Pre-Owned Office Deli Vending Machines - A Smart Investment

   You want to get into the vending business, but you don't have a whole lot of capital to invest in vending machine equipment. You could start out with bulk candy vending machines- they are easily installed and easy to fill. However, if you want to see a quicker return on investment, and if you're a person who doesn't mind some legwork and chatting with potential locations, full service vending may be the way to go.

If you should choose full service vending, what kind of machines should you buy? The best way to figure this out is, what kind of locations are you most comfortable approaching and servicing? Some people will recommend tiny mechanical machines, but those will leave you limited to tiny locations such as salons, small offices, etc.

Others will tell you to invest in some giant machines with refrigerated sandwiches, dairy products as well as a wide variety of drinks and snacks. This sounds like a good idea, but it's letting yourself in for a bigger hassle than you want to deal with in the early stages of your vending enterprise. With refrigerated food vending, you would have to get yourself a food service license, and then you would have to keep those foods rotated according to their expiry date. Unless you have a huge location with people who are hungry and prosperous enough to afford $5 sandwiches on a daily basis, this means a lot of wasted product = wasted $.

So if you've decided on full line vending, somewhere in the middle is your best course of action. A good example of this type of  "middle of the road" machine is the Office Deli snack, beverage and entree vending machine. The cool thing about Office Deli vending machines is that it can vend not only your regular can and bottle soda or juices, and not only your potato chips and candy bars- it also has a side entree section.

What's so great about the entree section? The big deal here is that the entrees it holds are non-refrigerated, microwavable foods. Think cup-a-soup, mac-n-cheese cups, top ramen, dinty moore stews, etc. These types of pantry foods can be purchased in bulk, and they don't expire anywhere near as quickly as refrigerated foods like sandwiches, frozen burritos, etc. You will throw away a lot less food and money.

As for the rest of the machine, it's like a typical electronic snack/beverage combo. It just happens to have that little extra side entree unit for when M &M's and Doritos aren't enough to get your customers through that mid-day hunger. It has a bill validator and can have multiple prices so you can be accurate in your pricing.

Best of all, you can find plenty of  used Office Deli vending machines all over the country at extreme discounts. You can frequently find them actually new on pallets for less than 2k each! Often, there are like new and very good condition used Office Deli machines for below $1,200.

Used Office Deli Vending Machines

It's been several years since the Office Deli hit the ever-changing and highly competitive vending machine market. Originally sold for $10,000 apiece in lots of 3 or more only as a business opportunity, the machines remain a good investment on the secondary market, but without the high price tag. These units can now be purchased pre-owned, and sometimes new in boxes, for less than $2,000 each.

  The Office Deli has 38 selections of not just snack and soda, but entree as well. The entree section vends top-shelf items, such as cup-a-soup, mac and cheese, ramen noodles, larger pastries, etc. The snack portion vends your typical snack items such as chips, candy bars, cookies, etc. Beverage items are the usual can / bottle drinks. This kind of machine is rated for indoor locations, preferably office-type environs with more than 40 white-collar employees. This is because of the top shelf items, such as soup cups, which must be  microwaved. Offices usually are equipped with a break room with at least a fridge, coffee pot & microwave.

The Office Delis are very versatile, allowing for a wide range of items to be vended. This variety means that you as a vendor have a better opportunity for getting your foot in the door of those larger and more profitable locations. If you're not a vendor, the Office Deli is the perfect vending machine for keeping your employees on the premises and not running out for snacks.

So, you can get a high quality, location-ready Office Deli vending machine for less than $2,000- some are even new in the boxes. Another big plus is, the parts for these machines are readily available. Check out USEDvending.com and review LOTS of pre-owned office delis- there may be some right in or near your town.  

The Antares Office Deli Combo Snack , Soda and Entree Vending Machines

The Planet Antares Office Delis are extremely versatile and a very popular vending machine lately. Why? They have the ability to not only vend snacks and sodas- they can also vend entrees. The entrees are not refrigerated, which is a misconception. They are actually only items like microwavable soup cups, fruit cups, Ramen noodles, Hormel box meals, etc.

The functionality of these machines is great because you can make sure there's something for every occasion. There will be the usual candy and chips, and sodas- but then you have the entrees for the users to have a full meal. They could have a Dinty Moore beef stew, some applesauce and a pastry for lunch- then later on as a snack grab a Snickers. They can get water, soda, juice, etc. as well.

It has a dollar bill validator and is capable of taking credit cards. This means that those who use the machine regularly know that if they don't happen to have that pocket change handy, they will still have choices for lunch and breakfast. No more going hungry due to lack of ready cash.

These combos normally retail for nearly 10 grand each- that's how popular they are. But you can find these combos at extremely low prices at www.USEDvending.com .