tpuckett81 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Very strongly considering getting into the vending business. The mint boxes seem like a good gateway into the business. How many boxes can a one man show support by himself before hiring help is necessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryChris Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Very strongly considering getting into the vending business. The mint boxes seem like a good gateway into the business. How many boxes can a one man show support by himself before hiring help is necessary? I can't answer this.. but I think people can easily service 10 mint boxes in an hour if the locations are close-by. With that said, you could feasibly do 80 boxes in an 8-hour day by yourself, and 80 boxes will probably take up most of the space in a minivan and I would imagine it would be a nightmare to do if it's hot outside and you don't have AC in the vehicle. With that said, if you could get 80 locations 5 days each week (400 locations total, or roughly 400 boxes), you would be fine but you'd be working full-time for sure. Just keep in mind that you'll probably only need to stop by most locations once a month... so 400 boxes might only need to be filled 5-10 business days each week. And if you collected say $35 from each box... and pocketed at least half (say $20), you'd be able to generate at least $800/month working 40-60 hours. Good locations will generate more than this though. I'm just trying to throw out a realistic idea before an actual mint-box person comes out. If you're talking about boxes with chips and other snacks, expect no more than 4 boxes per hour if they are nearby. I generate a maximum of about $15/hour from snack boxes now, but I have downsized a lot to focus on my full-line vending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evolution84 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I can't answer this.. but I think people can easily service 10 mint boxes in an hour if the locations are close-by. With that said, you could feasibly do 80 boxes in an 8-hour day by yourself, and 80 boxes will probably take up most of the space in a minivan and I would imagine it would be a nightmare to do if it's hot outside and you don't have AC in the vehicle. With that said, if you could get 80 locations 5 days each week (400 locations total, or roughly 400 boxes), you would be fine but you'd be working full-time for sure. Just keep in mind that you'll probably only need to stop by most locations once a month... so 400 boxes might only need to be filled 5-10 business days each week. And if you collected say $35 from each box... and pocketed at least half (say $20), you'd be able to generate at least $800/month working 40-60 hours. Good locations will generate more than this though. I'm just trying to throw out a realistic idea before an actual mint-box person comes out. If you're talking about boxes with chips and other snacks, expect no more than 4 boxes per hour if they are nearby. I generate a maximum of about $15/hour from snack boxes now, but I have downsized a lot to focus on my full-line vending. I agree with most of this... But your math was just a bit off if someone had 400 locations and and made $20 net on each that would be 8k not $800... But one person could service a pretty sizable route by themselves if they wanted to put the hours in... I only do it on the side just for a little extra a month, I only service 33 boxes a month and I do them bi weekly and it takes me 2 hours to do all the boxes but there all pretty close together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryChris Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I agree with most of this... But your math was just a bit off if someone had 400 locations and and made $20 net on each that would be 8k not $800... But one person could service a pretty sizable route by themselves if they wanted to put the hours in... I only do it on the side just for a little extra a month, I only service 33 boxes a month and I do them bi weekly and it takes me 2 hours to do all the boxes but there all pretty close together. Yeah, major mistake on my part. That's what I get for trying to write a long message from my phone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdigirl Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 I agree with most of this... But your math was just a bit off if someone had 400 locations and and made $20 net on each that would be 8k not $800... But one person could service a pretty sizable route by themselves if they wanted to put the hours in... I only do it on the side just for a little extra a month, I only service 33 boxes a month and I do them bi weekly and it takes me 2 hours to do all the boxes but there all pretty close together. Evolution84, What is your gross per month on your 33 boxes and what kinds of locations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evolution84 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Gross is around $650 a month Most my Locations are restaurants or auto repair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainor5251 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 If you have questions about mint/candy honor boxes the best advice I could give is, get 10 boxes and go locate or get them located (Vendinglocator4u is the only one I can recommend) you'll learn more after a couple months servicing than you can ever hope to learn on a forum. With the low entry cost to start it makes it possible for almost anyone to get their feet wet and see the results first hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bghardin Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Well, for one, I am seeing my every expectation for the charity honor boxes being exceeded. Just stated this month. Thanks to advice from this forum. Ordered boxes from Sheridan; ordered telephone location services with Travis via Sheridan. Could not be happier. Four of the initial locations were not what I would expect as anywhere near ideal. Travis replaced them very quickly for me. I placed 20 boxes (with lollipops) Sep 13. By Sep 17, I was getting calls to bring another box. Beyond my expectations!!! I had set $20 per location per month as my minimum to keep the boxes in the location. Quick calculation: that would give me a minimum of $400 per month gross total. Now, it looks like I will be averaging between $50 an $100 per location per month. I will know more after they settle down for a month. Quick Calculation: 20 boxes times $50 is $1000; 20 boxes times $100 is $2000. Regardless from a minimum expectation of $400 to what may be a max expectation of $2000... wow!! This is much better than what I had planned. My intent is to grow to 800 boxes to service once a month. To keep the servicing to once a month, I intend to double up on the number of lollipops I put in each hole. Thanks to the guidance given in this forum... I am off and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildmanne39 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I will tell you that I have over six hundred and they do pretty well. I am all over Texas so it takes a lot to service them. I have had many stolen. I have placed most myself and I point a tried the locator he starts off okay but then starts thinking that everyone is trying to cheat him when he has to start replacing location. I guarantee that never happened I made the mistake of paying him before he placed them all because I was trying to help him out. He likes to lie to the people he works with and I will not tolerate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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