Fresh Healthy Vending Targets Lifestyle of Today's Consumers with
Healthy Choices and Cashless and Telemetry from USA Technologies
MALVERN, Pa. & SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
USA
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAT), a leader of wireless, cashless
payment and M2M telemetry solutions for small-ticket, self-serve
retailing industries, and Fresh
Healthy Vending, a leader in healthy vending machine franchises,
today announced that Fresh Healthy Vending, will be incorporating USAT's
ePort® and ePort Connect® service for cashless payment and telemetry in
the launch of their latest Fresh
Healthy Vending Café machine, an innovative solution that combines
specialty coffee service with healthy snack and drink options. Through
its franchisee network, Fresh Healthy Vending already has over 2,000
machines on USA Technologies' service.
"No one should have to settle for unhealthy food anymore," said Alex
Kennedy, Vice President of Franchise Development for Fresh Healthy
Vending. "The fact is that there is a growing need for healthy options
in vending machines—they are the fastest growing segment of the healthy
food category in North America. Our latest franchise opportunity, Fresh
Healthy Vending Café, was developed as a result of the growing
demand for both healthy snacks as well as fresh, organic coffee choices.
The franchise incorporates groundbreaking equipment—our Fresh Healthy
Vending Café machine—that is exclusive to Fresh Healthy Vending and, of
course, cashless and telemetry by USA Technologies."
The Fresh Healthy Vending Café machine grinds whole coffee beans,
extracts espresso, froths the milk, and disposes of spent grinds in
fewer than 40 seconds. The bottom of the machine is chilled, for
products like smoothies, granola bars or natural sodas.
"Our commitment to USA Technologies as our cashless and telemetry
partner was an obvious strategic choice for us," added Ryan Ball,
Operations Manager for Fresh Healthy Vending. "We have tested a few
other names in the cashless and telemetry market, but USA Technologies
has proven to us that their support and service are superior. Their
unique turn-key system also makes it easy for us to provide a
plug-and-play solution to our customers and franchisees.
"In addition, our franchise operators understand the importance of data
in monitoring sales activity, inventory needs and machine status. And,
they recognize that cashless payment options can optimize transaction
yields through multi-vend choices while also enabling support for the
premium price associated with our more gourmet options," concluded Ball.
"We are very pleased to be a partner of choice for Fresh Healthy Vending
as they continue their impressive growth track," said Mike Lawlor,
Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development for USA
Technologies. "We look forward to working with them to capture the
synergies we believe cashless and healthy choice vending can generate,
particularly through multi-vend purchases and higher priced products."
About Fresh Healthy Vending
Fresh
Healthy Vending is a leading healthy vending Company with a
footprint that now reaches over 2000 locations. The company provides a
turnkey model that includes state of the art vending equipment,
e-commerce product ordering with free national delivery and the
industry's most professional location procurement team. The company is
based out of San Diego, California. To learn more, visit the website at
freshvending.com.
About USA Technologies:
USA Technologies is a leader of wireless, cashless payment and M2M
telemetry solutions for small-ticket, self-serve retailing industries.
ePort Connect® is the company's flagship service platform, a
PCI-compliant, end-to-end suite of cashless payment and telemetry
services specially tailored to fit the needs of the small ticket,
self-service retail industries. USA Technologies also provides a broad
line of cashless acceptance technologies including its NFC-ready ePort®
G8, ePort Mobile™ for customers on the go, and QuickConnect™, an API Web
service for developers. USA Technologies has been granted 84 patents;
and has agreements with Verizon, Visa, Elavon, ISIS and major customers
such as Compass, Crane, AMI Entertainment and others. Visit the website
at www.usatech.com.
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USA Technologies, Inc.
Veronica Rosa
VP Corp. Comm. & Investor
Relations
484-359-2138
vrosa@usatech.com
or
Fresh
Healthy Vending
Alexander Capio
Marketing Manager
Toll
Free: 888-902-7558 ext 132
Direct: 858-210-4232
Fax:
858-210-4258
alexander.capio@freshvending.com
Source: USA Technologies, Inc. and Fresh Healthy Vending
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