5/24/19 California Bill To Mandate Safety Warnings For Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Advances In Legislature May 24th, 2019 The California State Senate has advanced Senate Bill 347, a bill that would require sealed sugar-sweetened beverages that have 75 or more calories per 12 fluid ounces to bear a safety warning, according to Los Angeles Times. The bill narrowly passed […]
Category: Legislation
2019 as Vending Day in the State of Illinois
4/15/19 SR0131 LRB101 11260 ALS 56568 r 1 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 […]
Mississippi Governor Enacts Law Exempting Vending, Micro Markets From State Regulation
3/21/19 Mississippi Governor Enacts Law Exempting Vending, Micro Markets From State Regulation Mar 21st, 2019 Effective July 1, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and the Mississippi State Board of Health will no longer regulate vending machines and micro markets that sell pre-packaged food and other food products for individual retail sale that have […]
Independent Connecticut Soda Manufacturer Protests Soda Tax Proposal
3/11/19 Independent Connecticut Soda Manufacturer Protests Soda Tax Proposal Mar 11th, 2019 Avery’s Beverages, an independent soda manufacturer based in New Britain, CT, has produced a limited edition soda brand, “Don’t Tax Me Ned!”, in protest of a 1.5 cent-per-ounce tax Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont proposed in his FY 2020-2021 budget, according to The Connecticut Post. The manufacturer […]
New York Thruway Addendum Addresses Blind Vendors’ Participation In Service Areas Post-Modernization Project
3/7/19 New York Thruway Addendum Addresses Blind Vendors’ Participation In Service Areas Post-Modernization Project Mar 7th, 2019 The New York State Thruway Authority has updated a request for proposal for updates to the rest areas along New York’s superhighway system to explicitly require any RFP proposers for the project to give priority to vendors trained by the state Commission […]
NAMA Announces A Presidential Proclamation For National Vending Day –
3/7/19 NAMA Announces A Presidential Proclamation For National Vending Day – Mar 7th, 2019 In a significant industry first, underscoring the heightened importance of the convenience services industry, NAMA announced a message from the White House recognizing National Vending Day taking place this Thursday, March 7. “We are thankful to the White House for […]
Utah Legislator Proposes Bill That Would Nullify Vending Machine Tax Exemption
3/4/19 Utah Legislator Proposes Bill That Would Nullify Vending Machine Tax Exemption Mar 4th, 2019 Utah Rep. Tim Quinn, a Republican, has proposed a bill, the Tax Equalization and Reduction Act, that would remove the currently held exemption of vending machine sales. According to the bill, H.B. 441, vending machine sales of food, food […]
Washington State Legislature Considers Bill To Ensure Food Producers Participate In Stewardship Of Plastic Packaging
2/27/19 Washington State Legislature Considers Bill To Ensure Food Producers Participate In Stewardship Of Plastic Packaging Feb 27th, 2019 Legislators in the state of Washington are considering a pair of bills, House Bill 1204 and Senate Bill 5397, that would ban sales in the state of packaging involving plastic – including plastic food or beverage […]
Nebraska Governor Declares Opposition To Candy, Bottled Water, Soda Taxes
4/4/19 Nebraska Governor Declares Opposition To Candy, Bottled Water, Soda Taxes Apr 4th, 2019 Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced at a news conference Wednesday, April 3, that he opposed a legislative proposal to repeal state sales tax exemptions for soda, candy and bottled water, according to the Lincoln Journal Star. He said the tax exemptions, which […]
Blind workers hit particularly hard by federal government shutdown
1/16/19 Blind workers hit particularly hard by federal government shutdown By Stefano Esposito Jan 16, 2019, 11:13am CST In the lobby of the Metcalfe Federal Building downtown, a man with a white cane probed the perimeter of a shuttered coffee-and-sandwich bar as though he didn’t realize it was closed. That’s how it appeared, but […]