Global Demand for Self-Serve Kiosk Systems & Automated Vending Machines Continues to Grow - Company Enters Licensing Agreement with National Hockey League (NHL)

CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, March 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

According to recently published research conducted by a leading international market research company, Global Research & Data Services, the expansion of the global automatic goods-vending machine industry is forecast to reach 2.4% p.a. in the coming years despite a recent decline among wholesalers and retailers in the Food Services sector.   Companies in focus today are: U-Vend, Inc. (OTC: UVND), Outerwall Inc. (NASDAQ: OUTR), Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), TravelCenters of America LLC (NYSE: TA) and Fresh Healthy Vending International, Inc. (OTCBB: VEND).

U-Vend, Inc. (OTCQB: UVND), a consumer products and technology company that develops, distributes, and markets next-generation self-serve electronic kiosks announced today a multi-year, North American licensing agreement with the National Hockey League. The agreement includes usage of NHL® team branded marks on U-Vend, Inc.'s 'Puck Premium Ice Cream™.'   This summer, fans across Canada will be able to purchase puck-shaped ice cream bars featuring NHL-branded hockey stick-shaped sticks from retail freezer merchandisers, located in convenience stores and large national retail grocery stores.  Beginning in the summer of 2016, the 'Pucks Premium Ice Cream™' product will expand to the United States, and will be available to fans from vending machines and self-serve kiosk freezers in both countries.

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"Our new partnership with the National Hockey League - a global brand - is a significant event for U-Vend.  We are very excited to not only be named the Official Ice Cream of the NHL, but to also be joining an elite group in the NHL family," stated Raymond Meyers, CEO of U-Vend, Inc. "This partnership affords tremendous opportunities for us to amplify our brand.  We are looking forward to a long and successful relationship with the NHL."

In other vending, kiosk, food services news and happenings:  ecoATM, an Outerwall Inc. (NASDAQ: OUTR) brand, is the first company to create an automated self-serve kiosk system to buy back old phones, tablets or MP3 players for cash. ecoATM uses patented, advanced machine vision, electronic diagnostics, and artificial intelligence to evaluate electronics. ecoATM's eCycling stations provide a convenient trade-in solution with features that validate sellers' identities and deter the sale of stolen phones, and the company collaborates with national, state, and local law-enforcement groups in combating mobile phone theft through innovative use of technology and education

Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), the $15 billion global provider of award-winning services in food, facilities management, and uniforms, announced last week that it has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute, the global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as a 2015 World's Most Ethical Company®.  The World's Most Ethical Companies designation recognizes those organizations that have had a material impact on the way business is conducted by fostering a culture of ethics and transparency at every level of the company.

Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY) is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. The company operates 194 distribution facilities serving approximately 425,000 customers.  SYY closed down slightly on Friday at $38.57 on over 2.8Mil shares traded by the market close.

TravelCenters of America LLC (NYSE: TA) operator of the TA® and Petro Stopping Centers® travel center brands, and the Minit Mart® convenience store brand announced that it has acquired a total of 26 gasoline/convenience store locations located primarily in Minnesota (18) and Kentucky (6) in three unrelated transactions. Some currently offer branded quick service restaurant operations like Subway®, White Castle®, and Arby's®. TravelCenters expects to add a quick service restaurant and/or deli to most of the stores that today do not include them. TravelCenters has to date arranged gasoline branding for seven of these 26 stores as Marathon® (5 stores), BP® (1 store) and Exxon® (1 store). TravelCenters expects that the convenience stores at 26 of these locations and the remaining 19 gasoline operations will be rebranded as Minit Mart®.

Fresh Healthy Vending International, Inc. (OTCBB: VEND), North America's leading healthy vending franchisor, announces its signing of a new three-year deal with United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) offering its franchisees an additional discount on food purchases.

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