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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 Vending Introduces New Combo Vending Machine

The sleek design of the VC730 combo vending machine is perfect for any business location. This vending machine packs plenty of selection and useful technology in a vendor that takes up very little foot print space.

The VC730 combo offer consumers 16 different snack selections and 7 different drink selections. It has a total capacity of 164 snack items and 100 drink items – plenty for any small to medium size business location. The glass front and live display ensure a clear and attractive view of all the items that are for sale in the vendor.

This newest combo vending machine offered by Piranha Vending also has the latest technology built right in the unit. Reliable refrigeration will make sure the vending machine lasts. Attached bill reader will accept $1’s, $5’s, even $10’s with ease. Coin changer automatically gives change back to consumer no matter what price the items are, and is MDB compatible. The best feature on this machine is that it is already credit cad reader ready. All these features makes the VC730 combo vending machine versatile and ready to sell any item for you.

Give one of our representatives here at Piranha Vending a call and ask about our newest featured combo vending machine.

Vending Machine Uses Facial Recognition

A Japanese Company has manufactured a vending machine that uses facial recignition to recommend a drink for the person standing in front of it. There is already a working model placed at a Tokyo train station and more are projected to be placed in Japan.

There are sensors in the machine that detects a persons gender and age. Going through a computer system, it will make a recommendation for what type of beverage that person is most likely to enjoy. A data that includes suggested products for certain type of person in addition to the temperature of the environment and time of day will ensure a sale and a happy customer!

Product Delivery Success

Have you ever had a bag of chips not fall during your vending machine purchase? With the recent advent of new technology, vending machines can ensure that your product fall or the machine will refund your money back. This is called ultra-vend technology.

Ultra vend technology works by infra red beams of light that criss crosses over the drop product bin. If the product does not drop and pass through the infra red sensor, then the machine will know it has not successfully dropped the product. Within the 10-12 second time frame, the computer will give a credit to the customer and ask to make another selection. There is no fail-proof system that ensures every product drop in a vending machine but this new technology helps ensure that the customer will walk away with their purchase.

This design is crucial for today’s vendors. It helps with keeping the customers and locations happy and complaint-free.



Junk food vs. Health food. Which sells better?

There is a huge health food craze happening. Everyone tries to be concious about healthy eating. It’s becoming a national trend. Vendors all across the country are capitalizing on that trend by providing healthier snacks and drinks to be competitive to the changing tastes of the consumers.

Food manufacturers are increasing the varities of healthy foods in addition to the typical candy bars and bag of chips. Companies like Nabisco came out with perfect 100 calorie snack packs for just about any type of snack they offer. Those items are perfect for a vending machine and offers the consumer both a healthy snack and convenience on the go.   Zero calorie drinks are available and range from flavored water to energy drinks to sodas and juices.

Of course, there’s still a percentage of consumers that stick with the basics of snacking on a Snickers bar and a Pepsi during their work break. That’s why vending machines are so perfect for places that have to accommodate both junk food lovers and health enthusiasts. You can have items from both spectrums. The great thing about vending machines is that you have both junk foods and health foods inside one machine. You can literally have everything available for a consumer and they can choose when they step in front of your vendor.

The reality is, a person goes up to a vending machine to make an impulse purchase. The average will purchase junk food before they think logically and pick healthy food. You will almost always sell more junk food then health food. The best bet would be to only carry one or two health food items and that will accommodate everyone.

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