AMD Snacks Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Not sure if this is a gumball issue or a triples issue. But as I've been changing out my peanut m&m's to reeces at some locations due to complaints about m&m dispense amount...I've had 3 locations tell me "you should just change out the gumballs, no one really goes for those" This has got me scratching my head for two reasons. 1. They'd rather have a low amount of PMM over gumballs 2. Why are people passing over the gumballs? They're not lying either, my gumball sales always trail behind my candy, at all but a very few locations. I'm not sure if i'm giving people too many choices, or how you other guys are selling so many gumballs. Tomorrow I was going to downsize a triple that's just too much for the location with a M&I and gumballs double, but i'm wondering if I should just do M&I and Reece's instead. Any ideas? feedback? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mppuzzled Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 I've had the same gumball scenarios. My gumball locations all seemed to do awesome for the first 2 months. But any longer than that and the sales on them greatly decrease and the candy went much faster. My theory is that they try a couple gum balls and they realize how fast they lose favor and lose interest. Sent from my SM-N915V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Snacks Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 My theory is that they try a couple gum balls and they realize how fast they lose favor and lose interest. I did overhear some employees mumbling something about gumballs loosing flavor after 5 seconds on one of my machines. I just so happened to be changing those out anyway, so maybe you're right. But some of my locations are open to the public and have lots of foot traffic, not the same people everyday, and they still don't sell gumballs as much as M&I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mppuzzled Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Well Mike and ikes are my favorite candy. Soo I support that. :-) Sent from my SM-N915V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaneTrain Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Change the flavor of gumballs you offer. This will give you a few months of good sales then switch back. Your old flavor is now new! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determined Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I read an old post on here and someone would change out his flavor of gumball's every month to boost sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Snacks Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 I would totally be down for changing flavors often if that did the trick. I'm going to place my first double with MI and GB tomorrow in a hardware store, we'll see how the GB do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerformaVending Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Some places don't sell GB as well. Try chickle tab gum- that sells better with the adult crowd than with kids. Gumballs have sort of an ebb and flow for me. The COG is so good though that even if sales aren't as strong they can still theoretically make more money than a faster-selling pan candy. Swapping out flavors (or even just the display cards) can give it a jump too. I've got a couple different DB cards that have different background colors, and it does seem to move better switching between them in some spots from time to time. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Snacks Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 Thanks, are the prices similar with the chickle tab gum vs gumballs? I'll have to look into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerformaVending Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Thanks, are the prices similar with the chickle tab gum vs gumballs? I'll have to look into them. Price should be close if you're getting it either from Sams or A&A. Not sure about other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrotthead Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Are you selling the gumballs from sams? Try a different brand i.e. ford or bubble king, see if they like it better. All of my locations have gumballs 150+ some of they have just gumballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sams86gn Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 where do you buy your Reeces cheap enough to make profit on them?? My gumballs always sell good. I use the Sams club ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Snacks Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 Sam's by me has Reece's for $9.7 9 for a 48oz...I dispense .4 oz... It's about $20 profit per bag Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sams86gn Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 AHHH ok...ours doesnt carry the bulk bags of Reeces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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