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Building your vending business is a point of pride. Once you’ve successfully operated and grown your business for several years, you may wonder about what to do with your business later in life. Whether you are considering retiring from your vending business in a few years or you are considering retirement many years from now,… Continue reading →

As cities and neighborhoods grow and change, it’s not always good for business. When traffic patterns change or the popularity of a particular hotspot declines, it may mean your vending business is losing sales. How can you adapt? Let’s take a look at solutions and strategies you can use if your vending business is losing… Continue reading →

If you’ve seen success with your first vending machine, or your first set of vending machines, you may be wondering if it’s time to expand your vending business. This is a big decision, and you may have some concerns. Is it wise to make another investment? How do you know if these vending machines will… Continue reading →

Shopping habits changed dramatically during the course of 2020, and many of these trends continue into 2021. Americans have always shopped differently at convenience stores compared to grocery stores, and these behaviors have changed further in the last two years. As customers’ expectations have shifted, many convenience store owners are leveraging new technology to adapt… Continue reading →

Land is a limited resource. Though there’s a lot of it—about 15.77 billion usable acres, when excluding deserts and mountains—there’s a limited supply. There are many different types of land—rural, urban, suburban, with different land features and climates—but almost all land can be used in some way. There are many ways landowners can generate passive… Continue reading →

If you find that your storage facility isn’t making the profits that it used to, or you feel that your facility isn’t being used to its fullest potential, you’re probably looking for alternative revenue streams for your storage facility. There are a number of ways to earn more money with your storage facility. Let’s explore.… Continue reading →

Location is key for any vending machine business; your location needs to see enough traffic to generate substantial income. However, traffic is not the only consideration when it comes to choosing a good location for your vending business. For ice vending, a few other factors can help to make installation easy and help you get… Continue reading →

Standing out and grabbing customers’ attention can be difficult in the convenience store market. There is a lot of competition in this market, and customers have little incentive to make repeat purchases, other than convenience itself. So how can you make an impact, keep customers coming back, and get their attention? Try these innovative marketing… Continue reading →

Vending machine businesses present many opportunities for seasoned and new business owners alike. There are many vending machine opportunities to choose from, including ice vending with Ice House America. If you’re wondering about starting an ice vending machine business or adding ice vending to your current business, there are 6 reasons to consider Ice House… Continue reading →

The average American buys four bags of packaged ice each year, 80 percent of it between Memorial and Labor Day, according to the FDA. Most of this ice comes from convenience stores’ and other retailers’ supplies of bagged ice. With these wide swings in demand occurring around holidays and unpredictable warm days, as well as… Continue reading →