AZVendor Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Yes, the Grand Gourmet was the king of food machines in large vending banks, before the turret food machines were around. The only other cold food machine options were The National FM72 and the Vendo Visi-Vend. Back in the day when vending profits were determined by the 3 C's (candy, coffee and cigarettes) the Grand Gourmet was a staple machine. This was in the heyday of cup soda machines (higher profit than coffee), cigarette machines in every breakroom and even hot canned food machines from Vendo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonkw Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I have one of these Jofemar machines, inherited from another vending operation that went broke. I'm sorry to say that I, along with a few other people who have filled it before, hate it. We've had problems where the items double vend. Filling the machine is a pain. You have to move those little plastic notches all the time, and filing a few bags at the back of the chip tray without the front being all empty is really difficult. The only major bunch of people buying these things are probably the franchisees of Human Healthy Vending. Trying to get rid of the one I have right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris1953 Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share Posted July 10, 2014 Yes, the Grand Gourmet was the king of food machines in large vending banks, before the turret food machines were around. The only other cold food machine options were The National FM72 and the Vendo Visi-Vend. Back in the day when vending profits were determined by the 3 C's (candy, coffee and cigarettes) the Grand Gourmet was a staple machine. This was in the heyday of cup soda machines (higher profit than coffee), cigarette machines in every breakroom and even hot canned food machines from Vendo. I have a guy who still uses the FM72. His wife won't let him get rid of it. LOL Cup drop soda was the money maker. Just kept putting that syrup in those five gallon tanks with all the mole. LOL Had to laugh at all the suckers who spent hundreds of dollar converting to bag in the box. Those kits were expensive. It was something that wasn't needed. All you had to do was put a bag in the box connector on and the originals pumps worked as well as the CO2 pumps. I did several that away before the kits were available. Profits were great. About 8 cents in product costs on a 16 oz drink depending on how much ice was in the cup. Ice makers were the only thing that was a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VendingTech305 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I have one of these Jofemar machines, inherited from another vending operation that went broke. I'm sorry to say that I, along with a few other people who have filled it before, hate it. We've had problems where the items double vend. Filling the machine is a pain. You have to move those little plastic notches all the time, and filing a few bags at the back of the chip tray without the front being all empty is really difficult. The only major bunch of people buying these things are probably the franchisees of Human Healthy Vending. Trying to get rid of the one I have right now. Call rich at vending specialist (610) 809-4398 or vendingspecialist@gmail.com He'd prob take it off ur hands.. And not to far Inheriting one is tough because then you're relying on the training from the previous owner.. I agree when someone doesn't know what they're doing the machine can be a POS, but when configured and programmed correctly it's great Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZVendor Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I have a guy who still uses the FM72. His wife won't let him get rid of it. LOL Cup drop soda was the money maker. Just kept putting that syrup in those five gallon tanks with all the mole. LOL Had to laugh at all the suckers who spent hundreds of dollar converting to bag in the box. Those kits were expensive. It was something that wasn't needed. All you had to do was put a bag in the box connector on and the originals pumps worked as well as the CO2 pumps. I did several that away before the kits were available. Profits were great. About 8 cents in product costs on a 16 oz drink depending on how much ice was in the cup. Ice makers were the only thing that was a pain. Luckily I never had mold in any of my cup soda machines partly because we have such a dry climate with each machine in air conditioned breakrooms and the fact that I kept the machines so clean. I also used the liners in the tanks. The ice makers were really the only issues, but at the time I could do every adjustment and repair to them except for freon recharges so mine had very minimal downtime. The only thing I really hated to replace was the syrup pumps because of the mess you could get if a bellows leaked. But I sure loved those machines and I was real sorry I got into the business so late that can vendors were replacing all the cup soda machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Sounds like we need to set up a nostalgia section in addition to the recent coffee/OCS section..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moondog Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Sounds like we need to set up a nostalgia section in addition to the recent coffee/OCS section..... That's it - create extra work for Sherlock now that you're retired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris1953 Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Finally got around to pulling compressor on the vision. It had a leak. 30 years of compressor work and I have never seen this kind of connection especially on a new cooling deck of less than 2 years old. Have no idea why this T and brazed reducer with a brass fitting and a plug stuck in the fitting purpose could be for. Maybe someone else knows. It was leaking from the two brass fittings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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