Combo Vending for sale! Snack and Drink Combo vending machine has 16 snack selections and 7 drink selections. It is completely electronic model and has bill and change acceptor built in. Also credit card reader ready. Give Piranha a call for more details.
April 2011 Special
Purchase a vending machine (any model) from Piranha between 4/1/2011-4/30/2011, and we will make a donation to the Red Cross for Japan tsunami relief. Purchase is necessary. You will receive a notification for your participation after your purchase!
Prepare Your Vendor For Summer!
It’s hard to make your Vendor exciting sometimes, especially if you are a longtime Vendor to a business. Here are a few simple tips that involves minimal cost to make your Vendor exciting again to your loyal customers!
Upgrade your vending machine by adding LED light strips. This is a simple way to illuminate your glass front Vendor and make it attractive to the eye. A typical life for LED light strip is right around 100,000 hours and they are pre-wired for easy installation. This is a cost-effective way to instantly brighten up your selling space.
Make your Vendor MDB by putting a compatible, newer bill validator and coin changer. Wipe down your parts so they can work efficiently when they accept dollars and coins. Having clean equipment that are free from dust and particles will eliminate the bills from getting stuck.
Give your vending machine a whole new look by wrapping it with artwork! Take a look at a sample we just recently did for a customer! You can design your vendor to look like anything you want to attract more sale traffic!
If your vending machine has a live display area, make sure it is clean and attractive and the label is faced correctly. Remember, nobody likes to buy drinks or snacks out of a dirty vending machine! You want to make sure your sample displays are clean and shiny!
Change up some products in your vending machine. Take out items that are not selling. Ask around the office and find out what your customers would rather see in your Vendor. Try and accommodate your customers as much as possible and you will see your sales jump this summer.
Springtime “Springs Up” Drink Sales
Spring is right around the corner. Plants are coming alive and people are coming out of winter’s deep chill. It’s the perfect time for Vendors to rev up drink sales! Warmer, sunnier days definitely make people want to drink more. Vendors should start looking at the types of drinks that are offered in their vending machines and make some changes to ensure more sales in the coming warmer months. Here are a few tips to entice more drink sales…
Change up your drink selections. Besides the few absolute must-have items in your drink selection (most places have to have Coke/Pepsi etc) take everything else out of your machine. Go around the business and ask for suggestions of new drink items they would like to see in the vending machine. Not only will you build a better relationship with your business location by doing this, you will also show them that you care about their needs and that you are trying to customize the selections to fit their requests. Replace with fresh selections of ice teas, energy drinks, juices, lemon/lime sodas, coffee drinks. If the business location had apple juice as a selection all winter, suggest and replace it with a different kind of juice like grape or orange to keep your customer interested. If there was already a coffee drink selection, go for a different flavor and mix it up with variety for your customer. They will feel like they just got a brand new vending machine with all new choices inside. Before you leave your vendor, make sure you also give it a “spring cleaning” by wiping it down inside and out.
That’s it! Your vending machine is ready to receive all the extra sales. By doing all this, you will ensure higher sales and will be totally ready for the upcoming warmer months.
Good Vending Machine Habits
Once a vendor secures a profitable location, a special relationship starts between the vendor and the business where the vending machine is located. It is up to the vendor to provide quality, consistant service to keep all the potential vending machine users happy for years to come. Here are a few tips for the vendor to build that special relationship!
Make sure you visit your location at least once a week. You want to be consistant with this especially in the beginning of building a relationship with your location. You want them to feel that you are around to ensure that your equipment operates properly every single day.
Take a few minutes to talk to the people that work at your location. Ask them what they would like to see in your vending machine. Make sure someone in that business knows your name and contact information. They need to feel comfortable with their vending person. Building that personal relationship will help them feel confident in purchasing food and drink products from your vending machine.
Always keep your vending machine equipment clean. Wipe down the entire machine before you walk away from it. Your vending machine is your store. It needs to look clean and attractive so it can sell food and drink products for you 24/7.
Being a vendor is so easy that anyone can do it! It’s has been a strong industry for so many decades. Don’t hesitate to look into this business…contact Piranha and get all the secrets to a successful future!