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Gellman Associates

GELLMAN ASSOCIATES is a specialized Manufacturer’s Representative in food products and food service equipment providing in depth representation to Convenience Stores, Vending, Micro Marts, Office Coffee Service and Mobile Caterers covering New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.  Gellman Associates furnishes distributor support, along with direct sales, for the manufacturers we represent.  We take an active role in all regional and national trade associations.

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David Gellman

 DAVID GELLMAN has been actively involved in the vending industry since 1968.  He was the founding President of the National Vend Brokers Association in 1977 and served as President of the Association again in 1997 and 1998.   In 1995 David won the “Supplier of the Year” award from the Keystone Coffee Association.  He was inducted into the National Beverage Products Association “Hall of Fame” in 1997. 

 David has served on the Broker Advisory Boards for many of the companies we represent. He has also served on the VSA Broker Advisory Board. David previously served  on the Board of Directors for the Keystone Coffee Association.

David completed a two- year term as President of the Pennsylvania Automatic Merchandising Council (now name changed to Tri-State Automatic Merchandising Council). He also served on NAMA’s Broker Advisory Board.  At the request of NAMA, David was a guest lecturer in October of 2000 at Michigan State University’s School of Hospitality.  David was also named Allied Member of the Year-Vending of the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) for 2004. David has served on the Broker Advisory Boards for many of the companies we represent. He has also served on the VSA Broker Advisory Board. David previously served  on the Board of Directors for the Keystone Coffee Association.

David was named Program Chairman for NAMA’s first powerful new Coffee Summit (now known as Coffee, Tea and Water) held in Philadelphia in February 2008. The event was a tremendous success with over 400 attendees. David was named 2008 Broker of the Year by Automatic Merchandiser Magazine 
David directly manages the vend distributors in the metropolitan Philadelphia market and oversees

the distributors in Maryland, Virginia, Northern New Jersey, Metropolitan New York and Long Island.

In addition to having customer responsibility he also oversees all administrative activities.

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Achievement Awards

  • 2016 - NAMA - inducted to the Coffee Hall of Fame

  • 2010 - Everpure- 2009 Broker of the Year Coffee and Office Water Everpure 2009 One Million Dollar Club

  • 2009 - Automatic Merchandiser Broker of the Year

  • 2008 - Chairman of NAMA Coffee Summit

  • 2004  - National Automatic Merchandising Association Allied Member of the Year – Vending

  • 2002  - White Castle Broker of the Year

  • 2001  - Florida’s Natural Growers - #1 Growth Branded Sales

                    Florida’s Natural Growers – 100% Sales vs. Quota
                    White Castle – Vending Eastern Broker of the Year

  • 2000   - Poore Brothers – Eastern Division “Broker of the Year”

                     Squeek’N Clean Products -  “Broker of the Year”
                     Florida’s Natural – “Most Improved Territory”

  • 1999   - International Home Foods – “Vending Broker of the Year”

                                    Adams Group – Northeast Region “Broker of the Year”

  • 1996  -Adams Group – “Broker of the Year"

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 Trade Association Membership 

  • National Automatic Merchandising

  • Association Maryland/DC Vending Association

  • Tri State (PA, NJ DE) Automatic Merchandising Association

  •  Virginia Automatic Merchandising Association

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