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Why the US Navy never washes coffee cups

Why the US Navy never washes coffee cups

Here at UK Vending we’re not a particularly superstitious lot. We’re quite level-headed and normal, but it came to our attention that there are some people who are…well let’s just say, a little superstitious and that includes US Navy Chief’s. Chiefs are the men and women who, well basically, run the ship’s and submarines of […]
How much chocolate?

How much chocolate?

Ever wondered how much chocolate you might consume in your lifetime? Well, you’re not alone. A recent study has worked out that we all are likely (on average) to eat our way through 7,560 chocolate bars, 2,268 slices of chocolate cake and 8186 chocolate biscuits. And it doesn’t stop there either because we also will […]
Coffee and the Olympics

Coffee and the Olympics

What’s one connection with coffee and the Olympics movement. Sure, athletes around the world drink coffee, but in 1932 Brazilian athletes thought of a unique way to finance their participation in that year’s Los Angeles games. In 1932, today’s airline routes had yet to be established and the Brazilian team instead chartered a ship to […]
The day that sweet rationing ended in UK

The day that sweet rationing ended in UK

With shelves stacked to the gunnels with sweets and treats of every colour, flavour and description sweet lovers today are perhaps a little bit spoilt for choice. But 70 years ago today our grandparents could only have dreamt of the choice we all enjoy today. On Wednesday 5 February 1953 the Food Minister stood up […]
Turning over a new leaf?

Turning over a new leaf?

What links the browning leaves of winter and the recycling of discarded plastic bottles? The answer is an enzyme that is found in those decomposing leaves that French scientists have used to decompose plastic bottles too. Furthermore, the French company Carbios have recently built a ‘reactor’ facility at Clermont-Ferrand which is about the size of […]
Melitta Bentz: 150 years of the coffee filter

Melitta Bentz: 150 years of the coffee filter

Those of us who enjoy the rich dark taste of filtered coffee can today celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Melitta Bentz. Who? Melitta Bentz was born on 31 January 1873 in Dresden in Germany and her claim to coffee fame is that she would be credited with inventing filter coffee. As a […]
What you need to know about fruit juices

What you need to know about fruit juices

The shocking fact that only 10 percent of adolescences currently reach the target of five pieces of fruit a day is startling particularly when fruit in all its forms is so readily available virtually everywhere. So we thought we’d have a look at something close to our hearts here at UKVending: Fruit juices. Firstly let’s […]
A blonde joke? No it’s chocolate

A blonde joke? No it’s chocolate

Blonde jokes are so yesterday but blonde chocolate, no that’s right on message. But what is blonde chocolate? When it comes to chocolate, blonde is the poshest new variety on the block. Also called gold chocolate or ‘the fourth variety’, maybe even fifth after ruby chocolate, it is made by heating white chocolate to higher […]
How clever is a vending machine? Very

How clever is a vending machine? Very

Now you’d expect us at UKVending to be proud and impressed by our excellent range of vending machines, but have you ever considered just how clever these machines are. Sure, they are handsome and useful in equal measure but clever too, absolutely. Take for example how a vending machine knows exactly when people try to […]

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