Vending machines for the office

Vending machines for the office

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batmanreturns

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536 posts

276 months

Monday 9th January 2017
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Hi all

We have recently moved into some new offices that we have purchased.

Does anyone know an 'guide price' for having a vending machine in the office and a good supplier? We are in Chippenham, Wiltshire.
thanks

grumbas

1,051 posts

198 months

Monday 9th January 2017
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Whenever I've looked into this it's been very expensive unless you're going to have hundreds of staff to turn the stock over.

The charge out price always seems high too - we ultimately binned the idea as we were 2 doors down from Tesco where staff could buy whatever they wanted at half the price.

Snowdrop_

223 posts

112 months

Monday 9th January 2017
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You don't state if it will be drink or chocolate/crisps?

Both options however are expensive, how many staff you got?

Marcellus

7,164 posts

226 months

Tuesday 10th January 2017
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With fizzy pop vending machines the magic number was 100 people either on site or visiting the site every day.

Ms R.Saucy

284 posts

97 months

Wednesday 11th January 2017
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Marcellus said:
With fizzy pop vending machines the magic number was 100 people either on site or visiting the site every day.
the suppliers want a return on their investment in machines ... the alternative is to buy a machine and stock it yourself .

AIUI fizzy pop and chocolate. crisps etc tends to be supplier owned machines on service contracts tand they really want to turn stock over fairly rapidly , other stuff depends on the who the supplier is or if the site is big enough to have it;s own dining room /canteen and the machiens are for 'out of hours' ...

Chainsaw Rebuild

2,053 posts

109 months

Wednesday 11th January 2017
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This is just a general question and not a criticism; is the staff eating rubbish out of a vending machine a good thing?

Sheets Tabuer

19,648 posts

222 months

Friday 17th November 2023
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Just have a tuck shop and a card payment terminal, works well in our office of 1000

hidetheelephants

27,828 posts

200 months

Friday 17th November 2023
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Sheets Tabuer said:
Just have a tuck shop and a card payment terminal, works well in our office of 1000
Bring back Tealadiespersons! wobble How does that work? Is there a nominated person or is it run on honesty?

Zetec-S

6,262 posts

100 months

Monday 20th November 2023
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We have a drinks one and a crisps/choc one for our office of around 50 people. Rental is just over £100 per month.