Healthy Vending Machines? While filling our vending machines I would occasionally get asked by a customer at a location to include some healthier snacks. We would use granola bars, sesame snaps, and unsalted peanuts and even tried protein bars.

Unfortunately, healthier snacks cost more than traditional bars and chips and required we put a premium price on them. We always let the locations customers decide what went in our machines and let them vote with their wallet. Although locations would ask for healthier snacks we inevitably sold a greater percentage of traditional chips and bars. Usually to the point where we would only have 1-2 healthy items in a 48 selection snack machine. And those items were still the poorest seller. We were in the vending business to make money and therefore stocked products that sold.

Healthy Vending Machines?
I'm sure we'll see more healthy food selections in vending machines when the population starts to choose them over chocolate and chips as an impulse buy.

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- Rob Farnham (author of "Small Change, Vending Insider Secrets Revealed")
An actual owner/operator of a full line, full time vending business for many years!

Readers Comments Uncle Rob My wife and I definitely think we received much more than $20 worth of advice. You probably saved us more like $10000. We attended a biz-op expo and were quite excited by one opportunity by an apparently well-known company (with a claimed 4000 "distributors"). We decided to look into the business and industry a bit more closely before attending a one-on-one the following night, which would have had us spending $15000 for two combo dispensers (and some "coaching"). It's amazing how much "information" is out there, most of it disagreeing with every other source. Every vending manufacturer/rep has a different story, 180 degrees out of phase with their competitors! I could go on, but I'm sure you know better than me how the business works. We still think it's a great business to get into given our circumstances and will pay close attention to your guidelines. Thanks again for the inside scoop! Best regards, Tom and Grace Russell ..(email on file)

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Today's Vending Business Tip Don't limit your snack machines products to just snacks! We did well with putting "other" products in based on taking a broader look at the location. For example, toothbrushes (hotel), laundry soap (trucking company), baseball cards (apartment complex), and other personal toiletries. Be creative!

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