Enter your product for our 2025 Readers' Choice New Products of the Year Awards
Automatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch.com are calling for nominations for our annual Readers' Choice New Products of the Year (POTY) Awards.
The 2025 POTY Awards recognize new products and equipment for vending, micro market or office coffee service (OCS) that were introduced in 2024. Product entries for the awards program will be accepted until Jan. 6, 2025.
Products launched in 2024 are eligible. To enter, suppliers and manufacturers should submit:
- A high-resolution product photo (minimum of 900 x 900 pixels, but larger is better)
- A description that includes
- The product launch month/year
- Product category (select below)
- 150-word product description
- Include this subject line when emailing the submission: POTY 2025 submission | Company Name
Send all materials to [email protected] no later than Jan. 6, 2025.
Product categories for 2025's competition:
- Salted Snack
- Healthy Convenience
- Protein or Meat Snack
- Cookie and Pastry
- Candy
- Ice Cream and Frozen Treats
- Fresh Food
- Frozen Food
- Breakfast
- Cold Beverage
- Energy Drinks
- Cold Brew
- Coffee, Tea and Hot Beverages
- Eco-Friendly OCS Products
- OCS Equipment and Systems
- Equipment
- Technology
- Micro Market Solutions
- AI/Robotics/Unattended Retail
- Security and Theft Prevention
Once nominations are received, readers will have a chance to cast a vote for their best-selling new offerings. Voting details will be announced in January.
If you have any questions, please contact Editor-in-Chief Linda Becker at [email protected].
Click here to see last year's Readers' Choice winners.
Linda Becker | Editor-in-Chief
Linda Becker is editor-in-chief of Automatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch.com. She has more than 20 years of experience in B2B publishing, writing, editing and producing content for magazines, websites, webinars, podcasts, newsletters and eBooks, primarily for manufacturing and process engineering audiences. Since joining Automatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch.com, Linda has developed a new appreciation for the convenience services industry and the essential role it plays. She is dedicated to serving readers by covering the latest news in the vending, office coffee service and micro market industry. She can be reached at 262-203-9924 or [email protected].