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Hungry hackers stole $3k worth of snacks from CIA vending machines over several months

Hungry hackers stole $3k worth of snacks from CIA vending machines over several months

Any business or organisation that provides its employees with vending machines has to make sure its security is up to standard. At UKVending we pride ourselves on the quality of our systems, so it came as a bit of shock when we discovered that one of the world’s premier security organisations, the Central Intelligence Agency […]
SURVEY SUPPORTS BOTTLE DEPOSIT SCHEME

SURVEY SUPPORTS BOTTLE DEPOSIT SCHEME

YouGov conducted a survey in September that proved what we at UKVending have been in support of from the very beginning, that people would support a plastic bottle deposit scheme to reduce waste. The survey showed that three in four people surveyed believed a deposit and refund scheme for plastic bottles would be a winner. […]
COFFEE CUPS INTO SHOPPING BAGS?

COFFEE CUPS INTO SHOPPING BAGS?

  Every year at UKVending we hear of new and innovative ways of transforming waste products into must have luxury items and this year is no exception with news from High Street department store Selfridges offering shopping bags made from coffee cups. Yes, coffee cups! It sounds farfetched but with over 2.5 billion unrecyclable coffee […]
UK VENDING AT CONSTRUCTION EXPO

UK VENDING AT CONSTRUCTION EXPO

Martin Button of UKVending in Rochester has been at the forefront of vending machine innovation since the 1960’s when his father first established the company. In the following five decades the company has grown to become Kent’s leading vending machine company and has incorporated every new innovation as it emerged including disposal cup technology, improved […]
RUBY CHOCOLATE ANYONE?

RUBY CHOCOLATE ANYONE?

So what is your favourite flavour of chocolate? Dark, milk, white, ruby? RUBY!!! No we haven’t lost our minds there is a new chocolate on the block, if you pardon the pun. It’s been eight decades since the Swiss chocolate company Nestle introduced the world to white chocolate, but now it appears that there is […]
ARE YOU IN A MOOD BECAUSE OF YOUR COFFEE?

ARE YOU IN A MOOD BECAUSE OF YOUR COFFEE?

We’ve all been there, rushing to catch the early train or getting stuck in the car park that the motorway has ground into during the morning rush. You may think that your mood could just because you’re running late and you’re frustrated by things outside of your control, but could it be more? Could it […]
LATE OR LATTE

LATE OR LATTE

At UKVending we understand what makes coffee great. We also understand how wonderful the taste can be and perhaps that’s why a caffeine fix could get you a ticking off from your boss about your timekeeping. Why? Well a recent study of 2000 British workers found we’d rather be late for work than rush our […]
25 pence discount for carrying your own cup

25 pence discount for carrying your own cup

It is such a simple solution to a big problem that we can all simultaneously ask…why did no one think of it sooner? Yes, it’s the great disposable cups debate. With millions of only partially disposable cups thrown away every year in the UK along (not even thinking of the rest of poor old planet […]
5 alternative uses of coffee

5 alternative uses of coffee

When your girlfriend or wife asks you to pass her the coffee don’t automatically expect it should be in a cup and steaming hot for she may want to remove the bags and dark circles from under her eyes. Yes, this is but one of a multitude of different uses we can put coffee to […]

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