5 lb HERSHEY BAR GIVE-A-WAY

Wholly cow you guys!  YUMMY........Imagine one of the liitle kids on your Christmas list opening one of these bad boys Christmas Morning!!! You would be the world's favorite Mom, Dad, Uncle, Aunt, Gramma, Grandpa etc..... All you have to do is buy 10 sleeves of Hershey Product and you are entered to win !! Lets get on it people, we only have 2 of these monsters in stock!

JAPAN LOVES THEIR VENDING!!!!!!

I found this when searching through the Japanese Vending Industries Information files! It is funny!!!

Odd Japanese Blogs – The Vending Machine Report

June 22, 2010 — qjphotos Yesterday, I posted about the Tokyo Kaidan DB (Tokyo Stairs Database), a meticulous cataloging of stairs in Tokyo. Today’s blog is the second of five himajin (someone with too much time on his hands) blogs that I’m writing about this week. It’s called:  “I take photos of a vending machine (almost) every day. Sorry.” The blog has been going since May, 2005, and has over a thousand posts.
An average day is just: “No change” like this:

Every couple of weeks, though, there’s a big excitement in the blog when there is a product change:

The blogger details all the product changes as follows:

If you’re wondering what in the world inspired something like this, it’s explained in the blogger’s profile:

Most-hated phrase: “Keizoku wa chikara nari (Keeping at something makes you stronger.)”
Favorite vending machine: It would be scary if I had one
Short note: I update this blog with a photo of the same vending machine every day (it was replaced on Aug. 8, 2009). I was planning to write every day, but sometimes I take a break. I’m not interested in vending machines and canned drinks.
I don’t like things that take a lot of work, so I tried to think of some kind of content that wouldn’t require any willpower and that I could finish in five minutes a day. That’s how I started doing this. When there are changes, it takes a lot of work, which makes me angry.
It’s like techno where a groove is created when similar things repeat while changing slightly. Sorry, for getting off topic.
I don’t like the saying, “Keeping at something makes you stronger.” I don’t think there are many phrases that are more insulting. Please use it for people who are so stupid you can’t think of anything else to compliment them on.

MANUFACTURER DEMO

Hey Peeps, We wanted to let you know that we will have a representative from Kellogs, Biscomerica, Poor Bros, Brownie Baker, Gavina Coffee, Marachaun and Mrs Freshley in the warehouse next Wednesday the 26th and Thursday the 27th between the hours of 10 AM and 2 PM. They will be handing out samples and answering any questions that you may have regarding purchasing programs and rebates as well as general knowledge questions about their products. So don't miss this! It's a great opportunity for you to voice your compliments and complaints. You might also recieve some "deals" for the two days that they are here!!! Curt

E-THOUGHT FOR THURSDAY MAY 13, 2010

Happy Thursday people!!
Are Manufacturers "discounting" them selves out of sales? It makes me wonder because they seem to have A LOT of different options out there for this company or that, and they are all different. Meanwhile unless your are this company or that your pricing is so expensive that it is barely feasible for you to make your margins.
It just seems that unless you are a multi-million dollar vending company everything is working against you and it shouldn't be that way. Every company and every person that is out there now is imperative to the health and welfare of our industry and the Manufacturers should look at it that way.
If there are only 2 Vending companies in the world how many outlet options does that leave the Manufacturers to sell their wares? And who is gonna decide the pricing? The Manufacturers? NO, the companies that have the end user accounts of course. Where as if there are 50,000 vending companies there is a much greater chance of reaching different demographics of people and thus selling much more product and making much more money. So instead of offering this guy or that guy a "back door" deal because they are huge, why not just offer everybody the SAME deal and attach a quantity to it?
If you buy 300 cases you receive this much money? Oh Mfg's will tell you that this is how it works anyway but it is a little more complicated than that. It's just ridiculous all of the variables that they use to "calculate" their deals. I just don't understand(well actually i can) how and why they have gotten to this point. I think the only ones that would have an objection to a "restructuring" of deals thru Mfg's would be the large vending companies that benefit so greatly from the way it is now. Now i don't want some of you to take this the wrong way as i do believe that the reason some companies are so large is because they have worked very hard and diligently to grow their business and take care of their customers, Bravo to them. The issue is now those companies have such high operating overhead that they depend on these "discounts" to make enough money to survive. So even though they are getting the product at a much lower price they can't afford to sell it for less than the operator who is paying an arm and a leg for it.
I just think that we really need to take a hard look at our industry and try to figure out not only this issue but others that we can change to keep our industry alive and well! It could only benefit us all, ya know? Again this is only my opinion and thoughts, I don't intentionally mean to hurt anybodies feelings only to make us all think past the ends of our noses.

Regards
Curt Wokal

NEW 1" AND 2" BULK NOVELTIES IN STOCK!!

Hey guys, no E-Thought today as we have been busy getting ready for our first delivery of Bulk Novelty items!! We are very excited to be able to offer these items to our Bulk Vending Customers. People have been asking for years and we are finally in a position to be able to give you what you've been asking for!! We have everything from Bouncy Balls to Great shiny Necklaces and Bracelets, Bling Teeth Dentures to Puzzle Balls for your .25 and .50 Bulk Vending Machines!! So come on in and check out our great selection! All items are now in-stock!!