Snack Machine Advice - Which to Buy-
#1
Posted 24 October 2011 - 07:39 AM
Okay, so quick biopic tale. I got a bit #*(@(#$ by the Hurricane last month, house got #**@(@!#(, had to move, so a bit short on paper to say the least. I need to buy a Snack machine for a location though, don't want to lose the account. I would say the location is going to do solid mid-volume, I have a Soda machine going there this week and I would say from employee numbers it should do about 100.00 a month in soda, possibly more, but prob. 100 a month. The cheaper machines that I have found are Rowes, I also found a Polyvend PV640. What are your thoughts on this, my top price is around 600. I have to rent something to move the thing as well (though I have pretty good commercial rates).
Thanks all-
#2
Posted 24 October 2011 - 09:00 AM
#3
Posted 24 October 2011 - 10:29 AM
#4
Posted 24 October 2011 - 12:50 PM
that said i would not put a snack machine at a location that is only grossing $100/month in drinks
oh which model of rowe btw?
#5
Posted 24 October 2011 - 02:55 PM
#6
Posted 25 October 2011 - 08:16 AM
#7
Posted 26 October 2011 - 08:05 AM
#8
Posted 26 October 2011 - 02:09 PM
#9
Posted 27 October 2011 - 09:56 AM
the stales will kill you slowly unless its a very limited capacity maybe a 19 select...even then its probably pushing it.I would call 100/month the upper side of low volume. It may be worth a try but if the best you can do is 100/month/machine, I'd keep my eyes open for a better location.
#10
Posted 27 October 2011 - 03:17 PM
If you can get your hands on a AP7000 for a good price everybody seems to have parts and/or upgrades for that machine so you'd do well there. I'm not a huge fan of the interface there with mine but it is solid and works
I don't have experience with National but see parts advertised for it as well.
#11
Posted 27 October 2011 - 04:32 PM
1. Parts are available almost only from USI. They are extremely expensive. I had to pay $125+ at one point for just the main control panel harness. The boards cost $300+ dollars rebuilt, more for new, and USI is about the only place you can get them.
2. While the 3015 is a good machine, and is about the same age as the AP-7600, tech support is hard to find. USI is helpful to a point, but often leaves out important details when assisting you. Their lack of detail and reasonable explanations for problems has cost me $100s in the past.
3. Many electrical parts for the 3015 are going to soon be harder to find then ever. USI is discontinuing most of the parts, and you will pay a premium price for those parts anywhere else because of their rarity.
We are about to discontinue that machine out of our refurbishing options because of the cost of parts. Next summer will probably see us no longer selling 3015A machines.
My advice:
Buy an AP or a National or even a GPL. Buy AP-7600, or National-147 and newer. Those models and brands are good machines that will LAST. Parts are 10 years from becoming unavailable, and the machines made by those manufacturers have an excellent track record of performance. It is worth the extra money for a good machine. Just my opinion.
#12
Posted 02 November 2011 - 09:12 PM
the stales will kill you slowly unless its a very limited capacity maybe a 19 select...even then its probably pushing it.
They are right. $100/month is hardly enough to justify a snack machine. Dealing with short-dated product will be more trouble than its worth. Also, if this is your only snack machine, then even if you get a 19 selection and double up on them, that's till 9+ different kinds of snacks that you have to fill the machine with. At 60 ct cases of snacks, that's a lot of wasted snacks just to keep a customer happy.
An alternative would be to suggest to them an honor based system. Then you save money on the snack machine and don't have to worry about having so much selection.
#13
Posted 03 November 2011 - 08:34 AM
They are right. $100/month is hardly enough to justify a snack machine. Dealing with short-dated product will be more trouble than its worth. Also, if this is your only snack machine, then even if you get a 19 selection and double up on them, that's till 9+ different kinds of snacks that you have to fill the machine with. At 60 ct cases of snacks, that's a lot of wasted snacks just to keep a customer happy.
An alternative would be to suggest to them an honor based system. Then you save money on the snack machine and don't have to worry about having so much selection.
even with an honor box its a question of volume u still only have 1 location ... its a good idea but only if you are prepared to put out 10 boxes, ive found 10 boxes u can turn every 2wks is the point where u do enough volume not to deal with stales. also use wise chips not lays if u can get away with it
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