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Refill your water bottle here

Refill your water bottle here

Can you remember a time when most villages across the United Kingdom had a free to access public water fountain? No? Well I can. I grew up in the early 1970’s and my village was Bearsted just outside of Maidstone in Kent. The water fountain was centrally located on the green and was well used, […]
Where would be be without Thomas Sullivan? Who?

Where would be be without Thomas Sullivan? Who?

Well Thomas Sullivan was something of an accidental American inventor, but his impact on the world has been notable particular when you reach for your tea bags. For he is the man credited with inventing the paper bag that surrounds some tea leaves that allows the leaves to infuse the water with such panache. Around […]
The In-flight beverage experience

The In-flight beverage experience

This summer sees the 70th anniversary of the first Farnborough International Airshow. Back in 1948 the Hampshire airfield still had one or two craters left over from World War Two German bombing raids but over the seven decades that have followed the world of aviation have moved on considerably. So what is the connection between […]
Anyone for a tea-tail?

Anyone for a tea-tail?

So we’re a few weeks into 2018 and we are starting to see some emerging trends in the tea world and one in particular that has sent our taste buds a tingling here at UKVending. For centuries the makers of tea have been telling us about how useful and versatile a drink it can be […]
What price a cup of tea in Eastenders?

What price a cup of tea in Eastenders?

  Phil Mitchell would surely get this ‘Sorted’ if he were a real person and not an Eastender character. Shock Eastend tea prices. Some eagle eyed viewers to a recent edition of BBC’s Eastenders soap opera were left a little perplexed at the price of a cup of tea in the café in Walford. One […]
The world’s first vending machine for the homeless

The world’s first vending machine for the homeless

It’s a sad truth about modern life that for everyone who has a warm and welcoming home there are large number of people who have no home at all. Britain’s homeless this winter are headline news with new government pledges to increase funding to provide them with suitable accommodation, but this a long term problem […]
Is the soft drinks industry bottling it?

Is the soft drinks industry bottling it?

As 2017 closed and we started to look forward to what 2018 has in store, it appears that some elements of the drinks industry are decidedly stuck in their old thinking as regards how to dispose of old plastic bottles. The Government is determined to try and stem the flood of plastic waste that ends […]
Walkers Shortbread celebrates

Walkers Shortbread celebrates

It’s known the world over as ‘The World’s Finest Shortbread’ and you too can get Walkers Shortbread through UKVending. What is more in 2018 the company behind these delicious shortbread biscuits is celebrating its 120th anniversary. Not bad for a product with just four ingredients: Flour, sugar, salt and pure creamery butter. The story of […]
The Square Mile Challenge

The Square Mile Challenge

A new scheme in the City of London is aiming to recycle five million disposable coffee cups this year. If you ever travel into the City of London, you sometimes have to watch where you step because of all the thrown away coffee cups and other debris on the streets. Whilst the refuse collectors do […]

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