Got milk? That's the question more ...

Got milk? That's the question more and more vending consumer are asking, and beverage-makers are responding thanks to strange vending and packaging technology.

Spurr in part by way of California's recent decision to ban soda sales in elementary and middle trains starting in 2004, a number of beverage companies are looking to vending as a key-note distribution vehicle for the $20-billion milk performance market.

"Milk-based products have been exceedingly successful in pilot vending projects" says Larry Eils, senior director of technical services for the National Automatic Merchandising Association, Chicago. Earlier examples by ...