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August 5, 2025 19 mins

After listening to this podcast, you may reach the same conclusion that podcast host Bob Tullio did. We all seem to be trying to answer one big question. What is driving the explosive growth in our industry?

In July, Bob Tullio, the host of Automatic Merchandiser’s Vending & OCS Nation podcast, produced and moderated two live webinars, both of which offered plenty of material that is certainly worth sharing on our Vending & OCS Nation podcast. 

While both one hour live webinars are available on demand, the next two episodes of the podcast will look at some of the fantastic content and insights that were shared. Tullio and his panelists talk about the state of the vending and micro market industry – beyond the numbers. For operators and suppliers – what could be more important than that?

Our July 8th Webinar - Autonomous Food Service and Retail Solutions – a new level of opportunity, was sponsored by Nayax and featured:

  • Benjamin Thomas vice president, retail product strategy (North America) for Nayax.
  • Operator Jon Holden of All Star Services
  • Josh Rosenberg of Forward Thinkers

The July 15th Webinar - Vending and Micro Market State of the Industry Report, was sponsored by Cantaloupe and Naturals2Go, and featured

  • Orrin Huebner, a respected industry consultant
  • Tony Danna of Cantaloupe - vice president of small business and GM of Cantaloupe Go Markets
  • Matthew Rainey, owner of Surpass Refreshments in North Ft. Myers Florida,
  • Natali Pupovac-Peters, head of global operations for Naturals2Go
  • Jeff Criswell - business growth consultant and vending/micro market operator for Naturals2Go

Data in Automatic Merchandiser’s State of the Industry report is compiled from a survey sent to operators in the spring of 2025, covering a 12-month period ending March 31, 2025.

Over the next two episodes of Vending & OCS Nation, you will hear from everyone on those panels, discussing industry trends – largely about autonomous retail solutions and what the future will bring. This episode combines the survey data with useful insights, to provide a nice wide-angle view of the state of vending, micro markets and of course, that new technology that is coming at us like a freight train – smart markets.

 

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