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Office Vending Machine Promoting Dental Hygiene

Posted on by John Van Horn

One of the best things to keep stocked up in office vending machines is definitely a variety of gum and mints. When you are bouncing from meeting to meeting and eating most of your meals at your desk, there is going to be a lot of times where you do not have a chance to brush, floss, or even mouth wash to protect against yellow teeth and bad breath.

Of course, on top of offering those mints and gum, you could also offer those dental hygiene products for busy employees to make the most out of their time at the office and, of course, their dental plan.

When you think of custom vending machines, you think of sugary teeth rotting treats like chewy candy and chocolate. But retail vending can be applied to any and all packaged goods and beyond, making custom vending machines perfect for items that promote good hygiene and cleanliness.

For people looking to get to the top in business, a warm clean smile and fresh inviting breath can be not just good tact, but valuable assets on the corporate ladder. These items are a great chance to keep your employees smiling like the go-getters we all hope they are.

Dormant School Vending Machines?

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In the months after the school doors close, it might seem like those school vending machines go unattended and, frankly, just sit there. You begin to wonder when you get back to school in September, have those items been just sitting there all summer?

Of course not. Anyone who is responsible for operating and stocking a school vending machine should be smart enough to manage the items inside during times where the building housing the machine should be dormant. Luckily, most people who own and operate a vending machine in one place are likely running a larger retail vending operation. Some of those items can stock other machines in other places.

The other possibility is that many of these schools hold summer school classes for students that didn’t quite make the grade. Just ’cause your grades weren’t up to snuff, doesn’t mean you don’t deserve the occasional study session with the Keebler Elves.

Schools that do not have summer classes might have staff instruction or daily summer camp programs. The fact is, there will be turnover in these machines in the steamy summer months. In the end, chances are you can count on the products in the machine still being delicious come September.

Pizza Retail Vending

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The broad choices available from Intelligent Dispensing Solutions are a plethora of great ways to sell food and other items without needing people working at the point of sale and without requiring a store with high rents and higher energy bills. Custom vending machines are available for businesses of any sort with elements like climate control and an easy ability to move your merchandise through the machine without causing it any damage.

Still in some other parts of the world we sometimes wonder if they are stretching the definition of vending machines further than necessary. In Italy recently there have been several vending machines dedicated to making pizza for locals. The novelty may wear off eventually but right now it is creating a strange and fun new market in the world of custom vending machines. The pizza vending machines not only dispense the pizza but cooks it from beginning to end.

Retail vending is a great option for any business and if these pizza vending machines tell us anything the sky may actually be the limit for what can be done. A pizza vending machine might not be on it’s way to America any time soon but selling your new food product in a vending machine might be a great initial business decision.

Retail Vending In The Office

Posted on by John Van Horn

With advances in technology there seems to be an increased emphasis on the idea that work can be done anywhere. The connectivity of video chatting, cell phone based email, and a wealth of other technological advances ensures that work does not stop outside of the office. Still, losing employees for a lunch break and then again for a break to go out and grab an afternoon snack definitely has an affect on over all productivity.

This is why retail vending machines can be so helpful when put in your office. Keeping employees in-house when they decide they need an afternoon can of Coke or a bag of protein packed peanut M&M’s can help avoid minutes and often hour long work stoppages for a craving.

Of course schools have understood this for years. While back in the day many high schools allowed students off premises for lunch or even free periods these days kids are kept in school to avoid cutting and developing a lax attitude about the school day. School vending machines were put in to offer kids a chance to fuel up without leaving the building.

Keeping employees happy and engaged is one of the keys to proper business management. In-house retail vending machines can help.

Retail Vending, 24/7

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In a world that is seemingly wired in twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, it seems strange that there is ever a time where “stuff” is not available. What kind of stuff am I referring to? Every kind of stuff. It is 2011 and if I want to buy a skateboard at 1:45am on a Tuesday I should have that option.

It is this need for things whenever we want them that I think requires a rethinking of the way we use retail vending machines. If there were more automated retail machines in more places we could have a potential twenty-four/seven business opportunity. People could go shopping without the need to have a large facility or cashiers. They could simply browse the vending machines in particular areas of town where we know they would remain secure.

Retail vending machines could be the future of late night activities. Like going to a shopping mall with less hustle and bustle. A person could do most of their commerce all on their own and never be bothered. Sure some of us like the human touch of a customer service rep but for others this new model might work just perfectly. Who doesn’t like buying “stuff”?

Coke in Vending Machines

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vending machinesEvery morning I hear the crack of a Coke can being popped by my cubicle neighbor. Some people like orange juice in the morning, some people like milk, he likes Coke. I look over and jeer at him; we laugh it off. But deep down, I can’t blame him. I know that Coke is a product that will stand the test of time. I wouldn’t be surprised if Coke exists in vending machines in five hundred years.

Unless they change it a little. Or tax it into oblivion, an idea which Michael Bloomberg and Michelle Obama have kicked around in the past. But I doubt that will happen. Sure, they might make it more “natural” if you can’t taste the difference, but chances are Coke will be in vending machines of the future as it is today.

Coca-Cola has had a rich history since it’s invention. Back in 1886 it was believed that carbonated water was good for health, which is why Coca-Cola was found in pharmacies and soda fountains. When they tried changing the formula in 1985, to make New Coke in custom vending machines, the backlash was incredible. Southerners especially felt as though part of their regional identity had changed. By the early ’90s when the name changed to Coke II, it was already too late. People preferred their Coca-Cola Classic. This year, they dropped the Classic, because everybody knows there’s only one Coca-Cola.