FOOD & DRINK MACHINES
What you need to know before investing in this profitable equipment
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es how TAMARA BIRCH explor food and drinks retailers are using footfall and sales machines to drive
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machine “We’ve had a slush for 10 £3.50 per store “We sell them at from Snowshock in proposition to generates a 70% expanded to ofin it was a unique isn’t cup, which BO- years, but we after our refit RETAILERS are investing to offer my customers and it so even with the ve flavours else in the margin, still made fer fi offer food and drinks machines GOF promotion, we years ago. Now, we solu- available anywhere he says. “And three offer a full food-to-go stores UK at the moment,” he says. Lemon & Lime and Still a 35% margin,” their the Strawberry, of the tion and ensure Sedani stocks Fanta and with summer holidays and but we mix up three exsales will Cola, range drinks in Orange stand out. ongoing heatwave, flavours to keep the One Stop frozen varieties. The point likely increase, too.” Dee Sedani, of Strawberry says. he exfor the Pau, of citing,” cup for Matlock in Derbyshire,the first of difference for him is that Elsewhere, Kalpesh Cross Pau sells a small £1.75, ed, & Parson ample, has become stock a machine is non-carbonat a large for to drinks Kal’s Budgens South £1.25 and convenience store unlike other frozen machine Post Office in Sheffield, 70% margin. The ed, When the a slush ma- generating Fanta Still drinks machine. drinks machines. of- Yorkshire, has Blast, a coffee machine is self-maintain and Pau “Innovation in frozen need- launched in store, Sedani Ice fees, Tango service chine, no we with free dessert machines is hard, but we knew a buy one, get one We were fered paid for it outright. tri- machine and ed another machine. at Fro- promotion (BOGOF) to drive in store. team says he sold 20 drinks. intrigued when the it to us, as al and zen Brothers pitched
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Rachel Wells, commercial director, St Pierre Groupe
merchandised and sweet snacks “MORNING goods strong secondmachines deliver These alongside drinks sales for retailers. convenience ary spend and incremental a core part of the to trade up products have become encouraging shoppers better food-to-go offer, while still representing from standard options shops. value than coffee mealtimes continue traditional as “What’s more, mid-morning now stretches from the window for to blur, lunchtime ernoon, extending ensure drinks through to mid-aft should treats. Retailers and fully stocked, drinks and sweet maintained, clean machines are well and snacks kept looking fresh, goods throughout with morning up with bestsellers appealing and topped the day.”