Soda, candy bars, chips anyone? Please help here.

@KatieS (503)
United States
July 4, 2007 4:04pm CST
I have a vending business and I'm having trouble getting stuff sold out of one machine at this one business. They didn't respond to my menu planner which would put their desired selections in the machine and they aren't responding to the stuff I've put in there, well except for the cinnamon rolls. So I would like to get your help. Please tell me: 1. What's your favorite candy bar, 2. What's your favorite soda, and 3. What's your favorite potato chip. I will very much appreciate your responses and help on this project.
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11 responses
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
5 Jul 07
Favorite candy bar; snickers, reeses Favorite soda: coke, mountain dew. (energy drinks are very popular) Favorite chip: doritos ranch
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@AmbiePam (92719)
• United States
5 Jul 07
I love Ranch Doritos, but boy do they give me stinky breath!
@Aurone (4755)
• United States
4 Jul 07
My favorite candy bar is a zero bar, my favorite soda is a diet pepsi, and I like different kinds of chips cheetohs, barbecue lays, sunchips, sour cream chips and pringles. Hope this helps.
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@KatieS (503)
• United States
5 Jul 07
Thanks so much. I had zeros in there for awhile,but there was no reaction. It's one of my faves too. I have not tried cheetos yet, so I might.
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@Rickrocks8 (1751)
• United States
5 Jul 07
Maybe they are healthy? I think you should try some of those 100 calorie packs. My fav pop is diet rite!
• United States
5 Jul 07
YOur most welcome and best of luck to you!
@KatieS (503)
• United States
5 Jul 07
It would be a whole lot easier to figure out if they were healthy. I've been looking at those 100 calorie packs, thanks for the help.
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• United States
5 Jul 07
My favorite soda is Mountain Dew, my favorite chips are Doritos Nacho Cheese, and I would rather have either a fruit snack or fruit and nut mix instead of a candy bar. Maybe people in that business are just on a kick of trying not to spend the extra money in a vending machine. Maybe you should just try a variety of things, or maybe more rows of the cinnamon rolls. Maybe juice or water instead of soda, or gatorade. I hope you get the issue resolved soon, so you don't lose money there.
@KatieS (503)
• United States
5 Jul 07
No health issues there, believe me. They called me for the machine so they should be spending money in it. They had a pop machine before but decided they wanted snacks too, that's why they wanted mine. So the soda doesn't do too bad, and there is gatorade in there as well. Thanks for your help!
@mada9898 (193)
• United States
5 Jul 07
First of all where is your machine located? I would put some diet soda selection in there as well. Most of the time I find people drink diet me included. For the candy bar it depends. What abpout snickers butterfinger reeses butter cups. www.usactivedutymilitary.blogspot.com
@KatieS (503)
• United States
5 Jul 07
There is one diet soda in there, and the only one who was drinking it doesn't work there anymore, so I'm stuck with that now. Those 3 candy bars are in there, just not much of a response. Thanks for your help.
@amyann16 (414)
• United States
5 Jul 07
When I get items out of a vending machine, for candy bars, I tend to either get a Milky Way or Snickers if I want chocolate. If I am in the mood for a "fruity" candy, it is either skittles or starburst. For soda, I tend to get either Diet Mt. Dew or Diet Pepsi. For potato chips, it is usually Doritos
@KatieS (503)
• United States
5 Jul 07
Those are all good snacks. Snickers most popular in my other machines. Thanks for your help.
@AmbiePam (92719)
• United States
5 Jul 07
I don't know where your vending machines are placed, but I know these days people respond to healthy snack choices, and I include myself in that category. They almost feel like they aren't cheating, so they would be more inclined to go back to the machine and buy more. But something I observed at my last job was that Cheetos never lasted long. I love those things and apparently so do a lot of people. Something I saw that hardly ever was bought, was the trail mix. My favorite soda is Coke, but these days the new versions are even better. Such as Vanilla Coke or Cherry Coke. And if you wanted to appeal to the more health conscious mind, they have Diet Coke Plus out now, which includes vitamins and minerals. As for my favorite candy bar, I'd say I would forget about a candy bar and go straight for the Rolos. I love those things! Best of luck!
@wendy82 (437)
• United States
4 Jul 07
My favorite candy bars are Twix and Reese Peanut Cup. My favorite soda is Dr. Pepper. My favorite potato chip is Cheetos. I would put a variety of different things and see if it is going to see if things. I would suggest to put soda like pepsi, dr. pepper, diet pepsi or mountain dew. I would put M&Ms and Snickers.
@KatieS (503)
• United States
5 Jul 07
Thank you very much. Most of those are already in there, Dr.Pepper being the best seller. Your help is appreciated!
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
5 Jul 07
For candy bar, I like sneakers, mountain dew is my favorite soda and sunchips is my favorite chip. Hope this helps.
@KatieS (503)
• United States
5 Jul 07
Yes it does help, thank you very much! Those are the popular ones!
@wiccania (3360)
• United States
5 Jul 07
I love Twix candy bars, they're probably my favorite. My favorite soda is Mountain Dew, and my favorite chips are cheetos. When I worked in an office and we had a vendine machine in the break room, I can tell you that the most popular items were SmartFoods popcorn, Doritos, Harvest Cheddar Sunchips, M&M's, Skittles, any tastykakes that were in there and powdered donuts. As a matter of fact, the donuts were so popular that when the machine was re-stocked, my mom and I would go into work with all the change we could find and buy ever single package in the vending machine (the guy only ever put 3 or 4 packages in the machine, often behind a pack or two of chocolate covered pretzels or something). We would split a pack for breakfast with our coffee when we arrived in the morning - we always arrived about half an hour early. If it's somewhere that people are going to interact with customers, it might be a good idea to put some kind of minty life savers or gum in there (something to help the breath).
@KatieS (503)
• United States
5 Jul 07
Twix wasn't good there, although is a good one in other machines. Haven't tried Cheetos, so I might next time, thanks. Sun Chips do not vend well because the mfrs make the bags too big and too much air. I've got these cinnamon rolls in there and they do well. My machine only holds 9 selections, 5 candy bars, and 4 bigger packages. I haven't tried the donuts but I think I will. Thanks for your help!
• United States
4 Jul 07
My favorite candy bar is Snickers, fav soda is Pepsi, and fav chip is Doritos or Lays. Hope this helps.
@KatieS (503)
• United States
5 Jul 07
Thanks a lot for the help. Those are the most popular in my other machines and Pepsi doesn't do too bad. These guys are just hard to please I guess. Thanks again!