About

Sam Gianino: Owner Operator

In 1974 I started a small vending bussiness serving the Saint Louis metro area, back then it was a different type of bussiness than it is today, we operated mainly pull knob candy machines and placed them in factories and gas stations back then gas stations did not have conveneince stores inside, they mainly worked on your automobille, oil tires, bateries, tune ups etc., they called in vending companies to supply for their customers while they wated, as time moved on so did the gas stations and the vending machines while the gas stations turned into conveneince stores the vending machines also turned into conveneince stores, with the invention of the first glass front snack machine it changed everything for vending, we could now sell candy, chips, cookies, pastries all out of one machine, the next big change was the invention of the dollar bill validator we could sell you product and give you change back, today we have machines with robots in them that retreive your product for you, we have machines that except credit and debit cards, we have machines that will take twenty dollar bills and give you back your change in curency and coin, and YES we have machines that have GURANTEED product delivery,. For mysrlf I feel very fortunate to be associated in an industry that has adapted and changed with the times and I also have been fortunate enough to form some realy great customer freindships over the years back in about 2001, I started placing ice cream machines all around town and developed a great relationship with North Star Distributing for ice cream Vending Machines and with

Good Humor, Breyers, Popscicle, Klondike, Ben & Jerry's they offered me a local distribution teritory and I became a Direct wholesale distributor for them  maintaining there National accounts for this area with D.S.D as that bussiness has grown over the years we now offer good humor breyers, klondyke, ben & Jerrys, popscicle, star bucks ice cream,

In 2009 we became a dippin dot franchisee and now have added dippin dots to our vending and distribution chanels, I look forward to the future and i am very excited about our newest addition a 16 foot mobil concession trailer to serve large events. with my companie what you get is a localy owned and family operated bussiness that beleives the customer comes first and we realy want to be your first choice for all your full line  vending, ice cream, and concession needs.

sincerly

Sam Gianino

King Refreshment is a proud member of N.A.M.A.

The National Automatic Merchanising Association