| 1958 |
Started in the vending business with cigarette machines in the Nanaimo area |
Milestones
Customer News |
| 1963 |
Placed cigarette machines on the Nanaimo Black Ball Ferry System (presently BC Ferries) |
| 1968 |
Purchased Little Vending in Victoria, B.C. |
| 1970 |
Invested in Video Entertainment Technology |
| 1971 |
Purchased E. A. Morris Company in Victoria, B.C. |
| 1973 |
Opened a regional branch office in Campbell River, B.C. |
| 1974 |
Sold Ryan Wholesale to Hudson Bay |
| 1977 |
Expanded video, snack and cigarette vending onboard BC Ferry vessels |
| 1983 |
Developed an in house, computerized vending management system |
| 1989 |
Robert M. Oughtred purchased business from W.T. and R. Oughtred. |
| 1991 |
Hired Glen Jackson as Sales Manager |
| 1996 |
Purchased Lewis Vending Machines Ltd. of Victoria and Nanaimo |
| 1998 |
Purchased Capital Vending of Victoria |
| 2000 |
Purchased Northern Gold Vending (South) |
| 2001 |
Implemented OMS logistics management system |
| 2002 |
Purchased Northern Gold Vending (North) |
| 2005 |
Invested in handheld vending management system MEI Easitrax |
| 2005 |
Successfully secured the vending contracts for the North Vancouver School District and UBC Okanagan |
| 2007 |
Purchased Pinetree Vending of Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 2008 |
Invested in Wireless Data Reporting |
| 2009 |
1st Vending company in Western Canada to offer Cashless Payment Technology |
2010Purchased Cyber City Vending of Nanaimo BC and Marrangos Vending of the Sunshine Coast Region of BC
