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Suggested Shelf Life for Popular Vending Items

expiration-dateVendors need to pay attention to expiration dates of products that are sold.  The following are suggested shelf life for the most popular vending items.  You should always follow expiration or sell-by dates printed on the products that you purchase.  If you have a vending question, ask us about it here!

 

 

 

Chocolate Candy 9-12 Months
Sugary Candy (ie: runts, Mike & Ikes, Skittles, Hot Tomales) 18 Months
Gumballs 18 Months
Licorice 6-9 Months
Nuts 6-10 Months
Chips 2-3 Months
Pop Tarts 5-7 Months
Granola Bars 6-8 Months
Bottled Diet or Non-Diet Soda 3-4 Months
Canned Diet Soda Soda 3-4 Months
Canned Non-Diet Soda 9-12 Months
Gatorade or other Sugar Sugary Juice Drinks 9-12 Months
Bottled Water 10 Years

Piranha Founder Bio

Curt Briguglio is the founder of Piranha, LLC, a company that provides high quality vending machines and introduces everyday people to become new business owners.  Curt has been in the vending machine industry for over 14 years.  He has personally worked with hundreds of individuals all over the U.S. and Canada in developing individual vending routes, installing vending machines, working with business locations, and many other innovative aspects of this business.

Curt, “I have worked with manufacturing companies on designs of snack and drink vending machines, bulk candy machines, and even coffee and frozen food vending machines.  I have also personally developed vending routes and serviced local businesses.  There isn’t anything I haven’t done in this industy and I have been successful at it all!  And now I’m ready to share all my trade secrets to the public.”

Learn Curt’s simple formula to create an income in the vending business.  Discover the simple secrets to a time-tested system that you can build a solid business with.  Invest in your own future!

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How To Set The Right Price For Your Snack/Drink Vending Machine

There are so many different varieties of products to vend out of a vending machine.  And with a great vending machine from Piranha, you can really amp up the variety in your unit!  Once you go to your discount store to get your products, how do you set the proper price to make a profit AND keep prices reasonable?

Take your items and find out the individual cost.  Average wholesale cost for snack items can range from $0.15-$0.75 and drink items can range from $0.25-$1.00.  Basically, you want to take the price you pay for your item, and multiply by 2.  Usually, that equates to a fair price to operate your business and provide your services for that location.  There’s really not any formula or exact equation to set your prices.  You can adjust them however you like.  But this would be the general rule.

You can also make things simple by grouping similar items and setting prices according to type of item.   For example, all chips $0.75, all candy bars $0.95, all can sodas $0.75, etc.  There’s always exceptions for specialty items that will need to be adjusted.  Healthy food items tend to cost more to purchase; therefore those items need to have higher prices to compensate.

Combo Vending Machine For Sale

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.

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Piranha, LLC
50601 Central Industrial Drive
Shelby Township, Michigan 48315, USA

Email: piranhamfg@gmail.com

Phone: 800-764-8245 * 586-997-1212

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