Vending Machine Business by the Numbers: Machine Payback, Location Commissions, Product Mix, Restock Routes & Cash vs Card
Decide if a vending route pays: machine cost and payback, location commissions, slot-by-slot product mix, restock routes and payment fees, with every cell checked as you go.
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About this course
This course shows whether a vending route really pays. You compare buying a new machine on a loan, a used one for cash and a lease with PMT, then turn sales data into vends per day and compare location types with AVERAGEIFS. You weigh commission against flat rent and find break-even sales, rank slots by weekly margin with SMALL and INDEX/MATCH, plan restock visits with INT and ROUNDUP and price write-offs. Finally you cost routes per hour, compare card fees with cash handling, test a card-only switch and judge the whole portfolio with SUMIFS, payback months, NPV and a chart. Every cell is checked as you go.
Lessons
- Machine Options: Buy New, Buy Used or Lease – the Monthly Cost of a Machine Pro
- Sales per Machine: Vends per Day, Average Price and Location Types Pro
- Location Commissions: Percentage of Sales vs Flat Rent and Break-Even Sales Pro
- Product Mix per Slot: Capacity, Margin per Slot and Swapping the Weakest Product Pro
- Restocking: Days Until Empty, Visit Frequency and Write-Offs Pro
- Route Planning: Hours per Run, Cost per Visit and Profit per Route Hour Pro
- Cash vs Card: Card Fees, Cash Handling and a Card-Only Test Pro
- The Machine Portfolio: Profit by Location Type, Payback, NPV and a Profit Chart Pro