Notification that the vending service provider was terminating its contract with the Philadelphia area public school set a reporter from Newsworks on an investigation about what is happening in school vending and why. The article discusses how local and federal regulations have impacted what is available in school vending machines, which has resulted in decreased usage and dropping commissions. The school only got one bid when it called for new vending machine service providers. Emily Refermat, editor of Automatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch.com is quoted in the article talking about how limiting the items in vending machines doesn't always keep students from buying them. However, school vending fills a need and will never go away completely. Refermat says it will evolve instead.
