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How to choose your category for the Readers’ Choice Product of the Year Awards
Enter your product in the category that best reflects its primary use in convenience services operations.
- Convenience foods: Packaged or prepared foods sold through vending, micro markets or other unattended retail channels.
- Breakfast
- Candy and confections
- Bakery, cookies and sweet snacks
- Fresh food
- Frozen meals and handhelds
- Frozen treats and novelties
- Healthy and better-for-you snacks
- Protein or meat snacks
- Salty snacks
- Beverages: Packaged drinks sold in vending machines, coolers or micro markets.
- Cold beverages (examples: soda, juice, RTD tea and coffee)
- Energy drinks
- Functional beverages (examples: probiotic drinks, protein beverages, vitamin-enhanced drinks and other wellness-focused beverages)
- Hot beverages
- Water and hydration products (examples: beverages, powders and mix-ins)
- OCS and water: Products designed specifically for office coffee service or workplace hydration programs, including brewers, water systems and beverage ingredients such as creamers and syrups.
- Brewing equipment
- Water and ice systems
- OCS beverage consumables (examples: creamers, flavor syrups, beverage concentrates, drink bases, etc.)
- OCS service consumables (examples: cups, stirrers, sleeves, etc.)
- Equipment: Physical retail hardware installed in locations, including vending machines, smart coolers, micro market fixtures and autonomous retail units.
- Vending equipment
- Smart coolers, smart stores and autonomous retail units (examples: smart coolers/markets, autonomous smart stores, grab-and-go)
- Micro market hardware and fixtures
- AI-enabled equipment and robotics
- Security and loss-prevention hardware
- Technology: Software platforms or digital systems used to operate and manage convenience services businesses.
- Pre-kitting, delivery and restocking tools
- Fixtures, racks and display systems
- Sanitation, cleaning and maintenance tools
- Merchandising and customer experience tools
- Tools and accessories: Operational tools and physical accessories that support delivery, merchandising, sanitation and day-to-day operations.
- Payment technology (examples: Cashless payment systems, mobile payment platforms, credit card readers, bill validators and related payment hardware and software)
- Operations optimization (examples: Software for route management and/or inventory management, logistics, operational efficiency)
- Remote monitoring and machine diagnostics (examples: Telemetry applications that track machine performance, inventory levels and service needs)
- Asset tracking and service management technology (examples: Track equipment, monitor service schedules, manage field operations)
- Warehouse and inventory management systems (examples: Manage warehouse operations, product storage, pre-kitting and inventory workflows)
- Business development: Services and platforms that help operators grow their business, generate leads or strengthen customer engagement.
- AI sales and sales enablement
- Web design, hosting and administration
- Telemarketing and appointment setting
- Lead generation services
- Loyalty, rewards and customer engagement programs
Program Questions? Comments? Contact Editor-in-Chief Linda Becker at lbecker@endeavorb2b.com
Technical Questions on your application or application platform? awards@endeavorb2b.com