The Catastrophic Implications of Vending Machine Theft Vending Machine Theft. It’s a real problem in vending. Vending machines are considered by insurance companies as liabilities because they are like little “safes” all over town. They hold a lot of money and product, and it makes it easy...
Good Vending Ideas and Practices Provide Operators the Competitive Edge I have been very happy working in the vending industry. At first, when I set out to write blog articles for the industry, I was afraid that at some point, I was going to run out...
Competition in the Vending Machine Industry -- Healthy or Unhealthy? I want to call attention to a blog I recently read on www.vendingmarketwatch.com. In the blog post, written by Alfonso Flores, he argues that vendors, for the most part, like each other enough not to cut...
There is an overwhelming chance that you are reading this blog post via an Internet browser and that you accessed this blog either by clicking a link or typing in the web address. In fact, you probably look up information on a daily basis all...
How Can NFC Help You? In our blog, we have discussed several topics about innovative technology in vending like Parlevel Systems' VMS. However, a lot of the things we have discussed are already available or used for promotional purposes. There is a new technology on the horizon that...
There are a lot of crazy vending machines out there. In the past, we have talked about non-traditional vending, healthy vending, talking vending machines, and vending machines that bring people from different cultures together. For the most part, these are not machines customers can experience everywhere,...
I have been monitoring Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn for a while now, and during my time viewing the social media landscape for the vending industry, I have noticed that vendors are not as active on social media as much as I think they should....
What can the Cloud Do for You? You might have heard this word floating around when talking about vending machine technology, vending management systems, or VMS. You also might have heard this word when tech savvy people talk about their iPhones or emails: “cloud.” What is...
Is Healthy Vending Realistic for Small Vendors? During my training as a vending route driver, I have been thinking about the movement towards healthy vending for customers and how, logistically, a vending machine operator could work with product that spoils much faster than traditional vending snacks. Shadowing my...
[vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts_4vOUDImE"] In this series of blogs, we want to take a step back from the technology and talk about people and their interactions and engagement with innovative vending machines. Stories ranging from cameras in vending machines to talking vending machines, we will talk about it...