The cafeteria workers are most likely contracted through a food services company. These companies spend alot of time and money conforming to the diet restrictions in school cafeterias which is why they are so sensitive to competition.

I thought that pepsico had a planogram to meet these requirements, but I can't find it now. You can poke around here:

http://www.vending.c...liates/Pepsico/

Is there nat any other vending in the school now?

JD

Thanks JD-

In the student areas there is no other vending. We have a combo drink/snack machine in the teacher's lounge, and there is a 20oz Pepsi machine there as well. I do understand the sensitivity. It may simply be the machine we have. Our snacks are within regulation, it's the drinks. We're having trouble finding drinks that meet the specifications AND are in cans that will work. We've tried most of the usual suspects, and are about to check health food stores and of course online. If anyone knows of a product line that is canned, 100% juice, and less than 125 calories we're all ears... We'll check the link you showed us-

K

just wondering how much you guys sell the bottle water ?brand? which one is recommended the 16oz or 20oz and how much for reasonable price? please let me know thanks to all....

Hi- We use Arrowhead (Costco) single pint size, and typically charge .75 for them. We're in the desert, so people often carry their own water here all the time. I've seen this size go for higher prices in commercial areas like bowling alleys- and even Costco, but .75 is a good profit margin and seems to sell OK...

Machines have been very reliable so far. I had 1 machine that the compressor went on and Genesis shipped me new the next day. Very easy to replace...only 2 bolts and 1 screw. Believe me, If I can fix them.....you can. Had 1 today that wasn't taking change, I just unplugged and plugged back in a it reset itself. Just like rebooting a computer. Putting the snacks in is easy. Ask Gary and he can send you a dvd before he sends the machines. shows everything you need to know. if you put an item in the front slot and see how it looks in the screw drive you will know how to load from the back. It really is simple.
You can do it ... It really is easy ... I make about 150 total profit per week on 4 machines. My machines are in businesses that are only open 5 days a week and average about 35 employees. I go once a week to all the machines and everyone is happy. Takes about 6 hours of my time a week with shopping and filling. The girls are nice to me (I give them candy) and watch over my machines. Really is a fun job. I like it a lot.

Our experience with Profitt/Genesis is more like the first part of this thread. Our machines were bought in Nov. '08, locations selected in early Dec. '08, delivered in January '09 We did not have any set up assistance, we had problems with coin validators (3 out of 6), and as first time owners, it took us several weeks to get to a point where we can simply maintain them without phone calls regarding problems with the machines. The DVD was a little helpful, but didn't cover the problems we encountered. The shipping information we got was spotty at best, machines were delayed or backordered and we weren't kept abreast of a real world delivery date. We would have liked more 'hands on' help with set up, better delivery information, and better performance on a brand new machine. For us, the jury is still out. The machines are a good size, and seem now to be working well- we've become vending machine techs a lot quicker than we expected to, unfortunately the time lost with simple problems made us look less than flattering to our brand new customers- first impressions mean a lot, and "out of order" signs posted over coin slots on a brand new machine is a bad first impression.