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Healthy Living
Vending

Team leader: Kimberly Jenkins,
President Team members: Ed
Boehm, Operations Manager; Tim
Awad, Route Driver

Gimme

Team leader: Cory Hewett, Cofounder & CEO Team members:
Rickman Ryals, VP, Enterprise Sales;
Evan Jarecki, Co-founder & CCO;
and Colleen Calahan, Director of
Operations

In January 2019, Gimme announced the
public availability of Gimme AutoDrive,
software designed for micro markets and
traditional vending that automates the
inventory process from start to finish.
Using computer vision that's verified by
humans, this software identifies products, their placement and inventory levels, mitigating errors and manual effort
from warehouse staff and route drivers.
Route drivers can now shift focus from
tracking products to delivering amazing
customer experiences. With more automation comes an easing of the burden
vending operators face as demands on
their staff increase. Gimme was also
named as one of Atlanta's "Coolest Companies" and a Top 40 Most Innovative
Company in Georgia for the third year
in a row. It has encouraged the adoption
of innovative technology while relentlessly pursuing new advances that will
keep our industry relevant and attractive
to changing consumer demands and
market pressures. The team believes
operators have a strategic advantage
over the legacy guys in the more integral
ways they can connect to their customer,
delivering the right product and the right
amount of product every time, resulting
in a premium user experience.

Located in Manakin Sabot, Va.,
Healthy Living Vending is a new
vending and micro market business that Jenkins and her team built from scratch
without sacrificing the vertical market strategy of healthy vending. Driven by the
goal of "doing a common thing uncommonly well," Healthy Living Vending offers
healthy products and service that exceeds the expectations of its customers. By
taking on the initiatives of leadership and mentoring, Jenkins and her team have
created their own operation manuals and inside training programs for every position within the company. The challenge they face in the company is to continue to
grow their customer base while simultaneously building a solid infrastructure of
hardware, software and general operation systems. Additional industry challenges
that require all operators to improvise, adapt and overcome include incorporating
cashless payment options, unattended micro market offerings and the current low
unemployment rate.

MarketReach

Team leader: Amanda Puppo, CEO Team members: MarketReach Team

For more than a decade, MarketReach has been dedicated to assisting operators and
suppliers with the toughest sales challenges they face, including consistently filling
sales pipelines and closing deals. Puppo and her team are looking forward to growing the nanomarket niche with clients and technology providers that have figured
out how to make smaller markets successful. MarketReach believes there is a large,
untapped opportunity for operators to serve smaller markets across the country. The
company strives to be forward-thinking in the way it uses technology and digital
marketing to help clients increase sales, while also offering appointment-setting to
help operators and suppliers get in front of their best prospects. Under the leadership of Puppo, the MarketReach team recently added new marketing services to help
increase client brand awareness and create a demand generation formula for inbound
leads. By using a multi-channel approach, the team has been able to reach a larger
audience with the right message at the right time, delivering more value to clients.
December 2019 * VendingMarketWatch.com

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