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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!

Let’s Do Some Math On Vending!

If you are thinking about getting into the vending business, you need to start by doing some calculations. The greatest thing about becoming a vendor in your area is the flexibility of how involved you want to become. It is possible to be a part time vendor, or a full time vendor. In other words, you can be as small as you want or as big as you want! You are completely in control in how you run your vending business. You can have just one location with one vending machine, or you can service 500 locations with 750 vending machines. It’s all up to you.

It takes an average of 10 minutes to service a location. How many locations can you handle??? Let’s do the math!

If you have 10 locations to service on a weekly basis. You are looking at an average of 1 hour 40 minutes of actual work time. Look at the businesses that you will be servicing and calculate in the driving time and also time to get your vending supplies. On an average, you can run a nice size vending route for just a few hours of work each week!

The vending business is literally great for anyone to get involved. If you are looking to supplement your income, YOU CAN DO THIS! Sit down and draw out your plan! Give us a call and get ready to invest in a better future with unlimited return!

The Battle For Top Vending Machine Sales

What sells better? Canned drinks or bottled drinks?

Canned drinks are cheaper to invest in, and can be found virtually anywhere. A lot of times you can find really good sales within your local grocery stores or super chain markets. Tin cans are durable and are shaped perfectly for easy loading into a vending machine. The variety is also tremendous. Virtually every type of drink is offered in a can drink format. As a vendor, it’s very economical to stock and offer canned drinks to their customers through drink vending machines.

Bottles drinks are popular because they hold more product. This is especially more attractive to the consumer in the summer months when beverages are consumed in bigger quantities. The variety capabilities are there but it is a bigger investment for the vendor to keep bottled drinks in stock.

You are better off as a vendor to offer both canned drinks and bottled drinks in your vending machine. That way, you are pleasing every single person that stops in front of you vending storefront. When investing in vending machines, make sure your drink machines can handle a combination of both canned and bottled drinks!

What To Do Once I order a Vending Machine from Piranha?

Congratulations! You ordered a quality vending machine from Piranha. Now that you have received tracking information, you can go to the website of the freight forward company and estimate the arrival of your vending machine. There is not much to do to a vending machine to start using it, but you should prepare your space by doing the following recommendations:

You should always be present when the vending machine is being delivered by the trucking company. A document has to be signed once you receive your equipment in good condition. In the event that a damage has occurred during transit, you can choose to note the damage on the shipping document and accept it, or you can refuse the shipment. You should also give us a call immediately and we can help guide you in the steps to ensure another machine will be shipped out to you as quickly as possible.

Once you remove all the packaging material around the vending machine, and place it in the designated spot of your choice, you are ready to plug in the vending machine. It is necessary that you never put your vending machine up against the wall. Your machine will need to be slightly away from the wall to give the refrigeration unit room to circulate it’s air. You do not have to worry about this if you purchase a snack machine or a vending machine that does not have a refrigeration unit inside. Once the compressor starts to cool your machine, it might take up to 48 hours to fully cool your drinks initially. It will continue to monitor the temperature and work just like a refrigerator and keep drinks cool at the factory set temperature (recommended).

Your vending machine should automatically be up and running after it is plugged into a power source. You are ready to take the key and open up your machine. The only thing left to do is fill your machine with products of your choice and set your prices for those items. You may need to look in your manual to find steps on how to set prices but it is always a very simple process. You can also give us a call and we will go through those steps with you.

That’s it! Congratulations again on your new purchase! You own a piece of equipment that works for you and services the people in and around your business.

Springtime “Springs Up” Drink Sales

Good Vending Machine Habits

Let’s Do Some Math On Vending!

The Battle For Top Vending Machine Sales

What To Do Once I order a Vending Machine from Piranha?

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