sweetstop Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Is sams really the cheapest place for cashews? $16.88 a can can it even be done for .25 vends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerformaVending Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 If I were you, I'd contact a local grocery wholesaler, and see what their pricing is on either shipper cases, supply cases, or drop-ships. Terminology varies from supplier to supplier. If you can buy them in larger quantities (like an actual "store") you may be able to decrease the significant COGS on them. Depending on the setup though, I'd add a single head with a 50 cent mechanism for the Cashews if they are being requested. That makes the most sense to me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowcountry Dan Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I know that nobody wants to tell the customer "No", but sometimes it must be done. I told 2 of my accounts I just can't do them anymore due to the price. Both understood and took a substitute. Since I don't have the .50 option, that is what I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserri Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Fugheddaboudit Frank. You've been on this forum long enough to know not to accept requests. Especially cashews. You just can't portion enough to both satisfy the customer and make a worth-while profit. Sent using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherdsflock Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I just added cashews to one of my Vendstars and set the portions size small. I'll see how it goes. They're selling quickly, but I'm not sure yet how profitable it will be. I didn't have a chance to calculate my total cost of goods vended, so shame on me. Hopefully I'll make at least some profit on them. It's at my highest profiting location, so as long as they pay for themselves I'm doing okay; I'll just want to adjust things a bit on the next service cycle if I find that they're not making money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerformaVending Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I just added cashews to one of my Vendstars and set the portions size small. I'll see how it goes. They're selling quickly, but I'm not sure yet how profitable it will be. I didn't have a chance to calculate my total cost of goods vended, so shame on me. Hopefully I'll make at least some profit on them. It's at my highest profiting location, so as long as they pay for themselves I'm doing okay; I'll just want to adjust things a bit on the next service cycle if I find that they're not making money. With the cost as steep as they are, I can't imagine how you can make it with a Vendstar at 25 cents. Good luck on it though, if you get them cheap enough that might work for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherdsflock Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 With the cost as steep as they are, I can't imagine how you can make it with a Vendstar at 25 cents. Good luck on it though, if you get them cheap enough that might work for you. I'm sure the profit margin will be small. I've got the same problem most people do with triples, two of my products sell great, but the third never sells. I just want something to move through that third head and not have to throw product away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetstop Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 the thing is one of the places already has 2 triples and the 3 heads of mine machine do well. This might be my in for a third machine, a single with a .50 mech for the cash. dont know if he'll go for it but if they want cashews it may be my only option. having not ever used nuts before i was amazed at the price, not so much the price of the can because i see them at sams but how little you actually get for the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billnuts Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Funny thing is i own a Cinnamon almond stand... been roasting almonds in a copper kettle for 16 years now, also do mini donuts and fudge and chocolates... been dealing with cashews, pecans, almonds and walnuts for years.. pecans and cashews are at a all time high right now pecans are high because the Farmers in georgia lost thier farms and the banks are letting the pecan trees and pecans ROT on the trees and wont let anyone farm them. cashews come from india and other countries they are packed and shipped in 50 lb metal tins or 50 vaccum sealed bags they are raw and then must be roasted or processed. sams club is the same price as wholesale.. even sometimes cheaper than the actual wholesaler yes thats actually a plus for sams club roasted salted is what you want to use WARNING Cashews are very limited shelf life they have a natural occuring worm that will grow inside the cashew they are white and look like maggots or wax worms they do require sealed or kept below 50 deg to stay fresh if this is a 3 month stop, dont use them the last thing you need is a customer going to the owner with a WORM... the old saying from me is .. i have 12 flavors of fudge... at least once a week we get someone asking for a speical flavor.. like maple walnut fudge with no nuts... i make 3 lbs of it and i throw it away they never came back. so you will get people that will ask for diffrent things, IGNORE THEM!!!!! they wont be back, OR they wont buy enough to make up for the loss of a popular flavor. you could have 1000's flavors and someone will ask for thimbleberry? If you want to use a NUT use honey roasted peanuts they have a good shelf life and less of a bug problems bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerformaVending Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 the old saying from me is .. i have 12 flavors of fudge... at least once a week we get someone asking for a speical flavor.. like maple walnut fudge with no nuts... i make 3 lbs of it and i throw it away they never came back. so you will get people that will ask for diffrent things, IGNORE THEM!!!!! they wont be back, OR they wont buy enough to make up for the loss of a popular flavor. you could have 1000's flavors and someone will ask for thimbleberry? If you want to use a NUT use honey roasted peanuts they have a good shelf life and less of a bug problems bill Grape slushies. My father's concession stand got so many requests for it, we ponied up the $35.00 for a whole gallon of the stuff (a 6 oz bottle will last a whole season). I think we sold a dozen after that. Requests are a great way to show off that you do go above and beyond for your customers and the location, but in this case I don't see that benefit outweighing the significant downsides. Whatever you choose to do, good luck Sweetstop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Vending Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 ive had people make requests then fill a machine with their special order product and they ussually dont even buy it anyway or buy very little. Cashews and nuts go stale real fast too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Vending Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Is sams really the cheapest place for cashews? $16.88 a can can it even be done for .25 vends? I just figured it up and at 12 cashews per .25 cent vend that all works out to $42 for the whole can. They cost $16.88 where I live too but this seems like a pretty good ROI. Am I vending way too little or is my math wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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