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How to Get Your Own Locations Getting new customers is simple. You go door to door to every business on a street. Make your visiting fun! You will be most effective if you take a 15-minute break every hour. Make your first call at 9AM and your last call at 5PM. Take an hour for lunch, from 12:30-1:30. Take time to enjoy meeting people and looking at all the fun stuff they sell. Enjoy yourself. Some of the people you meet will be having bad days — don’t take their rudeness to heart. Remember. you get what you ask for, so ask for what you want! First, you want to speak with the owner or manager. …

Use a Locator or Find Your Own Sites  Just buying vending machines does not equal income-producing power. Income producing power comes from getting your machines on location and then keeping your machines on location. Businesses fail, change ownership, move, merge, remodel, etc. You will always want new customers. Find new customers by going door to door through local businesses, talking to decision makers who are willing to have vending machines. Although many operators use locating services, be cautious of dependence on locators for the success of your business. A locator can help you get ma …

Advantages of Bulk Vending The perfect vending business is one where life is gentle and the income is high. It is one with few complaints and no demands for instant response. It is one where the return on investment is high, and you get maximum dollars out of each machine at each service. Bulk vending is the only vending business that has these wonderful characteristics. Other kinds of vending require being available for frequent 24-hour repair calls, the constant moving of expensive heavy equipment, and very frequent refill service, due not to being sold out, but because of the short shelf l …

Jelly Belly turns out millions of delicious candies from two factories, one in Fairfield CA and the other in North Chicago IL. But this Easter story focuses on the distribution center and massive warehouse in Pleasant Prairie WI, which opened its doors in 2001 and hosts 250,000 visitors annually to free tours of this sweet facility.    Tours begin at Jelly Belly Junction, where you can board the Jelly Belly Express for a narrated ride around the facility. Massive video monitors explain the candy-making process. A series of portraits made from thousands of Jelly Belly beans make for some unique …

Bulk-up for Spring! Candymachines.com is offering 20%-off any purchase of $100 or more of bulk candy gumballs and jawbreakers. You can even mix or match cases to get exactly what you want! Take advantage of this 20%-off discount by ordering before the sale ends 12:00am on 03-24-08. That’s an extra $20 in your pocket for every $100 ordered. So stock-up now and keep those machines (and profits) bulked-up! Check out these Beach Ball theme gumballs – perfect for Spring!   candymachines.com …