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Price of Chocolate to go up!

Price of Chocolate to go up!

How much we pay for our favourite chocolate treats is likely to rise this month because of a new Chocolate Cartel. Two of the worlds largest producers of cocoa, the Ivory Coast and neighbouring Ghana, who between them produce 60 percent of the world’s cocoa harvest have decided to join together to form a chocolate […]
International Coffee Day 2020

International Coffee Day 2020

We know you love your coffee, that’s why you’ve got a supply of our excellent range of tasty coffee brands in your UKVending vending machine; but just for a moment think what would make you want to jump up and celebrate your next cup of refreshing and invigorating coffee? How about knowing that tomorrow is […]
UK Vending Hire, Rent or Lease

UK Vending Hire, Rent or Lease

We’ve all there. Trying to decide whether to buy a machine for the office or weighing up the benefits of hiring, renting or even leasing it instead. Here at UK Vending we like to make the decision an easy one. At UK Vending we offer the most flexible options enabling you to have peace of […]
5 facts about sugar

5 facts about sugar

Here at UKVending we love a sweet treat every so often. So, we decided to trawl through the history and science books to discover some fascinating facts about sugar.   1. SUGAR WAS ONCE CONSIDERED A SPICE, NOT A SWEETENER.  When sugar was first introduced to England in the twelfth century, it was grouped with […]
A healthier milk chocolate bar

A healthier milk chocolate bar

How would you feel if you knew that the chocolate you were eating was made with food waste? Well it is a question being asked by the American Chemical Society because they believe that we should all be eating chocolate made with coffee grounds, peanut shells and other organic material usually thrown away as food […]
UK packaging recycling: still a long way to go

UK packaging recycling: still a long way to go

A new report from Which says two thirds of branded food packaging in Britain still isn’t recyclable. The consumer group Which has carried out a new survey and discovered something truly quite shocking. Two thirds of branded food packaging in the United Kingdom is not fully recyclable, with some of the country’s leading brands on […]
What maths is involved in stirring a cup of tea?

What maths is involved in stirring a cup of tea?

A man who has thought a lot about the maths behind stirring cups of tea has won one of the world’s most lucrative academic prizes. Professor Sir Martin Hairer from Imperial College in London won the 2021 Breakthrough Prize for Mathematics by applying complex maths to simple situations – like stirring a cup of tea. […]
The world’s biggest coffee morning

The world’s biggest coffee morning

Every year since 1990 MacMillan Cancer Support has been staging one of Britain’s most successful and seemingly simple fundraising enterprises the famous MacMillan Coffee Morning. The idea is stunningly simple, buy a coffee and a cake and donate the money you would have spent on a treat for yourself to the charity. Since 1990 £138 […]
Coffee or beer for Frederick the Great

Coffee or beer for Frederick the Great

Here at UKVending we have done extensive trials and testing and we believe that our coffee is some of the finest you can find, so it is interesting to turn the clock back 234 years to the year of 1777 and transport us to the court of King Frederick the Great who it must be […]

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