vender's home office in New York has
developed a co nverte r to handle so up on
the regular oft drink machin es. Price for
piping hot so up will be a nickel, far below
the usual so up price in th e city's resta urants.
Cigg ie machin es are doin g busin e s a bout
as expected, whi ch, according to Aaron
Goldman, Macke Co rp. , is not good. "It's
a tough busine s," sighs Goldman.
Th e rece nt price slashes in phono reco rd
by th e major labels has helped phon o oper·
ators quite a bit, even thou gh current hits
were gene rally withh eld from cuts. Several
operators took advantage of th e 50% dis·
co unts to stock up on perennial favo rite .
Two new arca des have opened up in recent
week, rai sin g th e total in th e business dis-
tri ct to nine. Busin ess, however, has lI ot
been goo d ; this factor has dragged down
the ave rage for amusement ga mes si nce
arcade pin balls usually set a high pace.
According to Revenue Burea u fi gures, Wash·
in gton ha s 1,162 loca tions for amusement
ga mes and 33 for bells.
Roy S. Ram sey
Exhibits To Feature
Annual Pop Corn Meet
CHI CAGO- Th e pop corn industries con·
vention and exposition will soo n be here
and, ~cco rdin g to officials {o f the National
Assn. of Popcorn Manufa cturers, In c., 110
orth Franklin St., th e outlook is very
promising for th e grea test convention in th e
history of th e trade. Date is Oct. 24·26.
On T'·IE REVIEW Calendar, it is th e next
convention having interest to th e operators
of ce rtain type of vending machin es, al·
though th e annual co nvention of the Na·
tional Assn. of Ice Crea m Manufacturers
opens on th e same day in Los Angeles.
The pop co rn co nve ntion will be held
at th e Palmer House and ex hibits will be
shown on th e hotel exhibit floor. In previous
yea rs the interest of operators of pop co rn
vendors has tended to decline in th e con·
vention hecause displays of equipment were
not made a part of th e co nvention.
The NAPM this year is putting grea t
stress on its exhibits of equipm ent and
suppli es and pop corn vendors will be
shown. Th e discussion programs are also
very helpful on points of sa nitation, popping
oils and processing and storing pop corn .
Laymons to Chicago
LOS ANGELES-Mr. and Mrs. Paul A.
Laymon trained out on September 17th for
a Bally co nfab in Chicago at whi ch seve ral
new items were to be unveiled to a ga th er.
in g of Bally distributors from all over th e
nation.
Laym ons were expected back on th e
26th with samples of th e new machines
to follow in short order.
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run its ads on ca ndy in medical and den tal
journals.
O perato rs of cand y vendors h ad long
been in sympathy with this general boost
to candy ea tin g, built around the slogan,
"Candy Is Deli cious Food-Enjoy Some
Every Day."
Chocolate Drink Competition
Hot-O-Mat Is
Ingenious Dispenser
LOS A GELE
Th e only dual hot
drink vendor in America-Hot·O·Mat-
signall ed a choru s of oh's and ah's a mon g
the pilots, patrons, employees and steward·
esse of Western and American Air Lines
at th e Los Angeles Muni cipal Airport as
the first of these unusual vending machines
swung into regular serv ice.
Test Hot·O·Mat machines have been on
loca tion for many months in the east,
middle west and on th e Pacific Coast with
phenomenal res ults of effi ciency and patron
acceptance even wh en operating under th e
heavy demand co ndition s of th e San Diego
aval Base-one of th e test locations.
Four button give th e patron a choice
of black coffee, with suga r, cream or both ,
exactly as des ired. Th e fifth button brings
tbe hot chocolate. Each drink is freshly
prepared in five eco nd with an immediate
flow of hot wate r, quickly drained, that
prevents any mixture of flavors. Liquid
concentrates of co ffee, chocolate, crea m and
sugar are refrigerated to under 40 0 but
each serving comes piping hot, between
160 0 and 180 0 •
Hot·O·Mat and all componen t parts have
been constru cted to th e highest standards
and comply with the strictes t sanitary and
safety regulations. Hot wa ter tank and all
yrup co mpartm ents are mad e of stainless
steel.
Drop Big Candy Adv. Program
ATLANTA-Chocolate drinks are de·
velopin g a competition all th eir own ac-
cordin g to an authority in the bot'tling
industry. Bottl ers of soft drinks are find·
ing in many area th a t a chocolate drink
for a nickel, in th e standard bottle, will
~uild sales tremendously. But the dairy
IIldustry also has cho cola te milk drinks
selling at a dime, and the bottling industry
and the dairy industry thus meet on
highly competitive ground.
. Bottlers report that th e dairy industry
III many cases a ks health au thorities to
regulate th e chocolate drinks offered by
bottlers. A typical drink mad e by a n
Atlanta bottler is made from a syrup hase
composed of chocolate powder, powdered
milk, wa ter and granulated sugar. De·
mand fo r such a drink, retailing at a
nickel, is said to be tremendous.
Some bottler say the chocolate drink
has been adopted to meet th e competition
o~ the sin gl ~ flavor vendors placed by the
bIg compaJlles. The trend is taken as a
sign of th e comp etitive sit uation which
still hinges on th e wide placement of
single flavor bottle machines by the ma-
jors in th e field.
Ferrara Co. Official Passes
CHICAGO - A. Pagano , vice· president
and general manager of F errara Candy Co.
here, pa sed away Sept. 5. He was 47 years
old and had been with th e co mpany sin ce
1929. He is survived by his wife and four
children.
Mills Famous
Display Penny
(jum Vender
Dis p ensing De ntyne, Beema n's Peps in,
a nd Pe ppe rm int, Spe arm int and C in-
na mo n Chiclets.
Some Factory Reconditioned and
Guarante ed Available.
CHICAGO-One echo of the national
convention of candy manufacturers, held
here in June, is tha t the can dy industry has
discontinued its national advertising cam·
paign to boost th e use of candy to co n·
sum ers. But th e trade will continue to
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OCTO BER, 1949
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