Soda Vending Machine - Your Profit Depends on Your Location


by John Hanna - Date: 2007-01-16 - Word Count: 538 Share This!

Are you contented with your monthly income? Are you finding it hard to look for a high-paying job? Perhaps you are planning to have a business of your own to be an additional source of income. Do you know what business is in today? If you don't, let this article be your guide.

Have you heard of soda vending machines? Of course, you have! These are the machines where you buy your soft drinks.

A soda vending machine is one of the easiest ways of earning money from a vending machine business. Compared to other vending machines, this machine will allow you to present a variety of beverages, like soda, juices and bottled water. You have to locate a possible place where you can put them.

Keep in mind that in the vending machine business, the location is key to earning money regardless of what kind of machine you have.

Soda bottling companies usually give the machine for free. However, you will have to agree to a contract stating that you will buy all the beverages that you will need from their company, which can reduce your earnings.

When you purchase from a bottling company, you will also be able to get discounts, such as being entitled to get a free case of soda for each ten cases of soda you purchase.

Purchasing a used or a second hand soda vending machine is one way you can make higher profits. You will save at least 50 percent if you buy a used soda vending machine over a new one. Most of the time, distributors of vending machines restore their soda vending machines and sell them at a lower price.

When you already have a beverage vending machine, you will only need to buy products to fill it up and place it in a location of your choice. This will let you get the benefit of sales offered by different wholesalers since wholesale prices for sodas are not available in supermarkets. When you refill your used soda vending machine this way, it is possible to make higher profits.

In the past, schools, colleges and universities were the best place for soda vending machines. However, with the present law about the prohibition of soda vending machines from some school premises, you will have to rethink the kind of products that you want for your beverage vending machine sale. Remember soda is not the only beverage that you can use. You can also sell fruit juices, bottled water and even milk.

Think of a place where there are plenty of people for your soda vending machine business such as malls, airports and business establishments. Usually, when people go shopping they want a cold drink that will refresh them especially when they are tired and need to sit down.

Summer is the best season when cold drinks sales are at their peak. So, when winter rolls around, prepare yourself for a lower profit with this kind of business.

John Hanna was in the Vending Machine and Vending Route business for 15 years until last year when he sold his business and moved to Tampa, FL where he runs a successful consulting business. Visit his other Websites at: http://www.VendingMachines-ForSale.com http://www.VendingMachines-Business.com and http://www.VendingMachine-Sales.com


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