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Topic: Vending Coffee
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When we expanded into vending coffee we had already established a route of snack and soda/beverage machines. It only made sense to add coffee to some of our locations.
The best part of the vending coffee is your markup. Coffee had the highest profit of all the various types of vending we did. The downside of the vending coffee is that these automated machines require constant maintenance and cleaning. We owned many brands of machines and they all worked well if meticulously maintained. But, if we slacked on the cleaning or upkeep we had nothing but problems.
One more reality of the vending coffee: "No 2 customers will ever agree on the type, strength or temperature of their coffee". Make sure you offer the widest selection of cup sizes and choices in a reliable machine. Although the best new coffee vending machines are VERY expensive, a great location and a high profit margin can make for a terrific addition to any vending business.
Vending coffee is a highly profitable, high maintenance business.
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An actual owner/operator of a full line, full time vending business for many years!
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Make sure that a location is aware you want to be their vending solution. We once walked into a snack/pop location we had serviced for years only to find a full size coffee machine right beside our equipment. When we asked why they didn't ask us to put a full size coffee machine in, they said, "Oh!, we didn't know you do coffee too!". (A costly mistake for us)
Current coffee news;
Gourmet coffee quest goes right to the source (Houston Chronicle)
A growing number of small-scale, high-end coffee roasters are going straight to the farmer's gate to find "single origin" beans that will dazzle picky customers' palates.Worldwide coffee break helps promote fair trade (Lawrence Journal-World)
On a chilly Saturday, a Lawrence couple were warming up with a mug of fair trade coffee at Watson Park.Coffee grounds find other uses around home (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Do you love a good cup of coffee? More than 50 percent of Americans drink it every day. But what about the leftover grounds? We did a little research and found several ways you can reuse coffee grounds in and around your home. Clean kitchen drains - Boil about 6 cups of water. Pour a half of cup of used coffee grounds down the drain, followed by the hot water.Coffee eliminates host Jenkins (Savannah Morning News)
The Jenkins baseball team tried to keep Coffee off the basepaths. The Warriors tried to neutralize Coffee's big slugger, Corey Davis.
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