Dan Ehlen has retired as of April 11, reports AVS Companies. Ehlen was a sales manager at the company’s office in Hartford, Wisconsin, and has been in the vending industry for more than three decades. “I’ve known Dan for more than 30 years and he’s always had an impeccable reputation,” said AVS President Vince Gumma. “We were fortunate to have him as part of our team for the last several years. He always took great care of his customers which in turn kept them coming back. I wish Dan the best of luck and much happiness in the future.” Added…
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AAMA recently partnered with Service First Processing to offer its members a credit card processing service designed to dramatically lower fees – potentially saving them thousands of dollars annually. “Early beta testing far exceeded the expectations we had when we were considering partnering with SFP to provide this member benefit,” said Tina Schwartz, AAMA’s business and finance manager. “SFP was able to show test-subject companies potential annual savings ranging from a low of $2,400 to a high of over $170,000 and that’s before any rebates. It’s almost a certainty any member that enrolls in this program will enjoy savings that will at…
Stanley’s Northeast Bar Room in Minneapolis has turned its upstairs space from a speakeasy into a game room. According to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, the business unveiled the Upstairs at Stanley’s concept last fall but has been adding games since then. The previous business upstairs was Al’s Place, a 1920s-themed speakeasy that opened in 2017 and closed at the start of the pandemic. Upstairs at Stanley’s has Golden Tee, Buck Hunter, dart boards, shuffleboard, gaming consoles, mini cornhole, ring toss and other games. Learn more at www.stanleysbarroom.com.
TrainerTainment’s Sales & Business Growth Conference will be held from April 26-28 at the Aloft Dallas Euless hotel. The company said the three-day event is “perfect for leaders and sales professionals who want to increase sales, motivate employees and grow personally and professionally.” TrainerTainment will also have a Birthday Pro Conference from Sept. 27-29. Learn more about both events and workshops, webinars and more at www.trainertainment.net.
The Beer Research Institute Taproom & Arcade, located in downtown Mesa, Arizona, opened April 8 but closed the following day due to plumbing issues. The 4,000-sq.-ft. venue reopened a few days later. According to Mouth by Southwest, the taproom features 40 classic arcade games, nine pinball machines and 16 beers and a cider on tap. The Beer Research Institute initially opened a brewpub in 2014. Learn more about the business at www.thebeerresearchinstitute.com.
Sacoa will be participating in three different trade shows simultaneously next week with different members of its expert teams. The company will be at IAAPA’s Latin American Summit (April 25-27 in Iguazu, Brazil), CinemaCon (April 26-28 in Las Vegas at booth #629J) and Interfun Expo (April 26-27 in Leeds, U.K., at booth #7). They’ll be showcasing their latest RFID technology, including the Spark card reader, as well as other cards and wristbands. Learn more at www.sacoacard.com.
The newly-founded FEC Financial Group LLC dubs itself the FEC industry’s “only dedicated merchant services provider.” You can learn more about the group at this week’s California Entertainment Machine Assn. event (April 22) and the Roller-Skating Expo from May 3-4. “With FEC Financial Group, I’m so happy to be able to merge several fields I’ve worked in over the last 25 years, including FECs, payments and software,” said Scott Heit, FEC/FIN’s founder and CEO. “We hope to take the FEC industry by storm with unparalleled service, lowest rates and seamless integrations.” While FEC Financial is a new entity, Heit’s team has a combined…
Sonic the Hedgehog 2, released in theaters April 8, set a new opening weekend record for video game movies, according to Comicbook. The movie took in more than $71 million, topping 2020’s first Sonic the Hedgehog film, which earned $58 million. That movie has the largest lifetime gross for a film, says Box Office Mojo, at nearly $149 million. However, this year’s Uncharted, released on Feb. 18, is at more than $145 million and may very well surpass the speedy hedgehog.
T-Mobile recently took Sprint modems offline, which Incredible Technologies said is affecting some Golden Tee, Silver Strike and PowerPutt games, meaning operators are losing out on revenue. IT says operators can hardwire any of their games into the location’s router via ethernet or Golden Tee 2020 games or newer can use one of a few specific wifi dongles to connect their games using wifi. The company’s customer service team is available to help get your games back online. Just call 847-870-7027. Operators can see games that have not connected to ITNET in the last 24 hours by clicking on the “View…
Speedy’s One Stop Repair Service is growing, the company says, recently noting that they’re now a part of Bandai Namco Amusement America. “This exciting change will give us direct access to thousands of OEM parts across all the hit titles Bandai Namco has released over the years,” the company wrote. “We also will continue to repair thousands of titles across other manufacturers and continue to stock the components to handle all your repair needs.” Learn more by emailing [email protected] or calling 630-238-2229.