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If it wasn’t enough, that Mad Dog Energy Products took over the bulk energy vending market with there energy chew. Now they are taking over the electronic vending arena with there no calorie 2 ounce energy shot.

Mad Dog Energy Products started off as a middleman distributing Buzz Bites for Vroom Foods. There original chew started off the bulk energy vending market with a bang, becoming the fastest growing segment in the vending machine business.

Mad Dog Energy is now there own manufacturer of energy chews and Energy shots. Both products now come in an assortment of flavors. The energy chews come in Pomegranate Blueberry, Tropical Blend, Chocolate, and Chocolate Mint. The Energy Shots have six flavors Blueberry Pomegranate, Grape, Orange, Fruit Punch, Berry, and Cherry.  Having many flavors and many different products creates a ton more liquidity for Mad Dog distributors.

Mad Dog says they are very excited about entering the $700 million dollar energy shot market. After a year of research, Mad Dog found that energy drinkers were looking for an energy drink with no calories and thats exactly what Mad Dog came out with a no calorie, no carbs, no sugar energy shot that tastes great.

“Most of our customers were disappointed in the lack of advertising for our first energy product. Our hands were tied because it wasn’t our name brand. Now owning our own name with the buzz that has been created around Mad Dog Energy Products made it easy to expand our flavors and products.  We can now plan advertising without asking permission. So far in the works is a mixed martial arts event with Mad Dog as the main sponsor. We are sponsoring a national champion bike racer Byron Knix, and even a professional gaming team. On top of all the sponsorship, we have already started a radio advertising campaign. Soon to come will be more magazines, newspaper, and T.V. .

Before advertising we have already sold through 2 truck loads of energy shots and 20,000 pounds of our new energy chew. Everyone has asked for fruity flavors and now being our own brand we are able to give it to them.

There has been some confusion on why we have made our own brand and without getting into details, more advertising, more flavors and more selection with better pricing is the answer.”

For more information on Mad Dog Energy Products and the events they are sponsoring check out there new and improved website coming out on October 4th.

www.maddogenergy.com

Yo Naturals a vending company specializing in healthy snack vending machines has made it possible for schools to aquire these vending machines with no money down.  With obesity on the rise and budgets for schools being cut, this should be a home run for Yo Naturals. The new program lets schools across america use a leasing program with zero money down and pay about $40 per week.

The vending machines vend organic and natural snacks that are much healthier than the old Pepsi and Coke vending machines.  Once the vending machines pay for themselves the school gets to keep 100 percent of the profits to help provide for the school.  All the products vended have been chosen to meet all the state nutrional guidelines, all being tested by the kids to make sure it meets there requirements as well.

Both vending machines, snack and soda have the latest technology.  They each except student cards as well as credit and debit cards. This increases sales and helps to pay off the vending machines as quick as possible.

It shouldn’t be a students responsibility to know what kind of snack is good or bad for them. It is a big move to see schools finally take the steps that are best for the student. Its the first of many steps to take control of childhood obesity and diabetes. Now we just need to work on what is served in the cafeteria. It is still a step in the right direction, one that we hope will spread to every school across the country

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.