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National Management Network was founded to assist our client companies in making more efficient and effective decisions regarding the refreshment services, ( vending, cafeteria, and coffee services ), that they are utilizing to serve their employees and/or customers. Any type of business or industry that utilizes refreshment services can benefit from National Management Network's representation of their interests. National Management Network is an Illinois corporation serving our national corporate clients since 1988. Our presence in diverse markets throughout the United States ensures that our approach to your Vending Management Program never becomes insular. National Management Network is a privately held contract consulting and management company; concentrating our efforts to the Vending Machine and Food & Beverage Industries. We offer a broad range of resources and expertise to public and private businesses and organizations. Our Strategic-Sourcing and relationship management strategy is to apply only proven systems and procedures to the unique requirements of our clients. These specialized techniques combine ethical vendor negotiations, rigorous auditing and cash accountability. All with a continous focus toward maximizing customer satisfaction and revenues earned by our client's individual locations system wide. Our management team and support staff have decades of specialized operations backgrounds and supervisory experience encompassing the Vending Machine and Food & Beverage industries. These industry knowledgeable team members stay informed to the latest industry developments and trends utilizing a variety of resources, ( i.e., trade shows, industry publications, training classes, continous communications with equipment and product manufacturers, etc. ); and National Management Network is a long time member of the National Automated Merchandisers Association ( NAMA ). Every individual employee in National Management Network shares a responsibility to uphold our standards and to conduct our business in a professional, safe, ethical and responsible manner. This is without exception and without compromise. As a service company, our people are key to the success of our business. We respect and value the individuality and diversity that every employee brings to the business and seek to create a positive, open, working environment. We are passionate about delivering superior quality, service and choice to our clients and customers: our reputation and the loyalty of our clients and customers depend upon it. We seek to establish mutually beneficial relationships with all our suppliers and encourage them to match our high standards in respect of quality, food safety, working conditions, trading practices and environmental protection.

Lang Ice Company was founded in 1920 by Henry Lang, Sr., who purchased a door-to-door ice route and developed it into one of the major ice manufacturing and coal distribution companies in Chicago. The original location, 5210 S. Wentworth Avenue, was in what is now the path of the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago's south side. In 1937 Lang Coal Company was founded at 95th Street and Vincennes Avenue. Although the coal business ended in 1970, the site at the Rock Island Railroad crossing is a well-known south side landmark. During the 1940's Mr. Lang, Sr., was the Chicago distributor for Falstaff Beer on Chicago's south side. In addition, he operated a lumber yard and coal company in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. The current companies' operations consist of ice manufacturing, sales and distribution from the main plant at 3600 W. 59th St. in Chicago. The operations were originally organized into two separate corporations: Acme Ice Company, which primarily produced the ice at the main facility and Lang Ice company, which sold and distributed ice. Both were incorporated in 1932 in Illinois and later combined and incorporated as one company (Lang Ice Company) when Paul Lang purchased the ownership interest from other Family members in May of 2000. In 1995 Lang Ice Company acquired substantially all of the assets and business of New City Ice Company of East Chicago, Indiana, and later a major % of Crystal Clear Ice Company and the Aurora Ice Company. These acquisitions were made primarily for long-term strategic reasons and to expand the company's operations into northern Indiana. Ice making operations have been discontinued at the East Chicago facility, and it now is used only as a warehouse location and distribution center. This facility is furnished with ice supplied from the main facility at W. 59th Street. Lang Ice Company continues to be a family owned and operated business with 90 years of history. I am proud of our more than 50 employees in season, modern refrigerated ice making facility and truck fleet. We will continue to serve our customers with quality products, prompt service and fair prices.

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