facialrecognition technology
at Piestro automated
pizzeria locations. Piestro
makes a standalone,
fully integrated cooking
system that prepares
and dispenses pizzas. The
vending machine uses fresh
ingredients and custom
recipes to cook fresh pizzas.
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21216172

Hudson begins
placing vending
machines at airports
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21216970

Five Star expands
digital ad footprint
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21214044

Evoca pacts with
China's Macas
VendingMarketWatch.
com/21216979

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Buffalo Rock taps Matthew Dent CEO

Dent

Alabama's independent Pepsi bottler has
named longtime employee Matthew Dent
chief executive. Dent succeeds Jimmy Lee
III. He is the first chief to lead the company
outside the Lee family in 120 years.

Coffee Association of Canada installs
Robert Carter as president

Carter

Chemesis names Sr. VP of operations

White

CBD vending promoter Chemesis
International named Coke veteran Terry
White senior vice president of operations.
Chemesis provides AI-based unattended
retail solutions for cannabis products.

Vengo Labs appoints AMI chief Michael
Maas chairman of the board

Maas

AVS hires vending sales manager

Minaglia

Mark Minaglia has joined AVS Cos. as the
equipment distributor's new vending sales
manager. He will be based in Elk Grove
Village. IL. The vending veteran brings to
AVS some 25 years' experience in vending
route operations and sales.

Carter, who is managing partner of
StratonHunter and a former NPD chief,
succeeds Lesya Balych-Cooper, who is
retiring after seven years.

At his day job, Maas runs internet jukebox
company AMI Entertainment. Vengo
combines a wall-hanging vender with a
place-based marketing platform.

Cliff Whitehead joins OCS Brands

Whitehead

Whitehead joins as vice president of sales
for North America. He brings to his new job
at OCS Brands four decades of experience
in the convenience services channel, most
recently with Flowers Foods.

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