A cup feed assembly comprising: a rotatable feeder disk assembly including a body with circumferential surface, said circumferential surface including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, said disk body first portion having a generally constant radius, said disk body second portion having a reducing radius, said disk body third portion being a pocket; and a cup locator defining a holding space; said cup feed assembly characterised by: a chute assembly including a generally arcuate, generally horizontal transfer chute, said transfer chute including an outer second side member, a first end and a second end, said transfer chute first end in communication with an outlet end of a feeder chute, said outer second side member at said transfer chute second end including a first biasing device; said feeder disk body being disposed in a generally horizontal plane and partially disposed in said transfer chute; said holding space being in communication with said transfer chute second end; wherein said feeder disk assembly is structured to move a cup disposed at said feeder chute outlet end through said transfer chute into said cup locator; and wherein said first biasing device is structured to maintain a cup in said holding space. a rotatable feeder disk assembly including a body with circumferential surface, said circumferential surface including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, said disk body first portion having a generally constant radius, said disk body second portion having a reducing radius, said disk body third portion being a pocket; and a cup locator defining a holding space; said cup feed assembly characterised by: a chute assembly including a generally arcuate, generally horizontal transfer chute, said transfer chute including an outer second side member, a first end and a second end, said transfer chute first end in communication with an outlet end of a feeder chute, said outer second side member at said transfer chute second end including a first biasing device; said feeder disk body being disposed in a generally horizontal plane and partially disposed in said transfer chute; said holding space being in communication with said transfer chute second end; wherein said feeder disk assembly is structured to move a cup disposed at said feeder chute outlet end through said transfer chute into said cup locator; and wherein said first biasing device is structured to maintain a cup in said holding space. a chute assembly including a generally arcuate, generally horizontal transfer chute, said transfer chute including an outer second side member, a first end and a second end, said transfer chute first end in communication with an outlet end of a feeder chute, said outer second side member at said transfer chute second end including a first biasing device; said feeder disk body being disposed in a generally horizontal plane and partially disposed in said transfer chute; said holding space being in communication with said transfer chute second end; wherein said feeder disk assembly is structured to move a cup disposed at said feeder chute outlet end through said transfer chute into said cup locator; and wherein said first biasing device is structured to maintain a cup in said holding space.