2019 as Vending Day in the State of Illinois
4/15/19
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SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The vending and convenience services industry
3 employs over 150,000 Americans and generates an economic output
4 of over $25 billion; and
5 WHEREAS, The vending machine industry has expanded in
6 recent decades to include a wide array of convenience services
7 and refreshments; and
8 WHEREAS, The vending machine industry uses cutting-edge
9 technology to deliver innovative options to consumers; and
10 WHEREAS, Through the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Program,
11 the vending industry has provided crucial business
12 opportunities for blind people across the nation; and
13 WHEREAS, Illinois is proud of the dozens of small business
14 owners in the State of Illinois who own vending companies; and
15 WHEREAS, The National Automatic Merchandising Association
16 has declared March 7th as National Vending Day; therefore, be
17 it
18 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
19 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare March 7,
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1 2019 as Vending Day in the State of Illinois, and we call this
2 observance to the attention of all of our citizens.