Fitness Vending Partners Sampling sessions at easyGym

FITNESS VENDING Partners Compete Energy Bites, a brand new food supplement for portable power on the go and COCO5, an innovative all natural coconut water based rehydration drink have recently been sampling their products at easyGym's all over the UK.

During the sampling sessions at easyGym Oxford Street, Birmingham Kings Heath and Southampton, users were involved in a bench press competition and giving feedback on the various product offered by Compete Energy and COCO5.

All the images can be found on the FitnessVend Twitter Feed.

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Tobacco sales from vending machines ban

THE sale of cigarettes from vending machines in Carrickfergus will be illegal after a ban comes into force next week.

The legislation is being introduced across Northern Ireland on March 1 to tackle the number of underage smokers that exist.

In 2010 a survey found that in the province, 14 percent of smokers were aged 11-16 years. The ban will bring Northern Ireland into line with England and Wales, with Scotland set to introduce similar legislation shortly.

With an estimated 15 tobacco vending machines remaining in the Borough, the Council’s Environmental Health staff will examine numbers during visits to check compliance with the Smoking (NI) Order 2006.

The local government authority’s Tobacco Control Officer will also be visiting appropriate premises to advise them of the change in law, with compliance visits to be carried out after the ban is introduced.

World's first Light Bulb Recycling Machine Launched

REVEND RECYCLING LIMITED, a UK corporation, announces the launch of an innovative reverse vending recycling machine for the collection and recycling of domestic light bulbs and domestic batteries.
The patented reVend® reverse vending recycling machine is the "FIRST" domestic light bulb reverse vending recycling machine of its type in the World and has been jointly designed and developed by Revend Recycling Ltd and Repant ASA, a corporation listed on the Norwegian Stock Exchange.
The light bulb recycling machine has an add-on unit, as an option, for the collection and recycling of domestic batteries which contain valuable and scarce natural mineral resources.
Increased demand for recycling light bulbs and the international change over to
CFL (long life - low energy) and LED domestic light bulbs and the recycling of domestic batteries is a key environment policy for all Governments, the EU Commission and the United Nations.
Recycling rates in the domestic lighting industry is in "sharp focus" internationally as significant waste tonnage amounts remain untreated and unprocessed. Used light bulbs frequently end up in "landfill" sites at considerable environmental and financial cost.
The new range of light bulb recycling machines from Revend® will help to increase national recycling rates and assist companies and organisations comply with their recycling targets and environmental recycling obligations.
Revend Recycling will sell & market unique reverse vending recycling machines throughout Europe, USA & worldwide under its brand name Revend®.
Repant will manufacture /assemble the recycling machines based on its innovative COSMOS reverse vending recycling machine technology.
FEATURES of the light bulb reverse vending recycling machine are:

• Safety is paramount in design and functionality.
• Automated safe collection and recycling of domestic light bulbs, including incandescent bulbs; CFL light bulbs (which contain mercury - a hazardous waste) & LED light bulbs.
• Battery Collection unit available as an 'add-on' extra.
• Unique in-built technology safely recycles light bulbs containing mercury and other hazardous materials.
• Automated soft drop system safely collects and lowers light bulbs into a special collection container, minimising breakages.
• An internal mercury fume extractor and mercury fume filter absorbs / removes any escaped mercury fumes.
• It is a 'stand alone' machine similar in size to a vending machine.
• User automatically receives a reward incentive voucher which can be used for product discounts and sales incentives.
• Staff do not need to touch the 'potentially harmful' recycled light bulbs when removing from the recycling bin.
• Unique technology facilitates the compiling of auditable statistics on bulb types by manufacturer and volumes recycled.
• Includes a TV screen for Digital Media Advertising and environmental messages.
• Display cabinet provides scope for advertising and corporate / product branding.
• User friendly LED touch screen menu includes option for numerous languages.
• Opportunity to donate rewards to Charity.
• Database is updated regularly via telemetry from anywhere in the world by authorised users.
• Automatically sends text or email when secure light bulb storage container is nearly full and needs emptying.
• Complies with EU and USA environmental and recycling standards.

Revend Recycling recently concluded a supply agreement with IKEA of Sweden, a leading international retailer, and will install a significant number of machines in several IKEA stores throughout Europe, including the UK, Germany, & Denmark.
Revend Recycling pioneered the supply agreement with IKEA following a successful "pilot" installation in IKEA, Lakeside Shopping Centre near London, UK.
IKEA is the first to install the unique light bulb reverse vending recycling technology in its stores starting with IKEA Wembley and IKEA Wednesbury, West Midlands.
Customers of IKEA who recycle used light bulbs will automatically receive a reward incentive voucher to use in-store and also have the option to make a donation to Charity - UNICEF; Save the Children; WWF and the Woodland Trust
A major sales and PR marketing campaign internationally has been launched to promote the unique light bulb recycling machine and battery collection unit.
Revend Recycling would be pleased to hear from companies interested in distributing its new reVend® reverse vending light bulb recycling technology.

Read the full story here: https://www.lttvending.co.uk/worlds-first-light-bulb-recycling-machine-launched

Facial Recognition meets the Vending Machine!

A new vending machine in Japan uses facial recognition technology to ‘recommend’ drinks to customers. The machine uses sensors to analyse the face of the customer, then makes suggestions based on age and gender.

A woman in her 20s will be recommended a tea drink or a minimally sweeter product, since market research has shown they like these better.

The machines have been developed by JR East Water Business Co, a subsidiary of East Japan Railway Company. It’s been tested in one Tokyo train station so far; but there are plans to roll it out to others imminently. Sales have initially been higher than those of other machines.

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Source: http://www.qunospotter.co.uk/facial-recognition-vending-at-train-stations/

LTT Vending Announce Publication of Talking Books.

LTT Vending is pleased to announce the publication of the first three sponsored Talking Books, for its designated charity, the RNIB’s Talking Books Service. 

It costs £4 million a year to run the Talking Books Service which provides over 39,000 members with a library of over 18,000 unabridged audio books. Each book is brought to life by professional narrators or the author.

Fewer than one in twenty titles published in the U.K. are available in a format blind and partially sighted people can read. The publication of The First Little Fairy, The Secret of Hunter’s Keep and Chosen, are welcome editions to the RNIB’s Children’s Talking Book library.

LTT Vending has very strong links to the RNIB as their Chairman, Michael Levi, is himself partially sighted and uses the RNIB’s Talking Books Service. In addition to LTT’s charitable events this year; they have also pledged to match  £ for £ money raised by staff for the RNIB, during individual fund raising events.

How to: Save money on coffee facilities and keep staff happy

With the U.K. economy on a virtual plateau, and the Government spending cuts beginning to take effect in the public sector. Private businesses are undertaking major cost cutting exercises and improving efficiencies in a bid to whether the financial storm.

Facilities and office managers have difficulty striking a balance between providing adequate coffee facilities for staff and customers, on ashrinking budget, whilst keeping an eye on corporate social responsibility and ecological issues.

Many facilities management companies outsource refreshment provision to specialist vending companies to provide the vending machines and maintenance on their behalf. As a result a business may not be receiving the most appropriate facilities for their needs, and the costs may be higher than if dealing with the vending companies direct.

Vending machines have come a long way in the past 50 years. It is now possible to serve a complete range of meals from a virtual restaurant. These machines are the ideal canteen replacement offering a quick, convenient, 24 hour service, without the need for additional catering staff; potentially saving businesses up to 90% of their catering budget without compromising on facilities.

Modern coffee machines are more energy efficient than traditional kettles and water boilers and in most cases serve beverages in under 30 seconds. The best modern coffee machines will serve a range of coffee shop favourite drinks such as Cappuccino, Latte and Espresso; the ingredients of which come from sustainable and even Rainforest Alliance Certified sources.

By using specialist companies to provide bespoke facilities, managers can ensure a hassle-free provision, serving the range of high quality coffee shop style refreshments staff and customers have come to expect.

Douwe Egberts and vending operators provide a cost effective alternative to high street coffee.

Recent online posts by, Paul Freeman, Marketing Director at Douwe Egberts Coffee Systems UK, explain how vending operators throughout the country have had significant successes in comparison to high street chains in the hot drinks market.

Mr Freeman, in an article for Vending International goes on to discuss how vending operators like LTT Vending for example demanded better machines and better quality products for their clients.  Vended coffee is no longer a simple convenience solution; clients like @BupaUK and @SussexUni ensure that their clients have the best solution available.

LTT Vending is in the enviable position of working with a range of machine manufacturers and as a consequence is able to provide bespoke solutions depending on the requirements of the client and their customer base.  University of Leeds employ the Giraffe machine, affectionately called the ‘quid with a lid’ which serves 12oz premium quality drinks at a fraction of the cost of High Street rivals, the end result is students spend more time on campus.

Edward Selka, Managing Director, at LTT Vending believes passionately that employing quality products is the best way of differentiating from the crowd and the only way of ensuring customer retention.  Happy customers mean happy clients, LTT Vending prides itself on ‘being the customer’s choice’.

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LTT Vending Director scales Kilimanjaro!

LTT's New Business Development Director Manish Shah scaled Mt. Kilimanjaro in aid or Practical Action.

It took Manish 3 days to climb the 5895m to the summit of the highest mountain in Africa. His climb raised over £2500 for Practical Action.
Practical Action works with poor communities to help them choose and use technology to improve their lives for today and generations to come.

Just under £100 raised by LTT for Cancer Charities!

The staff at LTT Vending have raised nearly £100 for Cancer charities .

LTT staff have taken part in The World's Biggest Coffee Morning for Macmillian Cancer Support - baking various cakes and goodies and charging a pound for a Coffee and Cake on 30th September 2011.

On October 28th October the LTT Vending staff took part in Wear it Pink day in aid of the Breast Cancer Campaign, each member of staff paid a pound to wear pink for the day.

LTT's Service Team Win the Flavia Technician of the Quarter Award

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LTT say goodbye to it's longest serving member of staff.

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Thanks to all who visited our Stand at the Office Show.

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LTT on 2011 Yorkshire and Humber Environment Index

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LTT Raise 1st £1000 for "Talking Books for Children"

LTT Vending are celebrating raising their first £1000 for the RNIB's "Talking Books for Children" service, and can now publish their first TALKING BOOK. 

The Royal National Institute for the Blind(RNIB) is the UK's leading charity offering information, support and advice to almost 2 million people with sight loss. Fewer than 1 in 20 titles published in the UK are available in the format blind and partially sighted people can read. The RNIB's Talking Book Service offer 18,000 high quality audio books to over 39,000 people in the Uk making it the largest unabidged collection of audio books in the U.K. 

Each audio books is read by professional narrators or the author including popular childrens titles such as the "Harry Potter" series.

LTT have very strong links to the RNIB as their chairman Michael Levi, is himself partially  sighted and uses the Talking Book Service. LTT's goal is to raise £10,000 to produce 10 Talking Books for Children.

LTT's National Sales Director explains the benefits of FM EXPO.

In this video LTT Vending's National Sales Director, Robin Turver, explains the benefits of exhibiting at the FM Expo Show in Birmingham. 

The Facilities Show is the UK's biggest and fastest growing facilities management event. 

This year's show, held in May at the N.E.C. Birmingham saw thousands of facilities professionals visit over the three days. LTT's stand featured our range of floorstanding vending machines and showcased their new FREE Fully Managed Flavia Concept. 

 

Grandma Wild's biscuits win "Great Taste Awards" 2011.

Grandma Wild's biscuits have won both gold and silver in the                 "Great Taste Awards 2011."

The GTA, organised by the Guild of Fine Food, is the acknowledged benchmark for speciality food and drink. 

Grandma Wild's biscuits are the ideal accompaniment to either tea of coffee as they use only the finest ingredients in the tradtional 100 year old receipes.

The individually wrapped twin pack biscuits are suited to offices and commercial locations as they have a good shelf life,at great prices.

PepsiCo to Launch Social Vending Machine

PepsiCo has announced that it will be producing a ‘Social Vending’ machine allowing its U.S. customers to buy each other drinks remotely.

The machine will allow a user to buy their friend a drink at similar machines by recording the recipent’s name, number with a personal message for the lucky person.

“Social Vending extends our consumers’ social networks beyond the confines of their own devices and transforms a static, transaction-oriented experience into something fun and exciting,” said Mikel Durham, an innovation officer at PepsiCo Foodservice. (source – Reuters)

Will this "Social Vending" take off? Will this technology ever come to the U.K. ? At this time it seems unlikely however the rise of social networking and innovations within the vending industry means the future is by no means certain.  Video of the PepsiCo "Social Vending" machine.

Get your VIP Pass to Office* at Earls Court!

LTT Vending will be exhibiting at Office* on 15-16 September 2011 at Earls Court.
Visit us on stand number 4023. 
Register as our VIP Guest! to the show and save the £20 door fee.

Office* is an event aimed at meeting the needs and aspirations of the modern office professional. 

Office* is for office professionals wanting to consider potential new buisiness partners and solution providers.

What's so special about being a VIP?o Exclusive VIP gift
o Priority ticket to the office* party at Planet Hollywood
o Invite to a post-show benefit cosmetics evening
o Free cloakroom
o Free drinks voucher
o Conference wallet

Do you need specialist coffee machines for your business?

This month LTT Vending have launched their specialist range of coffee machines and vending services, to meet the sophisticated needs of London businesses.Call 0800 954 1044 to discuss the needs of your business.

The economic climate has driven demand for coffee shop style drinks; including Cappuccino, Latte and Mocha, to be served in the workplace. As staff can no longer afford to purchase such drinks from coffee houses on their breaks, the expectations of their employers to provide high quality beverages has risen.

At the same time employers are cutting their costs wherever possible. Therefore LTT have created the Ultimate Drinks Solution, the FREE fully managed Flavia service - pay only for the drinks. The Flavia Creation 400 brewer serves high quality coffee shop style hot drinks from freshly ground coffee, real leaf teas and indulgent Galaxy hot chocolate. LTT's designated Flavia team provide FREE cleaning and merchandising of the Flavia Creation 400 brewer, FREE servicing and maintenance and complimentary stock replenishment advice. Many businesses are offsetting the cost of the drinks by installing the optional pay pod onto the Flavia brewer and charging their staff a minimum cost for each drink. 

LTT's Bean to Cup Fresh milk coffee machine caters for sophisticated tastes. The 21 drink selections use freshly ground bean to cup espresso coffee and an authentic barrister style fresh milk frother for cappuccinos, lattes etc. 


For businesses requiring a complete range of vending machines assistance designing a breakout area for your staff and visitors. LTT's Operated Vending Service includes the design and build of such areas incorporating your companies' branding to provide a functional and comfortable space. 


Call 0800 954 1044 today, for a complimentary site visit.

LTT Vending sponsor Zumba in the Park 2011.

LTT Vending, in partnership with Britvic Soft Drinks, are proud the be the official drinks sponsors of Zumba in the Park 2011!

The 2011 Zumba in the Park Zumbathon is being held on Sunday 5th June 2011 12-3pm at Robert's Park, Saltaire, Bradford - in aid of the Breast Cancer Charity, Breast Cancer Haven.

The Zumbathon is a collaborative event between the zumba schools Zumba Bradford and neighbouring Total Dance. The Zumbathon is estimated to draw over 2000 participants with friends and family able to spend the day in the park cheering them on.

LTT Vending, in partnership with Britvic Soft Drinks, are proud to be sponsoring the drinks for the all day Zumba event.

 

LTT Official Drinks Sponsor of Zumba in the Park 2011!