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Coin-Operated Laundromats

Coin-operated Laundromats can be gold mines, but coin-operated Laundromats take a lot of hard work. This type of coin-operated business has an added factor: A retail facility that must be maintained. But even more important is the image of the business, the brand.

Coin-Operated Pool Tables

The game of nobles has developed and grown into a game for the masses ? pool. Did you know somewhere in the world there is a pool tournament every hour of every day? Tournaments for the pros are held on regulation tournament size pool tables (9´x 4.5´), poolroom tournaments are held are also held on regulation 9´x4. 5´ tables, but tournaments held in bars are usually held on regulation size coin-operated pool tables. What defines a regulation pool table? It has to be twice as long as it is wide.

Vending Route Trucks

What is a vending business rolling warehouse? It is a very cool UPS?style van that has been outfitted by a "licensed outfitter," a company that has been certified and licensed by a truck or car manufacturer to customize, alter and fabricate the manufacturer´s stock vehicles to certain specifications.

School Vending Machines

Public schools are the principal´s domain, but the cafeteria is the domain of a federally funded program by the name of Food Services (FS). In a few schools the athletic director or the bookkeeper can make a decision regarding vending agreements. But in all cases the school´s principal has to approve the vending agreement´s terms.

Hi-Tech Vending Machines Distributors

The new hi-tech machines on the market are great in the right application. You have to know where and how to place these machines. It is very important not to put these machines in a low?volume, limited population location, because these machines are very expensive.

Cold Drink Vending Machines Evolution

Early in 1920´s soda was dispensed from vending machines in cardboard cups. Later cold drink vending machine offered five selections with the soda in small glass bottles. These machines were equipped with what is referred to as a coin "acceptor," this gizmo did not give change, it simply accepted the coins.

Hot Beverage Coin Operated Vending Machines

Hot Beverage vending machines used to be huge, very heavy and hard to handle, and not conducive to the available space in most vending locations. These vending machines were and still are expensive but the good news is they have shrunk. The average hot beverage vending machine now only takes up 25% of the space of yesterday´s model.

Ice Cream Vending Machines

Coin?operated ice cream vending machines can also be frozen dinner vending machines. Some of the new high tech, ice cream vending machines are designed to let the customer view the ice cream or frozen food stored in the vending machine and the cycle that the vending machine goes through to deliver the product after the customer has chosen and paid for their selection.

Incorporating Your Small Business

In today´s crazy "let´s go to court" mentality, incorporating a business is very important ? some say imperative.

Is The Vending Machine Business A Risky Business

Don´t tell yourself that vending is just too risky or that you are not a salesperson; go out and survey some locations. Is not "risk" what we all are afraid of when going into a new venture? The fear of the unknown and the fear of failure are not nearly as powerful as the risk of losing our total investment or life savings.

Vending Machine Route Liability Insurance

There are more and more locations that are requiring that vending companies have a strong liability policy in place before they will sign the location contract and before the company´s service personnel can set foot on their property.

National Vending Machine Associations Can Be Your Best Friend

NAMA is the national association of venders; the NAMA acronym stands for "National Automatic Merchandiser Association." Each year there are several shows, held in Nevada, Florida and Illinois. The biggest show is the annual show, which is usually held in Chicago, although this show does move around from time to time - it was in Washington, DC in 2002 and in Orlando in 2006.

New and Used Vending, Amusement And Gaming Machines

Most seasoned vendors fully approve of used vending machines and equipping each account as cost effectively as possible, but I don't believe in "skimping" and cutting too many corners. There are always liabilities that come with purchasing used coin-operated vending equipment. Here are a few things to keep in mind:

The Right Vending Machine For The Right Job

Putting in the right snack vending equipment can be a major project. Installing the wrong machine will cost your vending company lots of unnecessary expense every year until you get it right. A lot of vending companies never get it right and never will.

Small Businesses Need Good Numbers

Financial accounting is a key component for all small businesses, corporations and partnerships, privately owned and privately traded or publicly traded, start-up operations, small businesses and blue chip icons. Terms like balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statements are their score sheets, report cards and their road maps.

Starting A Vending Route Business

A quick outline of the steps to get started Go meet the representative that you will be working with at your licensed vending machine distributors. Ask for some vending machine spec sheets for snack machines, cold drink machines, etc. In the beginning you will not be able to get the machine dealer to give you hundreds of these four-color spec sheets; they are very expensive and they have a limited supply given to them from the manufacturer.

The Birth of Water Vending Machines & OWS

When water vending was rolled out it took the world of vending by storm. Almost every office in the US and Canada has a water cooler. That equals high profits, therefore, vending machine companies have added bottled water service to their routes; this service is referred to as (OWS) office water service.

The History of Coin Operated Equipment

In 1902, a completely coin-operated restaurant called Horn & Hardart opened in Philadelphia. Their doors stayed opened until 1962. All of the food was made on the premises and vended through hot and cold little glass windows that housed the food. This concept is being revived now by a new Asian company.

Vending Machine Business & Coin-Operated Report

Corporations Many incorporated game machine, snack machine, cold drink machine and juke box vending route businesses today, both large and small, elect to conduct their affairs within the protective framework of the corporate entity and many estate planners wisely choose to use one of several trust options.

Vending Machine Distributors

Full-Line Vending Machines Most but not all vending machine manufacturers sell exclusively through licensed vending machine distributors; these distributors usually handle a single state or region. A licensed vending machine distributor is a company that handles one or more lines of equipment for the manufacturer.

Vending Machine Evolution

"The Greek mathematician Hero seems to have got the ball rolling in 215 BC, when he invented a machine to vend holy water in Egyptian temples." - Automatic Vending Association

Vending Machines Placement

When putting in snack machines and cold drink machines, you should consider several factors. The first consideration is employee base; most vending companies will not service locations which have a constant onsite population less than 35-45.

Vending Gross Sales Can Be Verified

In 1999, we heard of a wireless telemetry system that downloads all the information from the DEX System 4-5 times daily to a satellite owned by a company based in the UK and New Zealand by the name of Marconi. (If the name sounds familiar, it is because Mr. Marconi invented the radio.)

Vending Machine Financing and Leasing

Most major coin-operated machine distributors and manufacturers have a lease and finance program. There is a host of vending companies that finance/lease vending equipment. I am not going to name any individual leasing or finance companies, simply because I do not want to influence you in these matters.

Vending Machine Commissions

Commission is a code word for "rent." For those of you who donâ??t understand the vending world, there are only 6- drivers to getting and keeping high volume locations.

When Choosing Vending Machines Do Not Overlook

High Tech Bells and Whistles Are Important Have you ever wondered why you see a juice machine beside a cold drink machine? The reason is simple: the machine was either manufactured before 1989 or the machine was manufactured by a company that hasn't retooled its factory to catch up with industry trends; therefore their equipment doesn't have multiple-price capability, a DEX hard-drive, Sensit Laser Miss-vend protection or credit card capability.

When Choosing Vending Machines Do Not Overlook

A renowned expert on business opportunity laws and attorney from Washington, DC, Mr. Caffey, reports that business opportunity buyers are granted important rights under state laws. Not only must a full, pre-sale disclosure document be delivered with a "cooling-off" period to follow, but the state statutes typically allow dissatisfied buyers who do not receive the requisite information or are defrauded in some way to bring a lawsuit in state court

Water Filtration and Sterilization

I'm sure you are familiar with a "boil water alert". It is not unusual for occurrences to go unreported, municipal water authorities do a great job of keeping our drinking water anomalies, but many occurrences go either unreported or slip under the radar completely.

Small Business Incorporation

One of our Presidents to use this strategy while living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was George Bush senior. Even though President and Mrs. Bush lived in Washington, D.C. and owned a summer home in Maine, President Bush remained a legal resident of Texas. The Secretary of State for the state of Texas during the Bush Presidency reported that hundreds of people called his office daily requesting Texas residency when President Bush's hotel room became a seven p.m. news story.