On-board catering in trains was suspended during the era of the pandemic, with a noted move towards vending options as society reopened. For example, in February 2023, Iarnród Éireann, or Irish Rail, announced its plans to move towards vending machines, and in November 2023, plans to instal vending machines on InterCity services were also announced.
In February 2024, Coca-Cola announced the proposed acquisition of BDS Vending Solutions, which will result in the leading player adding a reported 2,000 vending machines to its fleet. The approval of the acquisition by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in Ireland is currently pending and anticipated to be finalised in the forthcoming months.
Environmental awareness amongst Irish consumers has been on the rise and is expected to maintain its trajectory over the forecast period, fuelling investments in reverse-vending machines that offer consumers money or vouchers in return for plastic bottles and cans. This is connected to the Deposit Return Scheme which was launched in February 2024, and it is reported that major players (e.
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Vending (automatic merchandising) is the sale of products at an unattended point of sale through a machine operated by introducing coins, bank notes, payment cards, tokens or other means of cashless payment. Sales figures cover vended products only (i.e. food, drink and other consumable goods such as vended tobacco, sanitary products and condoms). Services such as the public telephone, launderette facilities, travel tickets, stamps, passport photographs, domestic energy supplies and business card creation are excluded. Coverage includes vending systems installed in public and semi-captive environments only. Hotels, transport networks, recreational centres, shopping centres/malls are included. Factories, offices, hospitals, prisons, schools and other captive environments are excluded.
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