Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)

HIGHLIGHTS OF NAC CLINICS Continued from preceding page AUTOMATIC VENDING Total sales from vending machines will be above $3 billion this year and by the end of this decade it is estimated that sales may approach $7 billion. One billion dollars worth of cigarets are sold annually through vending machines. (This represents 17 per cent of all cigaret sales and should be $2.5 billion or 25 per cent of all cigaret sales within this decade.) Approximately $700 million in candy sales are vended annually, or 21 per cent of all candy sales, with a projection of $1.5 billion and 30 per cent of all sales within ten years. Soft drink sales through vending machines now have reached 765 million, in excess of 20 per cent of all soft drinks sold, with a projection of iy2 billion or 30 per cent of sales by the early 1970s. Vending machine coffee sales now total 250,000,000 and should soon be 500,000,000. Vending is still young, still growing. It is and will continue to be an important factor in the snack feeding of theatregoers. We believe that its opportunities for service to your industry are virtually limitless. — Patrick L. O’Malley, president, Automatic Canteen Corp. of America, Chicago. For information about products described editorially or in advertising in this issue use Readers' Service Bureau coupon, page 19. NOW! END COFFEE WASTE Save money. No stale or left-over coffee when your coffeemaster is an E-Z WAY automatic. Coffee's fresh, hot and ready all the time. Get the facts — write now: STEEL PRODUCTS CO. 40 8th Ave., S.W. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Life Memberships to Okun Charles Okun, New York, who retired in October as vicepresident and theatre and amusement executive of The Coca-Cola Co., was given two signal honors by groups which he has long served. He was voted an honorary life membership in the National Ass’n of Concessionaires and presentation of the honorary life card was made by Bert Nathan, a past-president of NAC, at the organization’s annual business meeting in New York City on October 30. “We are delighted to have Mr. Okun with us,” said Nathan. “He has been for years a powerful force in raising the dignity of the concessionaire in the public mind and we are confident he will continue in that role for many years.” Earlier, Okun was presented a gold statuette and life membership in the Allied Theatre Owners of New York State for his contributions to the theatre industry. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Okun joined the fountain sales department of CocaCola as a salesman in the Bronx in 1924. He has been active in charitable work, particularly in Variety Club projects. Charles Okun New Members for NAC Eight new members recently joined the National Ass’n of Concessionaires. Those joining the concessionaire segment are: O. H. Reesman, Frontier Theatres, Inc., Dallas; Bill Beutler, Kit Carson Drive-In, Taos, N.M.; Anthony Mirelli, Skatehaven, Memphis, Tenn.; Joseph Pietroforte, Sero Amusement Co., Los Angeles; and J. S. BIG PROFITS $$$ BIG PROFITS $$$ BIG PROFITS $$$ BIG PROFITS CANDI-MAT® ro o ~o zxo o CL0°™ APPLE COOKER i A The new CANDI-MAT is the most modern equipment available for the coating of red candied apples. This unit is finely engineered to eliminate the need for thermometers and to remove the human element . . . thus eliminating errors in judgment and lost mix, due to improper handling. CANDI-MAT is built of stainless steel and aluminum with fibreglass insulation. CANDI-MAT allows the operator to make delicious red candied apples ... without mess... without fuss . . . and without guesswork. SUPURDISPLAY, Inc. 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Unfair Taxation a Threat To the Vending Industry Richard Funk, legislative counsel of the National Automatic Merchandising Ass’n of Chicago, warned concessionaires at the recent convention of the National Ass’n of Concessionaires that some states are sponsoring taxation “that is unfair to the vending industry.” Funk criticized the policy of taxing each vending machine. “This kind of taxation is a constant threat to the vending industry,” said Funk. “Constant vigilance must keep the vending industry free from this unbearable burden.” Funk said that some states would outlaw the use of cigaret vending machines on the grounds that they make cigarets available to minors. 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