There was an interesting competition recently, offering the winner the prize of a Marley Coffee Automated Store.

Sounds an interesting idea, doesn’t it?

The competition was run by AVT, Inc, a partner with Marley Coffee and was largely promoted on the social media site, Facebook.

How did participants enter the contest?

They were asked to write a short paper about how they would promote sustainability in their community.

Of course, sustainability is an excellent aim in business and is an important philosophy of Marley Coffee.

The prize is an automated Marley Coffee store.

What’s that?

AVT has developed the product, which creates a fresh high end coffee product at the touch of a button.

The company is a leader in automated retailing systems, such as kiosks and self-service stores.

One of the advantages of the system is that the entrepreneur has a low cost new business that generates profits ‘immediately.’

So who won?

Frank Pino of Phoenix.

As well as providing the award-winning essay, he has also won a trip to Jamaica, including a visit to the coffee farm of the Marley family.