All About The Vending Business

I get asked how do you get started in the vending business a lot. Before I can answer that question they usually go onto say…. vending seems like such a great business to start. Taking money out of a machine a couple of times a week… it would be just like having your own money [...]

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 Just got an email from a Direct Capital, a lending company that we have done business with in the past. They included a eBook entitled “360 Degree View of the Equipment Financing Process”. I enjoyed the read, I thought that it may be of interest to you too. You can read it here….. allaboutthevendingbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/overview-of-financing-process.pdf This eBook is [...]

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Having a vending machine route, the question that we get asked the most is… how do you get started in the vending business? We usually hold back a chuckle and say, “if we only knew then what we know now.” The only side of vending that most people see is being surrounded by junk food [...]

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Source: NAMA | Released March 22, 2011 (3/29/2011) Special Deals, Exclusive Prizes are Added Incentives for Vending Operators to Attend CHICAGO, IL — March 22 – The National Automatic Merchandising Association’s (NAMA) OneShow, coming this April to Chicago, will be three days of jam-packed networking, learning and buying opportunities for vending, coffee service and foodservice [...]

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Our first introduction to the vending machine business was from a notice that we got in the paper about a Vending Seminar.  It was being held about an hour away in Allen Park, Michigan. We were there along with about 200 other people. They had all sorts of vending machines on display. The presenters gave [...]

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Do you have bugs in your machines? The creepy crawly kind?  Ants can be a real problem. How many times have you put out ant traps? Many times this cannot be avoided…. If the machines are placed somewhere there are bugs to begin with some will most likely end up in your vending machine. I [...]

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I look at Twitter as a mini blog… small thoughts only are allowed. Since your limited to just 140 characters for each tweet you have to make it short and sweet. Some people use Twitter as a way to direct people to their blog, there they can be as long winded as they want. A [...]

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The bank that we have done business with for over 30 years has just implemented a new policy. There are now charging us to deposit money. Does that sound right to you? We use to be able to take our coins and wrapped paper money into them, they would run the coin through their coin [...]

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I have just become a member of VENDiscuss Forums. I must tell you I have been really getting an education about the vending business. Forums are great for sharing ideas and information. Some of these people are bulk vendors others are full line vendors and some do both. There are people looking for parts, looking [...]

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Chocolate melts in the summer and soda freezes in the winter. Depending upon where you are located the weather may play a big role in your vending business. we are located in Michigan, our chocolate melts in the summers if we do not use ice chests and ice packs. Our soda freezes in the winter [...]

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