Update: AVT Partner H.U.M.A.N. Healthy Vending Named "Top 100 Brilliant Companies of 2011"

Entrepreneur Magazine Selects the Best of the Best

AVT, Inc. (formerly Automated Vending Technologies) (Ticker: OTCQB: AVTC) (www.avtinconline.com), announced that their partner, H.U.M.A.N. Healthy Vending (www.healthyvending.com), was just named one of the Top 100 Brilliant Companies of 2011 by Entrepreneur Magazine.

H.U.M.A.N. Healthy Vending specializes in providing consumers with healthy and nutritious foods through vending machines placed in schools, hospitals and businesses in over 60 markets across North America. The company is the first healthy vending machine provider in the nation to feature remotely-controlled LCD screens that display nutritional information for items stocked in the machine.

H.U.M.A.N. has sold over 600 of these hi-tech healthy automated retailers to-date, and projections are to at least double that number over the next 12-months.

These state-of-the-art units feature touch screen LCDs, streaming video content, cashless payment systems, eco-friendly power devices, and attractive graphics.

The company says it is Helping Unite Mankind and Nutrition (H.U.M.A.N.) by placing premium healthy vending machines across the globe and giving 10% of their proceeds back to charitable causes that fight childhood obesity and malnutrition.

The June 2011 issue of Entrepreneur is now available at newsstands across the country.

For more information on AVT and their self-service retailing systems, customized vending solutions, and automated stores, visit AVT's Websites at www.avtinconline.com and www.autoretail.com. For more information on H.U.M.A.N. Healthy Vending and their customized healthy vending solutions, visit H.U.M.A.N.'s website at www.HealthyVending.com.

About AVT:

AVT, Inc. is a leading developer of automated and self-service retailing systems. AVT's stock is currently traded through the Pink OTC Markets, Ticker Symbol: OTCQB:AVTC.