We’d love to know how many votes were cast and who was voting, so do let us know! Meanwhile…
Voting for the Vendies has now closed and we are excited to announce the 2016 finalists. Are you on the list?
The Vending and Water industries have voted for their champions of 2016. The winners are to be announced at the Vendies Awards Luncheon taking place at the 5* Chelsea Harbour Hotel. By attending, entertain your key clients and network with your industry colleagues as well as celebrating a night of success and achievement. Book your tickets here.
Event director, Hannah Dedman commented: “We have seen a fantastic response from the industry for this year‘s awards, with some categories too close to call. As we get ready for the event, now is the time to ensure you have your tickets. It will certainly be a luncheon to remember! Working in conjunction with the EDWCA Trade Show will also give our guests a fantastic day of networking in the gorgeous Chelsea Harbour”.
In alphabetical order…
Best Hot Beverage
Caprimo Tiramisu (Barry Callebaut Beverages)
Lavazza Coffee (Lavazza Coffee LTD)
PG tips Vending Leaf Tea (Unilever Food Solutions)
Best Healthy & Well Being Product
Burts Lentil Waves Thai Sweet Chilli (Burts Potato Chips)
Metcalfe’s skinny Sweet n Salt Popcorn (Metcalfe’s skinny)
Organic Quinoa & Scottish Salmon gluten-free, high proteins salad. (green Rendez-Vous Ltd)
PROPERCORN, Sweet & Salty (PROPERCORN)
Slim-Be Cereal Bars (Slim-Be Ltd)
The Story of When the Cheese Met the Onion – Cheese and Onion Flavour Hand Cooked Crisps, 40g (Ten Acre Snacks)
Best Snack/Confectionery Product
KETTLE Chips Handy Packs (Kettle Foods)
Levi Roots Reggae Reggae Groove Cut Crisp (Burts Potato Chips)
Ritz Crisp and Thin (Mondelēz International)
The MARS Bar (MARS Chocolate UK Ltd)
Traditional British Banoffee Pie (Green Rendez-Vous Ltd.)
Twirl (Mondelēz International)
Best Soft Drink
Berrywhite Organic Drinks (Berrywhite Ltd)
Coconut Water 500ml (Cocofina Ltd)
Monster Energy (Coca-Cola Enterprises)
Best New Product
Burts Hobgoblin Spit Roast Steak (Burts Potato Chips Hobgoblin Spit Roast Steak)
Caprimo Tiramisu – Barry Callebaut Beverages
Monster Energy Ultra (Coca-Cola Enterprises)
NESCAFÉ® Gold Blend® Barista Style Self Serve Coffee Machine (Nestlé Professional)
Ritz Crisp and Thin (Mondelēz International)
Yushoi Snapea rice sticks (Calbee UK)
Best Vending Cup
7oz & 9oz Plastic Vending Cup (RPC Tedeco Gizeh)
7oz Squat Vending Cup (Nupik-Flo)
9oz Bioware ‘Love nature’ paper vending cup (Huhtamaki UK Ltd.)
9oz Brown/White Vending Cup (RPC Tedeco Gizeh)
Benders Paper Cups (Benders Paper Cups)
Best Machine Innovation
Button Barista App (Coffetek Limited)
Coffetek – Retail Innovations (Coffetek Limited)
Franke A600 FoamMaster (Franke)
K-Cup Vending Solutions (Seaga)
Mars Glass Fronted Nayax Machines (MARS Chocolate UK & Nayax)
The Sigma Touch (Westomatic Vending Services Ltd)
Wittenborg 9100 (N & W Global Vending)
Best Ancillary Service to the Industry
4 Aces parcel delivery (4 Aces)
Allpure Filters offering Omnipure + 3m Water Filters, John Guest + Associated Components
Disposables – vending cups (Huhtamaki UK Ltd.)
Lifecycle Asset Management (Brands 2 Hands Ltd)
Parcel Holder Parcel Service Linking. Getting spares to the right people, in the right place, at the right time…every time (Parcel Holders)
Pre-packaged Gloves for Industrial Vending Machines (Ansell Healthcare)
Siemens Financial Services best competitive financial solutions for vending operators (Siemens Financial Services)
Vendman range of vending management controls and solutions. (Vendman Systems Ltd)
Best Payment System
Easitrax® Advance 5000 (Crane Payment Innovations – CPI)
GBA ST1-C (Astrosystems Ltd)
VPOS Card reader with telemetry and management system (Nayax)
Best Environmental Initiative Project
4 Aces Single Cup Dispenser (4 Aces)
BRITA Professional’s ongoing commitment to the environment (BRITA Professional)
ECO So UP (H2O Direct Limited)
ecooler range of water coolers (OASIS Water friendly Solutions)
Best Product Innovation
4 Aces Single Cup Dispenser (4 Aces)
Carbonated Bottle Co2oler ULTRA (OASIS Water Friendly Solutions)
Ebac Limited – (Aquasafe)
ECO So UP (H2O Direct Limited)
Radnor Hills Mineral Water ‘Dragon Bottle’ (Radnor Hills)
ScaleGard™ Blend (3M Purification)
Planet Vending can’t attend The Vendies event sadly, but if you’d like to take some pictures for us we’d happily publish the best ones!
