gum opinions

[SeaTurtle Vending]

Of my 275 or so heads I have out, about 90% are nerds gumballs. On one of my routes Saturday a customer asked for chiclet style gum. I told I would look into it. I did find some from Sams online that looks like a similar price point to gumballs at 10 per vend. I was thinking 8 or 9 per vend.

 

It got me thinking about my business model a bit. Would this be a more profitable gum to go with or should I at least bring it into the arsenal. I am simply looking for your opinions on it. What have you noticed about its sales, type of gum used (I know ford gum is popular). etc...

[LandJGroup]

We use double bubble. The problem with chickle gum is the mess. Use to get a ton of complaints from them being all over the foor. The good thing about them is adults really like them for themselves and for the young kids (to prevent choking).

[sherlock]

I've tried tab gum in many different types of locations.

They rarely did better than gumballs for me.

The gb sold far and away better than tab gum almost every time.

I still do tab gum in some spots, rotating it in and out...but that's just because it gives me another low cost alternative to regular gb.

But, I wouldn't ever consider replacing gb with tab gum permanently anywhere.

The drop in sales would be unavoidable.

[Rick]

Chicle tabs never did squat for me.  I've tried and I just don't think it tastes near as good as GB.

[newheart53]

I do't know what it is but gumballs didn't do squat for me so I took them out for about six months now. Changed some to chicle tab and they seemed to do a little better. Going to introduce g b back into my accts to see if sales might come back for them. I think chicle tab has it areas to be in and will always have some out.