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DVD Kiosks have been a growing business for the last few years. Now a days you even see one in front of McDonald’s,  a big red box that rents movies. With that convenience it has been putting a pinch on Block Buster Video. It was just a matter of time that the king of movie rentals was going to fight back.

Block Buster Video has teamed up with NCR to create a Block Buster Video kiosk. Its a convenient way to rent movies for the night and Block Buster believes it will add quite a bit to there bottom line.  50 kiosks will be going out in the third quarter of 2008. This is Block Busters pilot program. They expect it to grow to many thousands of machines over the next few years.

Currently there are over 2200 units of DVD kiosks in grocery stores across America. You can bet with Block Buster now in the game, we will be seeing many more to come.

Whitney’s Chocolates just made a deal with Vistar formerly known as VSA.  Scott Whitney was once an honor box route man. Now he owns his own chocolate company. Whitney’s Chocolates has already tried there luck at 6 different Vistars and the response was a ton more that expected. The taste was better than most brands that have been out for many years.

The Chocolates come in a good variety of flavors. The company makes milk chocolate, chocolate with almonds, caramel, mint patties, and peanut butter. With a great selection of flavor and the pricing makes a great combination for a vending machine operators to have better profit margins.

Whitney plans to start shipping there product by December 15th.

If you are running a vending route look for  the Whitney Chocolate products in your local Vistar soon.

Red Bull Filed A Trademark And Unfair Competition Lawsuit Against Mad Dog Energy Drinks

Red Bull has filed a lawsuit against Mad Dog Energy Products because Mad Dog is showing on a graph that one of there energy products has 25% more caffeine than an 8oz. can of Red Bull. Even though critics and attorneys say that Mad Dog is not breaking any laws Mad Dog has decided to remove any Red Bull Logos from there graphs.

This is great news for Mad Dog Energy Products, a company that was not even on the map a few years ago has now got the attention of every major player in the energy market. Mad Dog Energy has accomplished what many energy companies can not do. Most energy products are sold over the counter, so the only way to get them is in a retail establishment. Mad Dog goes a step further and designs a special vending machine for everyone of there products. There vending machines are distributed by vending machine distributors. Doing this allows the energy market to be brought into the workplace. Not too long ago the only choice for an employee in a break room was a cup of coffee as a pick me up for the day. Now they have an alternative through vending machines that are right next to the coffee pot.

Many attorneys feel Mad Dog should fight the fight, but Mad Dog principles are more concerned with developing new products for there customers. Definitely a smart move on Mad Dogs part. Red Bull will push around anyone they feel is a threat but Mad Dog has already made a name for themselves and feel they will surpass Red Bull sales in the next few years.

Buzz Bites are the most popular energy chew in the vending machine market. Whenever you have a product that is taking off Like Buzz Bites, you will always find copycats. After tasting many other products out on the market, I realize there will never be another Buzz Bite. Buzz Bites have a great taste along with all the energy you can ask for.

There is a special vending machine just for Buzz BItes. I found out why the need for the machine. Each Buzz Bite is individually wrapped for a good reason. It keeps the air out and gives the product a very long shelf life. The makers of Buzz Bites want to make sure you always get what you pay for. When you buy an energy product that is not wrapped not only does it have a very short shelf life but the potency starts to diminish the day the product has hit the air. The vending machine was specially made to vend an individually wrapped chew. The vending machine was also built the same size as a coffee pot on purpose. The energy vending machines are being placed in every break room across America right next to the coffee pot.

With all the press that Buzz Bites have been getting, it looks like they are going to be the industry leader for many years to come.