THE VENDIES The winner’s gallery
Over the next few pages you’ll get to meet the winners of this year’s highly coveted Vendies awards. For a full list of the winners and the runners-up visit
www.thevendies.co.uk, where you will also find more pictures from the evening.
ONLINE INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR Winner – Coffetek Customer Web, Coffetek
Ian Johnston, sales director, said: “Coffetek was delighted to receive the award for online initiative of the year. In the past 12 months we have invested significantly in online tools for our customers, the customer web provides a wealth of information 24/7 and is dynamically linked to our central ERP system – watch this space for more developments.”
BEST MACHINE INNOVATION Winner – Coffetek Vitro M3 – Fresh Milk Innovation, Coffetek
companies and celebrate this industry. We are pleased to be the winners of Hot Beverage Brand of the Year particularly as we were up against many well-established candidates. Thank you to everyone that voted for Lavazza, we look forward to developing our business with our new and existing partners alike over the coming year. We will continue working to evolve and innovate our offer to you, in this long-standing industry that we all enjoy.”
BEST ANCILLARY Winner – Vendmanager, SB Software
Ian Johnston, sales director, said: “Innovation is at the heart of product design in Coffetek, this will be the third year running that we have been fortunate enough to be recognised by our customers and the industry for creative and innovative ideas. The M3 milk system has been welcomed by customers as we attempt to bust the myth that fresh milk systems are troublesome, simplicity is key to innovation and with the M3 we have achieved it.”
HOT BEVERAGE BRAND OF THE YEAR
Winner – Lavazza Andrew Smith, OCS and vending sales manager, said: “The Vendies is a fantastic event and a great way to recognise the achievements of
Simon Black, MD, said: “Thank you to everyone who voted for us at The Vendies. It really means a lot to us to receive such positive feedback from our clients and peers in the sector. It was all the more exciting because the win came as such a surprise – our intention was to enter this year for the first time, then review how things went and decide how to do better next year.” Tom Howarth, head of customer service, added: “I still can’t
believe that I was really up on the stage to collect the award for Best Ancillary – it was fantastic, especially as a lot of the voters are the same people that we normally engage with day to day by phone or email.”
OPERATOR OF THE YEAR Winner – Express Vending
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