|
| |
 |
ArticleBot V1.0: Submit Your Articles to More Than 400
Top Of The Line Article
Directories Completely
On Autopilot For Massive Backlinks...
HOT!Requires: Windows |
|
Copyright (c) 2009 e Business Media
Coin-operated laundries can be gold, but the self-service operations still take a lot of hard work. This type of coin-operated business has an additional factor, retail sales.
But more important is the corporate image, brand. Deciding the location that suits your coin-operated Laundromat is very important, as the best name and the services you offer, but make a strong business plan and the plan for brand development is critical to your success.
Branding...
Vending Machine Locks Have To Be Changed
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
Vending machines that are older than pre 1999 are not equipped with DEX Systems and machines that are pre 20006 are not equipped with the Sensit miss-vend system. You can purchase these systems at InOne Technology.
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 hasnt retooled its factory to catch up with...
Coin Operated Pool Tables Generate Big Bucks
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
Pool tournaments are held pool tables that are of regulation size (9'x 4.5 "), What defines a regulation pool table? The table has to be exactly two times longer than wide. The game of nobles has become the game of the masses.
Coin operated pool tables are known as real cash generators. The continual operating expense for operators is refelting their table and the monthly cost of supplying clients (locations) with chalk, powder, new cues, replacing racks,...
Coin Operated Pool And Foosball Tables Are Big Money Makers
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
Owners of bars and restaurants love the all cash revenue that foosball and pool tables generate. Not only do these coin operated money makers print cash, they also help keep the establishment's customers longer; spending more money by ordering more food and drinks. Coin operated pool an foosball tables have been call the "matchmakers" of the vending world; shy folks that have a problem with the opposite sex have no problem getting to know each other over a...
Census 2006 For The Coin Operated Machine Industry
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
Vending Times reports in two thousand six the vending machine segment of this $64 Billion Dollar ndustry grossed forty six billion, eight hundred and twenty million dollars.
They also report that the coin operated amusement segment of the vending industry grossed six billion, two hundred and eighteen million dollars.
Are these numbers accurate? NO! Here is the reason why; Vending Times census relies on vending companies filling out their little census card...
Liability Insurance Coverage Is A Must For Vending Companies
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
Hotels, schools, management companies that own and manage apartment buildings are all now insisting that ALL of their service providers, including vending companies have strong liability insurance policies in place before they will be approved for service.
Thats right, more and more locations are requiring that vending companies have a strong liability policy in place before they will except a bid and before the companys route-trucks and service personnel is...
OCS (Office Coffee Service)
OCS (Office Coffee Service) Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
OCS operators often stumble and fall when it comes to branding their companies. Not only do they think the name and the logo are a complete branding effort, they assume that it isn't all that important. Nothing could be further from the truth in the high volume, high profit segment of the vending industry.
One of the problems for OCS providers is the capital it takes to reinvest in the new equipment; therefore a great deal of the...
No 5-Gallon Jug Just Big Profits
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
Water vending was invented in the early 1970's. Big blue boxes were popping up in chain grocery stores nation wide. These boxes were simply connected to a water spick-et with a copper line and then into a new fangled osmosis filter and then into the big blue box. Each machine had a stand setting beside it that had 1-gallon plastic jugs for customers.
Vending machine companies as usual were slow to get on board; these vending machines were not built for office...
Vending Machine Financing/Leasing
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
A few vending machine manufacturers will provide leasing to their buyers; ALL coin operated machine distributors either have an in-house lease and finance program or they outsource to multiple national providers that specialize in leasing/financing vending equipment. I don not want to influence you in this matter so all I'm going to say is, I wouldn't buy from a company that does not provide this service, less of course you already have your own leasing in...
School Vending Machine Programs Are Alive And Well
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
You want to make a big fat pile of money? Well the best way I know to do that in vending is specialize in school vending programs and hotel customer service programs.
Kids are great consumers, if they have $10 in their pockets they spend it, if they have $50 in their pockets they spend it; if you dont believe me ask anyone who owns a 7/11. My Vending Management Company has literally made millions of dollars from one single segment of high volume locations,...
Drink Vending Machine History
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
The first delivery system for cold drinks was the paper-cup, next came the little green glass-bottle that collectors now covet, next the aluminum can and now the plastic bottle. As soon as the paper-cup vending machine was invented, bottlers of that day started placing their new machines in all sorts of locations; baseball parks, amusement parks, factories, etc. Since then the price to buy a soda from a cold-drink vending machine has gone from five cents to two...
Frozen Food and Ice Cream Vending Machines
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
The frozen food machine market today is dominated by a New Jersey company, Fast Corp. Fast Corp introduced their first frozen food vending machine in late 1997.
We placed a dozen or more of these coin operated frozen food wonders in car dealerships, schools, offices, factories, and hotels the year after they were introduced at the NAMA show. A frozen food/ice cream vending machine can be one of the best "door openers" for overturning new high-volume...
Vending Trucks Can Be A Big Problem
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
Vendors seldom know how to design their vending-route trucks. Most Vendors just copy other companies without much real investigation. You many or may not know how to design a route vending-truck, but the real question is can you find and then buy the right truck for your vending route.
Some Questions To Ask Yourself On This Subject
Was your truck's suspension designed for vending?
What are your out of pocket expenses annually for your vending route trucks...
Buyers Need To Know Their Business Opportunity Laws
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
There is a well-known authority on business opportunity laws, Mr. Caffey,an attorney in DC, he stresses victims of business opportunity companies are granted essential rights under most state laws. There has to be a full, pre-sale disclosure document attached that outlines the "cooling-off period" after the sale is made, most state's have a statute that allow dissatisfied buyers that have not receive this information or that have been defrauded in some way to...
The Office Coffee Business
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
Offices with OCS services in the past offered their guests coffee, soft drinks or water, more times than not they chose soft drinks and coffee. The brewers and coffee OCS operators offer now is very close to the coffees fancy coffee cafes serve.
Office coffee companies have really struggled to survive as their suppliers labored to keep up, and the distributors and manufactures of brewers were working overtime to come up with technology that could produce a...
Vending Machine Route Risk
Copyright (c) 2009 Jimmy Ingram
Hotels, schools, apartment complexes and offices are key prospects when surveying vending machine 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 near as powerful as the risk of loosing our total investment or life savings.
Vending is one of the safest businesses that you can invest your time and treasure in.
If you invest in most business your investment in the...
|
|