Determined Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Are your sales starting to slow down for the year??? I ran my route last week and several of my locations were way down. I had one that only did 25% of what it did the month before. It went from 40 to 10 for a month. Another I was expecting 130ish and I collected 67? Those are huge drops. Kids go back to school here in early August. I don't know if that had some effect on it or not? Some others remained steady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuikVend Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I have dips in sales, not quite as large as those, but not all of my locations are affected by back to school. Bulk is prone to slow down in the fall/winter and will pick back up in spring/summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodney69 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 1 hour ago, QuikVend said: I have dips in sales, not quite as large as those, but not all of my locations are affected by back to school. Bulk is prone to slow down in the fall/winter and will pick back up in spring/summer. Depending on your area, it might be because of people on vacation before school starts. We've noticed this year that a lot of managers were gone over the last few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determined Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 I'm hoping that's the case. Some locations had seemed so steady to see the sales drop in half was surprising! I'm not overly concerned but was curious if anyone else had seen a drop in sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Back to School often makes a difference. But a lot of times sales drop after the newness wears off. Sometimes that one smoker that can't smoke at work gets another job! There can be lots of reasons sales drop after awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determined Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 If it was one or two places I could see the newness wearing off but it was several at the same time. We've also were having extreme heat and humidity here so that could be a factor. At one location they moved my rack. Literally the sales dropped in half or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerformaVending Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Totals slow down for me in the fall, before picking up a little around the holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JodyC Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I think every area and type of location is different, so hard to say. We have alot of kids centers that are DEAD in the spring/ summer and will just start to pick up in Fall, so thank goodness it's September! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ussb1 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I've seen sales drop every year for the last four years. In Canada people carry very little coin as everyone has interact and visa. It isn't worth investing in a system that accepts interact and visa to vend bulk items. I'm not going to miss bulk once I'm finished with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determined Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 What kind of kids centers are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Determined Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 15 hours ago, ussb1 said: I've seen sales drop every year for the last four years. In Canada people carry very little coin as everyone has interact and visa. It isn't worth investing in a system that accepts interact and visa to vend bulk items. I'm not going to miss bulk once I'm finished with it. I think cash is alive and well here in Tennessee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrybrooksvendall Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Candy only slows down for me in summer.... Cash is still king here in Michigan!Sent from my Z987 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanipaqman Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 On 9/8/2016 at 10:30 PM, jerrybrooksvendall said: Candy only slows down for me in summer.... Cash is still king here in Michigan! Sent from my Z987 using Tapatalk What part of Michigan are you from, neighbor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrybrooksvendall Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Taylor.(Detroit area)Sent from my Z987 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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