Vending machines for the office

[batmanreturns]

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]

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_]

You don't state if it will be drink or chocolate/crisps?

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

[Marcellus]

With fizzy pop vending machines the magic number was 100 people either on site or visiting the site every day.

[Ms R.Saucy]

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]

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

[goldor]

Sorry for bumping but this is the only thread I found about vending machines.
What did you end up buying? I'm thinking about buying such a machine for my office. The prices are pretty high, so it would be great to learn from the experience of others. Any advice is appreciated.

[Sheets Tabuer]

Just have a tuck shop and a card payment terminal, works well in our office of 1000

[hidetheelephants]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Just have a tuck shop and a card payment terminal, works well in our office of 1000

Bring back Tealadiespersons! How does that work? Is there a nominated person or is it run on honesty?

[Zetec-S]

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