Last week was a wild week for the vending machine business. I have to double up my energy levels and quickly setup products for the new locations that I secured. This seems to be a promising location since there are… Continue Reading
I have a combo vending machine in the vicinity of E Hastings inside a secured apartment complex. I used to have several during that a time when my cortisol hormone levels are always at its peak! I always sleep in… Continue Reading
I was going about my rounds as usual here in Vancouver, BC. I was in the east part of town and usually I have to be quick to get around. I always see many shattered bits of car windows on… Continue Reading
I was always driving in Vancouver around town especially in west side and east side downtown which im very accustomed. I went to a location which is 24 hours a day and some people are asking if I can install… Continue Reading
I still have a few more machines that i need to change the locks on them. The reason for the changing of locks is that my work van which i have mentioned on the previous posts that it was… Continue Reading
In this vending machine business you always have to keep on top of things. I just getting back to momentum on having the working mindset. I visited my locations which i have not serviced for more than a month. I… Continue Reading
I remember when i was doing my vending business during the early days, i make sure that all my vending keys and collections for the day is secured when i get home. It was a standard procedure for me and… Continue Reading
Do you have existing vending machine locations that you need to boost sales ? How do you determine which locations that is deserving to have a debit credit card reader? Is your vending machine a contender that needs to be… Continue Reading
Why the Orange Vending machines did not take off here in Vancouver, BC. During the 2015 introduction it made headlines and was an instant hit. I’ll take you by the hand to see an in depth story from a vending… Continue Reading
I was astounded that one of my machines had an attempted vending machine robbery. I have a public location which i visit around once a month. This location was very notorious for vandalism and theft. I have around four machines… Continue Reading
I have a location that needs constant visits since it is located in a community center. I always receive calls from the staff saying that the machine is always jammed and needed my attention. Whenever i go to the location,… Continue Reading
Seems like the rainy days are more frequent now here in Vancouver, BC. There are so a good deal of news that people are getting sick of flu. Well yesterday i was in a hurry to get some locations done… Continue Reading
Every day is busy for a vending machine service operator. I recalled that during my early days of vending business, there were occasions that because I was in a hurry, I forgot to close the vending machine ! Sometimes you… Continue Reading
I used to have six ( 6 ) combo vending machines in a public hotel about two years ago and was robbed and vandalized twice. I installed puck locks on all six ( 6 ) of them and it did… Continue Reading
I was extremely busy the last few days. Sometimes when you are too focused on your vending service business. I was wondering why there is a surge of vehicles especially in the afternoons stuck in most gasoline joints. When you… Continue Reading
Im a rush last week to get things done because here in Canada this a long weekend celebration for the thanksgiving. Wherever i go there are lots of people everywhere in Walmart, Costco, Canadian superstore, no frills etc. In Costco… Continue Reading
Is leasing a vending machine a good way to start on your vending machine business ? What are the costs involve the leasing a vending machine ? When you are starting a vending machine business, you have several options to… Continue Reading
Are you looking forward to start a new vending machine business? Are you a born entrepreneur ? Do you like to being your own boss ? Then you must be keen to know about the vending machine business profits. Plenty… Continue Reading
Introduction Most of the people in today’s world are interested in investing on vending machine businesses. Before you invest on a vending machine business, it is important to understand the average vending machine profits. Then you can compare and see… Continue Reading
Noon time strike! I was getting hungry and was determined to finish off one more location before heading to about three more to call it a day. This location has been cooperating with me for the longest time already. I… Continue Reading
It is a usual busy day again for vending machine business. When it is towards the end of the month a lot of self-employed small business owners work exhaustively in securing collection from locations for mortgage or rental bills. I… Continue Reading
I was servicing a location in the east side of town. The people there seems to be very familiar with diversity and just talks just about anyone. There seems to be no superficial looks and none of the populace are… Continue Reading
I have a story to tell you. I got a call from one of my location that just have a pop machine. It is in a located that is out of my usual vending machine business route. It is located… Continue Reading
As a vending machine operator here in Vancouver, BC, it is imperative that everything is secured properly in the public places. Before i left for vacation i was talking to a coffee guy here in downtown Vancouver, BC, he told… Continue Reading
I started of last week Monday to be very well. Everything is scheduled as planned. The week has been very hot here in Vancouver, BC. The record temperatures were hitting around 40 degrees Celsius. It reminds me of Philippines and… Continue Reading
As usual tremendous energy is needed when you are operating your vending machine business. I try my best to visit all my locations’ and service them as usual. There was this particular location that i visit on a monthly basis… Continue Reading
As i have mentioned that im more excited to work if the day lands on a holiday or a weekend. There is virtually no traffic and you can finish your work in no time at all. I took some pictures… Continue Reading
You know it is Canada Day today. I am not out on the streets today for my vending machine business. I know that when there is a big event and a holiday most of the self-employed people are in high… Continue Reading
Did you know that i have one of the most dangerous vending locations here in Vancouver ? Yes you know it right. It is located in East Hastings. My machine was vandalized many times, the glass was broken into many… Continue Reading
You know when i was starting out on my vending machine business there are a lot of interactions between me and the seller of the business. Normally the seller who is getting rid of the locations with customers that are… Continue Reading
You may have some vending machines at people are requesting for an upgrade. I have written an article not too long ago that there are quite a bits of locations that wanted to have the existing machines upgraded to accept… Continue Reading
When you are talking and trying to acquire new locations for your vending machines, you should be very humble. It is always the first impressions that counts. I was talking to a lot of strangers here in Kitsilano before where… Continue Reading
I normally visit this particular location in the vicinity of North Vancouver every 3 weeks. Going to North Vancouver is extremely traffic during weekdays. The only choice for visits is considering on a weekend. Saturday is a good choice if… Continue Reading
When i was doing the vending machine business in the early days, i was introduced to a location in the east side part of town. I was a newbie and most of my locations back then was in the offices.… Continue Reading
This is the question that arises when you get up on certain weekends especially Sundays. If you know that there is no traffic and no one to distract you when you are doing your job then this is the best… Continue Reading
There was the Victoria Holiday and everyone was virtually out of town. I was working on that day because Mondays are very important to me and most of my locations are 24 7 and can be accessed anytime. It would… Continue Reading
It’s been a while that i have not written a blog for the vending machine business. I was very busy making it work out on my online business which is producing promising results and getting my fingers in constant motion… Continue Reading
Did i tell you that i have a bunch of locations in Annacis Island. It is a group of factories mostly. The locations are not that great but it gives a consistent income for me. I’m concentrated mostly in the… Continue Reading
Seems that the days are getting longer now. The temperature is getting warmer and hotter. Normally my chocolates are fine without the cooler. When it is hot the chocolates has to be in a cooler spot. It’s time for me… Continue Reading
My day started very good and it is a fine day. The climate is getting warmer and it is very good for the vending machine business operators. I was in the area where i go twice a week since the… Continue Reading
I have a vending business account in downtown and it is located in a federal building. This is an account which I held for a long time already. The building has around 1000 employees working there and my snack vending… Continue Reading
It was last week Sunday. Sunday was usually reserved for my continuing studies at home. It was also utilized for a small family get together day. Good thing that we already watched Ready Player One the week prior. I thought… Continue Reading
I will tell an unusual story that it all happened in a day on my vending machine business. Most of the days I have to drop my kids to school. I was normally doing this without any problem since there… Continue Reading
Here in Vancouver, BC where the cost of home ownership is sky-high. There are lots of people who just gave it up already in the quest of finding the perfect abode. I grew up in the Philippines which i mentioned… Continue Reading
The weather is getting better and better on each passing day. The day is getting longer. The pop on the machines are getting consumed more and refilled. This is a season for selling more drinks of any kind. According to… Continue Reading
I had a great location which is located in Granville St in Vancouver, BC. There are numerous hotels there and i had one of the good ones. It contains around 1 combo machine per floor, totaling 6 combo machines. The… Continue Reading
I was doing vending for quite a while now. I have a location that i visit once a month because since it is far from my regular area of service. The location is not that great in terms of sales… Continue Reading
Well i was very lucky enough that a building was constructed. I was lucky that i have some rapport with the manager. The manager was assigned on the other building which i got acquainted before. Everything was very smooth. I… Continue Reading
When spring time is around sales increase. You need to double time when doing your vending business. According to my experience pop and drinks normally increase twice. Understandably the drinks hardly moves during the winter time except for locations in… Continue Reading
I headed towards to one of my strong location. I was surprised that the snack machine is empty. Towards the end of the week is the happiest for me. I don’t know what to feel either to be happy or… Continue Reading
I have a vending location which i faithfully servicing it for almost 2 years something. This is a location which i go twice a week during my early days. On a strong location you have to service it every 3… Continue Reading
I visited one of my vending locations. I found out that there is an out-of-order sign on the snack machine. I immediately took a look on what is happening to the vending machine. There is a continual clicking and whirling… Continue Reading
I have a location in a public school and normally i service it every 2 weeks. To my surprise the Crane Coffee Model VOCE had a problem on vending the french vanilla selection. I tried to dispense some french vanilla… Continue Reading
As usual i’m getting ready for work this morning and suddenly i got an email on my vending location. The email states that it is restricted to donate to a religious organization since the place is a public school. I… Continue Reading
I have an extremely good vending location in surrey which i visit once a month. It is a 24/7 vending location where there are constant production in a factory. These types of locations are very desirable since your vending location… Continue Reading
I remember during my early days of vending and i have been diligently taking care of a good vending location here at Richmond. The good vending location composed of 4 machines in 2 different buildings with around 300 people. During… Continue Reading
There are a lot of reasons why there are vendors that are trying to sell established vending machine business route. When i was new in the Vending Machine Business i was constantly looking for a good deal at craigslist. Craigslist… Continue Reading
I have been more than ever relaying on ok google nowadays especially when im lost or when doing some simple task. Ok Google saved my day which 3 days ago. As usual i switched on my GPS on my dashboard… Continue Reading
When you are doing your vending machine business you need to have great customer service in order to stay afloat. and never move out since everyone’s likes the idea of stability. You always wanted to have a stable business especially… Continue Reading
Doing my vending business here in Vancouver is no different when i was still doing my wholesale business in the Philippines. When i was still back in my home country in the Philippines during the late 90s doing my memory… Continue Reading
I have a particular location that normally calls me at least around once a month on my combo vending machine, it is prestigious public location and lots of foot traffic and the machines have to be presentable and always cleaned.… Continue Reading
It is amazing on what people tend to imagine to put inside the vending machine. I have a location that called me on the weekend and taken down some notes to fix the snack machine. I always encounter simple problems… Continue Reading
This is just an update and you don’t have to overthink and get parts for repair and it always works for me, there are variations on how to do this on any kind of machine. You don’t need to change… Continue Reading
When you are doing the vending machine business on a daily basis, you always contemplate that no one calls you during the day especially when you are driving and going to locations. I personally try to stay away from the… Continue Reading
When you have been doing this vending machine business for quite a while ,sometimes when you are timing the locations from moving to the next will have some minor setbacks and you would tend to spend more time allotment than… Continue Reading
I have a mice in my vending machine ! I visited one of my location 2 days ago and i was surprised why there are still a lot of snacks and chocolate bars inside the vending machine, i was very… Continue Reading
When doing the vending machine business, never force yourself to be in a hurry at the time, once you get into an accident it’s all over. It is not worth your time and effort to earn a few dollars if… Continue Reading
I have a lot of locations that i visit on a monthly basis and i just visited this particular office location after the xmas break. As usual since it is a small location i quickly prepared all the items before… Continue Reading
I have another location which i frequently visit on the later part of the week. The location called me during mid week when i was doing my other locations. The assistant manager called me and said that he put the… Continue Reading
I’m a born entrepreneur and have been always doing my things my own way. Most of my gigs are in the Asia, the great thing when you are in a developing country like : Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia there… Continue Reading
One of my locations called me on Sunday and told me that one of the machines is left opened, it was sunday when im with my family watching the most awaited start wars saga. I was thinking why this thing… Continue Reading
It was just announced that there will be a new 12 sided coin from UK and will be in new circulation and this have not changed for 30 years. It been made because there were a lot of counterfeit coins… Continue Reading
Sometimes the price increase is beyond our control, every year or every other year because of inflation the basic commodities of the prices increase. This is very hard for people to accept the price increase, you will get a ton… Continue Reading
Every vendor wanted to sale as much as possible and in order to gain more sales with the existing locations, one comes to mind that how can we increase the sales with existing locations without expanding to buy more machines… Continue Reading
Of course, it comes to mind that this is common sense for you to bring duplicate keys for your vending machine and your cargo van. I remember when I had a few locations and servicing them religiously, when you… Continue Reading
Stale Product Stale item is our subject today and most all nourishment things have a lapse date posted on the names. Now and then it is a julian date and now and then it is a customary date. There are… Continue Reading
If you have a medium sized route and some are in public places, there might be visits from unexpected guests especially during the beginning of the summer season. I don’t know why a lot of public break in attempts are… Continue Reading
I have been doing the vending business regularly and have been consistently following the schedule due diligence. It is not a joke when you are doing about 150 + machines since you have to time the day and visits going… Continue Reading
You might be wondering if vending business is truly a passive income, i would say a big YES. When i was searching up google and the definition of passive income is actually requiring you with less or no exertion of… Continue Reading
On the off chance that you have or are thinking about purchasing a refrigerated drink candy machine, you should know the advantages and disadvantages of distributing cans and bottles in your pop machine. Before we dive into the subtle elements,… Continue Reading
A standout amongst the most widely recognized inquiries I get asked as a Vending Distributor is the manner by which to discover great location for your vending machine. This is the area which i wanted to examine this week. There… Continue Reading
There’s nothing more heartache than losing a prized account. The main thing that looks at to it is discovering that the record has permitted in your opposition which undermines your benefits. So how would your keep your rivals from sneaking… Continue Reading
I was an entreprenuer in Asia and have dealt with a lot of Asian supplier’s before when i was growing up in the Philippines. This is an article that explain why the labor is so much… Continue Reading
Its Saturday today and a weekend, normally everyone takes a break from work. In the vending machine business industry it would be very nice if there were no traffic : people and cars. You can get work done quickly. If… Continue Reading
When I started out on my vending machine business here in Vancouver, BC Canada in 2012, as I have mentioned before it was a vendor who is about to retire and was going to enjoy the large vending route that… Continue Reading
I have been in the business on the vending machine since 2012 and sometimes you get cash crunch since I have a lot of bills to pay outside the business. It would be advisable to apply for credit terms from… Continue Reading
We have stumbled an event today Nov 5, 2017 at Surrey and it is a Compassion Program ( www.compassion.ca ) based in Canada, the program shows how lucky we are living here in Canada and 1st world countries, there are… Continue Reading
When you are doing this vending business on a daily basis, you need a lot of strength and stamina to maintain all you machines and keep them in good working order. Somehow you will keep on looking at the schedule… Continue Reading
This will be a revealing article that I will be writing about. My vending business started in the year of 2012 when I brought some money from the Philippines. The money was from the sale of my successfull ink and… Continue Reading
As i have mentioned i going to make a full review on the various types of coin mechanisms commonly used here in Vancouver, BC, i ones that i encountered are namely : Coinco, MEI, Conlux and Mars coin mechanisms for… Continue Reading
Monday is a good start for me on the vending machine business. Im off to locations early and mostly the best days to go to locations like Hotels or Motels would be best for mondays or tuesdays since it is… Continue Reading
i have mentioned on my previous posts that i have some locations that people likes to visit every week and see if they can try to steal a few bucks and get some free chips and chocolate bars. They actually… Continue Reading
There are vending supplier companies that are offering leasing on vending machines with locations as a bundle and offering a very good term of 24 months or 36 months to pay. This is a very dangerous proposition if you don’t… Continue Reading
Do you know that I started this vending business with the Bulk Candy? I bought an existing business on the Bulk Candy Route and I got about 12 candy locations during the year of 2012 when I was starting out… Continue Reading
This is long been the dilemma for every vendor, how to get more locations since the more locations you have the more income revenue at the end of the month to pay bills. According to my experience is you can… Continue Reading
As i have mentioned before i have some locations that are frequently visited by theives and always got broken into, the problem is i don’t have the time on my hands to spend 2 to 3 hours on the location… Continue Reading
Normally the vending machine that you bought have a default coin mech which is in case the cheapest and least expensive and it probably is the 4 Tubes configuration. The tubes is normally $1 0.25 .10 and 0.05 tubes, so… Continue Reading
No Set Rules There are generally no set rules of what type of vehicle that will be suitable for use on your vending business, any type of vehicle can be used. You have the freedom to choose what type of… Continue Reading
As i mentioned already before where i get my supplies for the machines, here are the rundown on the pros and cons of the particular vending machine supplies. Costco Benefits We have a variety of products and everything is in… Continue Reading
When you are visiting your locations everyday you must keep in mind that always properly open the machines and checks the coin mechanism top part flap just partially open it and also check quickly the coin pathway to see if… Continue Reading