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[s&s foods]

Hey all,
I have a machine in a break room that has ants. How do you keep them out of a machine? Please Help!

Thanks

[jblvending]

Hey all,
I have a machine in a break room that has ants. How do you keep them out of a machine? Please Help!

Thanks

Just buy some ant spray and spray the legs and base around the machine, and keep a ant repellant inside the machine, but don't spray inside the machine, also give us a update on your papermill , want to see how it's going.Thanks Tim

[s&s foods]

Just buy some ant spray and spray the legs and base around the machine, and keep a ant repellant inside the machine, but don't spray inside the machine, also give us a update on your papermill , want to see how it's going.Thanks Tim

Thanks Jim,
The mill is going pretty good. The vending is the easy part. I've got 15 machines in place. Two of the machine have satellite frozen on them. The icecream is selling real good, the sandwiches and pizzas not as much. So far as I can tell I'm averaging about $100/week per machine. Have yet to get my first commission checks from the soda, but it's supposedly about $4000/month all together from that. The cafeteria is a pain. Doesn't make much money, and the customers complain about everything. First month was tough with start up costs, and starting in December was a real bummer. I think it is going to work out well though in the long run. I'll keep you guys posted when I get a better idea in January.
Thanks,
Strider

[BVI]

Hey all,
I have a machine in a break room that has ants. How do you keep them out of a machine? Please Help!

Thanks

I read a trick that a bulk vendor posted one time about how to keep ants out of a machine. Wipe vaseline around the base - in your case, wipe it around the legs of your machine (assuming we're talking about a snack machine) as this is primarily how the ants will migrate onto it. They won't go through the vaseline. You might also have to put a blob of vaseline on your power cord to keep them from migrating there.