Vendgogh Teams With Jones & Frank to Offer At-Pump Vending

CARY, N.C. -- Vendgogh LLC today entered into a strategic partnership with Jones & Frank, whereby the latter will market, sell and install Vendgogh's gas island vending solutions in 16 states from Maine to Florida. Vendgogh's gas island vending allows gas station customers to purchase a cold beverage right at the pump.

Vendgogh's vending systems are currently installed at Kangaroo Express stores, as well as Murphy Oil Corp. and Douglass Distributing gas stations in the southeastern United States.

"We are looking forward to working with Jones & Frank to reach all those retailers that would like to offer their gas-only customers a purchasing opportunity for a cold drink right on the gas island," said Mark Baric, CEO of Vendgogh.

Raleigh, N.C.-based Jones & Frank distributes Gilbarco Veeder-Root, VeriFone, Containment Solutions, OPW, Franklin Fueling, Highland Tank, Nupi and Vendgogh products. It is also a provider of repair and installation services to the fueling infrastructure industry.

"This new hardware allows convenience store owners the opportunity to generate additional revenue from their gas-only customers," said Sterling Baker, CEO of Jones & Frank. "Vendgogh offers a great new partnership for our company that builds on our [value-added] offering of hardware and software solutions for petroleum and convenience retailers.