Just out of curiosity Colman Vending, do you think that the place(s) that you offer the expired items at half-price to might wait to purchase them until they are out of date to get a better deal? I had considered doing something like that at one point, but I thought they might catch on and not purchase them until they expired.

Also something that I considered, you and I know perfectly well that the snacks are just fine for quite a period after the date on the package, but do you think there may be some possible liability considerations in selling outdated foods even if they are good?

If I discount an item i do not tell the staff in advance and only discount items for a period of time. I decide when to discount and for how long. If I have too many of an item left i just don't buy it again. I do not make it a regular thing to discount items. I do not sell expired items period it only takes one person to clain it made them sick or that there is a problem with the item.

I will sometimes give items to some of the staff. I have found though that the staff starts to expect free stuff. I have even had staff take items out of my bin when I told them to pay for it or put it back they opened it up. she paid for the food and then she told the boss i was not being professional because I told her I would be filing a police report for the theft(I never filed it). I had a talk with one of the bosses. The next time the I saw her she wanted free candy She made a big deal about it. I told her if she touched any food from the machine without paying first I was calling the boss at home she did not touch another item i still called one of the bosses to tell them about the problem.

Putz thanks for the help. can't find the Klarbrunn near me. I'm going to give Ice Mountin a try near the beging of the year, the bottles I found are supposed to work in the vending machines. we'll see.

What kind of machine are you using we have no problem with aquafina it is the propel new bottle that is our problemchild due to the shape of the bottle.Do you use shims and adjust the gauge bars to fit properly and have the depth adjusted to where you have about 3/4 inch of endplay. you aren't trying to vend sportcap those don't vend well.

Putz Thanks for the help

Little about my machine I have a seaga VS3800 combo machine. I have had this machine for about 3 years left everything how the company I bought the machine set it up for me never did anything with shims(I did adjust the depth for the bottle). I used to have nesle purelife water, but had a problem with the quality that almost cost my my contract.

The aquafina bottles are to soft and are getting stuck and not depressing the "sold out" button not allowing them to vend the bottles will collapse on to each other pushing out the bottles on top causing them to sit on a lip in the machine. no complaint other than that. The bottles used to be firm and did not get stuck that easy. I am buying the bottles from sam's club I did not realize it but the last few cases I bought states on it "Not For Vending" I am unable to buy from coke or pepsi direct because I do not go through enough. I was thinking of going with Ice Mountin in the 20oz bottles

Does anyone sell energy drinks? How much do you sell them for? i am looking to sell 16oz amp or monsters.