Beverages are the next in line of a long line of consumable products to be modified to meet a variety of wellness-related needs. Functional beverages, a segment in the rapidly growing nonalcoholic beverage market, are expected to grow to $1.6 trillion in sales by 2025....
Change is on the way for the 4500 vending service professionals who gathered with industry innovators at The NAMA Show in Las Vegas, NV this past April. In addition to over 360 exhibitors, 125 new products were premiered at the show including many new healthy...
It’s time to add another reason to the “why we should drink coffee” list, and this time, it has nothing to do with caffeine. Scientists discovered something new while performing a study to understand if the proteins in coffee stopped a harmful process that occurs...
Did bottled water ever play a part in any of your new year’s resolutions? Maybe one of your goals was to drink more water everyday, and bottled water was a tool to help you meet that goal. It’s been four months since the start of...
The demand for nutritious, tasty and savory snacks is on the rise. Healthy snacks play an important role in many Chicago employees’ day. Sometimes snacks fill the role of a quick bite to eat before the next meal and other times, a snack is considered...
Celebrating National Vending Day (March 7, 2019) is a great way to recognize Chicago’s residents who buy their snacks, beverages and non-consumable items daily from vending machines. Key to the vending industry’s long-term success has been consumer convenience - offering a wide variety of products...
The current state of your office coffee service is important. As the coffee industry evolves and flourishes and consumer demands follow, local coffee shops also change. New roasting and brewing techniques as well as new flavors and recipes are regularly making their way to the...
Voyage Chicago recently featured Jennifer Fox in their publication. Today we’d like to introduce you to Jennifer Fox. Jennifer, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today. My father started the business in 1962 with...
Healthy snacks have a new function in Chicago employees’ diets and are a must-have in today’s break rooms. Instead of consuming three larger meals per day, employees are enjoying larger, healthy snacks more frequently throughout the day. A fast-growing segment in the healthy snack category is...
Foxes adorn more than the logo at Fox Vending Inc. in Bridgeview, Ill. Three of them guard the lobby and remind the staff that it takes cleverness to start a business and keep it running. The operation has survived more than half a century through...