Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

them issue monthly reports which give terri-
torial checks on cigarette sales on basis of
revenue. In all the states with a cigarette
tax an operator of cigarette vendors can
now get reports on general sales in his terri-
tory to compare with sales through his own
machines. Heavy advertising promotion by
major cigarette makers is still under way
but a full check on its results probably will
not be available until after the fourth quar-
ter trade is tabulated. Interest has been
centered in the states that added new cigar-
ette taxes, to see if smokers cut their smok-
ing and first revenue reports suggest
smokers pay the bill and forget the tax.
COOKIES
Packaging of cookies in oblong packages
to fit into candy bar vendors is reported to
be boosting business of one cookie manu-
facturer considerably.
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OCTOBER
remained steady. Stocks relnaining un-
shipped from last season are said to be
small; canners expect orange juice to move
first and then the blends will be taken.
Markets on Maryland and California tomato
juice were reported starting to move but
price trends not indicated.
The Wall Street Journal recently pub-
lished a report on California orange crop
saying, "Any way growers look at it, there'll
be more oranges than juice plants can ab-
sorb." About one-fourth of the Valencia
crop will be available for juice. A lot of the
big cro~ will go into concentrates, and
about 160,000 tons are expected to meet the
demands of juice processors. The year 1945
st ill remains the record crop year.
PEANUTS
Efforts to secure price reductions on
edible peanuts had not met with success up
• to the time of this report. Growing and
FROZEN FOODS
harvest condi tions were generally favorable
Interest in the frozen food supply be-
in the three major crop areas and buyers
comes more direct with the announcement
were waiting for some favorable price turns
of a vendor to handle frozen foods by U. S.
as the September markets opened. The pea-
Vending Corp. Packers of frozen foods
nut market year starts in September but
were building up stocks during August and
real market action is not expected before
September.
November. A record crop of peanuts this
ICE CREAM
year seems assured. Peanut sticks hit a low
The ice cream industry is now getting
on August 1, but oil cru hing began to slow
ready for its annual convention in Miami
up during the summer and came to a near
Beach, October 27 to 29. Official govern-
standstill in August. Percentage of peanuts
ment reports on ice cream sales for July
used in candy declined from 22 per cent in
showed a decline of 19 per cent for the en-
June to 18.8 per cent in July. Candy manu-
tire U. S. Increase in sales was reported
facturers are resisting high price of pea-
for August in some of the large centers.
nuts. Percentage of shelled peanuts going
The trade does not now expect 1947 sales
into salted peanuts increased one per cent
to reach the peak of last year.
in July over the previous month. Peanut
JUICES
butter production gained about two per cent
Real interest seems to be developing in
in July and use of it in candy dropped
vendors that dispense canned fruit and
about one per cent as compared with June.
vegetable juices. Early fall market reports
P OP CORN
indicated some price increases on Florida
Most reports on the domestic crop say
orange juice. Blended and grapefruit juices
pop corn has shared in the ill fortunes of
1947
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the general corn crop and will be short,
maybe as much as 30 per cent this year.
Prices will be higher accordingly. National
Assn. of Popcorn Manufacturers meets in
Chicago, November 18-20.
SOFT DRINKS
End of sugar rationing came just in time
for soft drink industry to hurriedly boost
output to meet the rising summer demand.
Many manufacturers reported plants boost-
ing output as much as 25 per cent; bottle
shortage was a handicap in getting fast dis-
tribution. Trade leaders say shortages that
showed up during the summer were more a
matter of distribution than real shortage.
Soft drink trade now expects to pass the
600,000,000 case mark by the end of the
year. Industry goal is eventually a per
capita use of 200 bottles per year-a 100
per cent increase over pre-war use. That
competition in brands is on was the conclu-
sion drawn from page ads in newspapers by
Coca-Cola; the ads illustrated three types
of vendors but copy referred to them merely
as "red coolers."
Viking Appointed Distribuflor
For Sanitary Napkin Line
SAN FRANCISCO-Viking Specialty Co.
has been appointed Northern California
distributor for Hospital Specialty Co.'s two
sanitary napkin dispensers: the Fems,
which vends 12 dispensers rolled in card-
board tubes, and the Cards, whose capacity
is 24 napkins packed in flat sanitary en-
velopes.
Don H. McClinton, Viking partner, an-
nounced that Bob Weidner, who has had
considerable experience throughout the
East handling candy bar and bulk vending
machines, has been added to the expanding
force. Weidner is building routes for Vik-
ing customers and doing repair work on lo-
cation and in the shop.
W. A. Collier, McClinton's partner, re-
vealed that cashews and filberts are now
being offered to the trade in vacuum packed
five-pound tins. "This is not only more
sanitary than the bulk cartons," Collier
said, "but the merchandise keeps fresh a
lot longer. And there's no extra charge
involved."
One of the current highlights of Viking'
merchandising program is the accelerated
sales of the Klopp coin counter, the auto-
matic counting and packaging machine.
Spacarb MakinC] Test
of Unit in Boston
BOSTON-Spacarb of New England has
received the first delivery of the new Spa-
carb Mix-A-Drink three-flavor machines,
the first commercial units to be installed
on a test. Spacarb expects increasing de-
liveries from the manufacturer, the Bath
Iron Works at Bath. The cabinet is de-
signed by the famous industrial designer,
Norman Bel Geddes.
A unique feature of Mix-A-Drink is the
possibility for the customer to select any
of the three beverages or any combination
of the three beverages in the unit. Other
features of the equipment include an au-
tomatic coin changer, anti-jackpot device,
and enough cooling capacity to serve five
drinks a minute "from now till Kingdom
come."
Skyline Expands
NL!t & Ball Gum Vendors 1c-Sc U. S. & ForeiC]n Coins
AT ALL THE BEST DEALERS
OR WRITE
SILVER-KINe CORP.
622 Diversey Parkway
ChicaC]o 14. III.
NEW YORK-To meet increased produc-
tion needs for sales to vending machine op-
erators, Skyline, Inc., will construct a 7000
square foot addition to its present plant at
Lansdowne, Pa.
Firm produces a line of packaged and
bulk candies, as well as regular and bubble
ball gum. Its new building will be used
solely for the manufacture of items for the
vendor trade.