Pop Chips

At Vend Northwest we strive to make the impact of price increases as minimal as possible. With that in mind, we have improved our mix of products to make your machines stand out!

We have added Pop Chips Brand Chips in the following flavors:

• Salt n Vinegar



• Sour Cream & Onion



• Cheddar

These chips are the new look for the more upscale eating habits of office clients that demand high quality snacks without the guilt. Stop by today to sample these latest additions.

Thanks

Steve Fischer

President

Vend NW Distributing

Spring Buying Event

It seems that 2011 started with all the pressure from the commodity side of life. Manafacturers have had to start moving prices upward again. It seems that everything from petroleum, sugar, cocoa to packaging have had to serve price increases in the last year. Manufacturers had done their due diligence, trying to shave every increase to minimize any impact to the public, but to no avail. The vending industry has to move prices upward to recover the impact of these increases, which will have effects upon each operator. If the operator will not stay up with the rising cost factors that hit us all they will be left behind.

Thankfully, we have a couple of opportunities to take advantage of some cost savings with our Annual Spring/Fall Buying events that act like a SHOW "NO SHOW"! We strive to save you as much money as we can by focusing on cost reductions instead of fine dining and peripherals.

The Spring buying event starts March 28th and runs through April 29th. Most Manufacturers have stepped up and offered several cost saving ideas to make your machine selections more exciting!

The Fall buying event will incorporate new items and savings that start from August 22nd and run through September 30th.

We hope to offer these these events as great opportunity to fight rising costs.

Look for an email this week about the Spring Event and send back your completed form by March 21st to take advantage of great saving.

Thanks from everyone on the Vend Northwest team, stay positive and we wll all get through this together!

THANKS FOR THE BUSINESS THIS WEEK

Hey people, I just wanted to let you all know how appreciative we all are for the business you did with us this past week. Now it's time to take a couple days off (at least 1)and prepare for next week. you all need to relax and regroup and hit it hard again on Monday! Maybe go get a "mani-pedi" !! aaahhh a mani-pedi  doesn't that sound great!!! Anyway spend some time with your family as they are trully the only ones that will be there when the work is done!! Have a super weekend and I will see you all next week!!!!!   Curt

5 LB HERSHEY GIVEWAY

WHOLLY COW 5 LBS OF CHOCOLATE!!!!!

Hey Peeps I need you to come in to find out if you were one of the lucky winners of our 5lb Hershey bar giveaway. We drew two winners from Hershey purchases in December to receive a 5 lb Hershey bar each! So hurry up and come get it!!!!!!

BACK TO THE J.O.B.

Alrighty then.........back to work peeps! let's make this happen. I was in Seattle all day yesterday working getting the New Year off to a great start! If I didn't get into see you, call me and I will. If I did see you....what's up?? :-)

  The more you listen, the more you know. so get to work!!!!!
 

LAST DAY OF VACATION!!

Well they say "all good things must come to an end" and this is true with vacations........aahhhhhh, i needed that! Now it is back to work in 2011 which promises to be the biggest and best in the history of Vend Northwest!! There are GREAT things in the works that will be of bennefit to us all!! Happy New Year peeps and lets make 2011 spectacular together!!!

BLUE DIAMOND MOVIE TICKETS

Hey Guys, I just wanted to say that the 1 movie ticket with the purchase of 1 case of Blue Diamond Almonds deal is over and it was a GREAT success.......I will be sure to keep everyone posted on the next Give away deal we get! Thanks to everyone that participated and ENJOY THE SHOW!!!!

VENDING WORLD DECEMBER SALE

 Hey guys please check out the deals that Vending World has going on for December!

Internet customer,
Please take a look at these specials:

We have saved the best for last. All sales machines $300 off each for the month of December 2010

http://snackvending.vendingworld.com/specials.php

 

Thank you

Randy Ajax

President, Vending World

Please visit our web site at:

http://www.vendingworld.com

WORKING TOGETHER ALWAYS

Whether we like to admit it or not, we all need a little help at one time or another. This is especially true in an industry that is as competitive as ours. I complain sometimes about how much of a "cut" the Manufacturers Brokers get from the product that you and I purchase but truth be told they are an integral part of the process in our industry, they (not all of them) have their finger on the pulse of the customers and actually sometimes can act as an agent of yours even though they are not allowed. Them just being there in front of the customer and possibly mentioning your companies name as a source where to purchase their products. This also works in the reverse for the Manufacturer, by having those guys out there they have a conduit between themselves and the sometimes ill mannered customers. Today I realized that we can't do this alone it takes a lot of "chain links" in the right positions to make a good company great! Always remember this when you are deciding which bridges to burn and which ones to fortify. You/we/us/me/them need every possible opportunity and guidance that will push or lead us in the direction of success. To all of my colleagues in the industry that feel as passionate about Vending and customer service as I do, I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart and look forward to all of our continued success!!! Curt

PROUD OF OUR NATION AND ITS PEOPLE

Our new line of patriotic American Flag/Statue of Liberty Sugar and Creamer canisters our very colorful and will leave a sense of pride and honor with all of your customers especially all of those companies and customers that already pride themselves in being citizens of The United States Of America. These will be available for purchase around the middle of December this year. The pricing stays the same as our current Diamond Crystal products and a portion of the sale goes to help our fellow "less fortunate" Americans!!       Curt

TREACHEROUS DELIVERY

Hey peeps, just wanted to let everybody know that I made it to Bend and back yesterday (I had to chain up the truck twice though) and all is well. Have a kick ass rest of the week!! This truck was in front of me on the way back and it took a corner a little to fast!!!

  Curt

DELIVERING BEND TOMORROW

The joys and benefits of being me never seem to end!! Because of vacations etc. yours truly gets to deliver to our vending partners in Bend, Or tomorrow. Actually this is good because I haven't seen my people there in probably to long. And I will get a chance to brush up on my truck driving in the snow skills!!! Oooh and what a great opportunity to take along a couple of Turkey sandwich's !!!! I hope everyone has a great Monday and welcome back to the GRIND peeps !!!!

    Curt

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!

MORE JAPANESE VENDING MACHINES

Live Lobsters and Panties

Grow your own food in a vending machine!!

All Touch screen vending!!

Large Vending Machine Bank

Man the Japanese LOVE their Vending Machines. Here are just a few examples of the Machines that are used everyday in Japan!!

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.

FIRST THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day, currently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, has been an annual tradition in the United States since 1863. Thanksgiving was historically a religious observation to give thanks to God.

The event that Americans commonly call the first Thanksgiving was celebrated to give thanks to God for helping the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony survive their first brutal winter in New England. The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days, providing enough food for 53 pilgrims and 90 Native Americans. The feast consisted of fish (cod, eels, and bass) and shellfish (clams, lobster, and mussels), wild fowl (ducks, geese, swans, and turkey), venison, berries and fruit, vegetables (peas, pumpkin, beetroot and possibly, wild or cultivated onion), harvest grains (barley and wheat), and the Three Sisters: beans, dried Indian maize or corn, and squash.

HAPPY TURKEY DAY FROM ALL OF US HERE AT VEND NORTHWEST TO ALL OF YOU!!!!

SPOKANE

Mrs.Wokals Mom & Dad live right up the road from here!!

Atleast we don't live in Spokane!! Look what Dave over at Empire has to deal with!! I don't think the Tri Cities are any better, are they Keith, Dave, Mike, Jeff???? I had to cancel my Seattle trip today just for the safety of things...... I hope all of you are out there being sensible. Peace and be SAFE !!!
As a side note....my buddy in Port Orchard lost all power and can't get off of his hill!! :-)

DELIVERING SEATTLE TOMORROW

UGGGHHHHHH........... I hope it isn't to bad in the morning, Because of Vacations etc.....I pulled the "short straw" for delivering tomorrow, so unfortunately for all of you, I will be in a Semi on the roads in Seattle tomorrow!!! Actually I am pretty sure that I am the Worlds best truck driver so it shouldn't be to bad. It's kinda fun to get in a truck every once in awhile and get back to my roots!! I started driving truck in the Military and then followed up with Coca-Cola after that. So if your in Seattle tomorrow and you see a big truck with "Vend Northwest" on it.......MOVE!!!!!!

Curt

PAY BY TEXT

How cool is this??? Text the machine and make your selection and the charge goes onto your cell bill!!!

SMART VENDING

WOW!!!!!!!!!!