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Acquisition presents ‘exciting opportunity’ Options Management has acquired Hilton Lane Associates T/a Boxlogix and the company will now be known as Options Management t/a Boxlogix. Paul Ure, group managing director of Options Management said: “This is a very exciting


opportunity for both businesses. Both companies have similar cultures and synergies and share a passion for providing excellent goods and services. The acquisition will see us in a very strong position to continue providing a high standard of service to our clients and enhance our already established company and brand. Options Management will be able to offer Hilton Lane Associates clients a wide range of equipment including coffee systems, fridges and recycling machines tailored for the education and leisure sector “With the ongoing and inevitable changes within our market, such as the importance of healthy


eating and recycling, we are jointly positioned to offer a unique closed loop service for schools, colleges and leisure centres, encouraging the recycling of all cans, bottles and paper cups, which we believe is a powerful and sustainable offering to all our customers.” Hilton Lane Associates T/a Boxlogix wholesales a wide selection of snack and drinks to the


education and leisure sector across the UK, while Options Management offers vending solutions and has grown into a multi-million-pound independent vending business. The company considers itself to be one of the greenest vending companies in the UK. The acquisition of Hilton Lane Associates t/a Boxlogix will sit within the Options Group of


Companies which already includes Recycling Options – a fully reverse vending service providing a closed loop approach to recycling plastics, paper and plastic cups and cans supplied by Options Management; and Refreshing Options To Go – a fully automated 24/7 fresh food and deli coffee shop and catering facility.


INDUSTRY CALENDAR VendASEAN


September 18 – 20 Nonthaburi, Thailand


Autumn Coin-Op Show October 1 & 2 Olympia, London


Global Bottled Water Congress


October 8 – 10


Mina A’Salam Hotel, Dubai


Iceland recycles over one


million plastic bottles in a year Iceland has recycled more than one million plastic bottles since May 2018, following its industry-leading move to trial reverse vending machines in a selection of its stores. During the trial period Iceland has been gaining feedback


from its customers, who have responded positively with 96% of shoppers believing the scheme should be extended to all retailers. Iceland’s customer insights showed the main motivation for


people using the reverse vending machines was environmental concerns, with two thirds (67%) choosing this option above any others. The bottle return data and customer insight were taken from


Iceland’s five stores that had reverse vending machines installed during the last year: Fulham, Mold, Musselburgh and Wolverhampton in May-June 2018, and Belfast in January 2019. The trial at The Food Warehouse in Wolverhampton ended in July 2019, when a new machine was installed at the Iceland store in the Merrion Centre, Leeds. The trial highlights widespread consumer support for the introduction of a deposit return scheme, with


two thirds of customers using the machines at least once a fortnight, and 75% believing the introduction of 20p deposits on plastic bottles would be a good idea. Richard Walker, managing director at Iceland, commented: “The results from our reverse vending


machine trials highlight the growing demand from consumers to have a deposit return scheme introduced across the UK. “Iceland was the first retailer to trial reverse vending machines and we believe the customer feedback


we have received shows that our simple model of accepting all sizes of plastic drinks bottle – and extending this to include drinks cans - is the only sensible way to roll out a deposit return scheme nationally. “We have more than 950 stores across the UK and with the support of the government we could fit a


reverse vending machine in every one of our stores. With over one million bottles returned to just five of our stores, the positive environmental impact of having machines across the UK would be phenomenal.”


4 | vendinginternational-online.com Venditalia 2020


May 20 to 23, 2020 Fieramilano-Rho


EVA 25th Anniversary October 16 & 17 Baveno, Italy


Vendex North October 30


The Centenary Pavilion, Leeds


Vendiberica November 13 to 15 Ifema, Feria De, Madrid


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