Pistachio Scare

[BluePlate]

I'm going to stop eating nuts, first Peanuts, now Pistachios......

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_re_us/salmonella_pistachios

[nam]

I'm not using pistachios in any machines but did like to eat them. Like you Blue - not any more. I got food posioning once and never again!

Thanks for giving us a heads up on this as I sure didn't know it.

nam

[T BIRD]

My wife heard a news story this morning about a salmonella scare involving pistachios.  So.....I am sure that will impact anyone who has them in their machines.  I think I have them in 4 locations myself.

[antoniocinisi]

I am glad I have none.

[nepavend]

It is on yahoo.com news,

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/ap_on_re_us/salmonella_pistachios

[Jax Snacks]

Just another reason to not sell nuts! An old time vendor once told me, "You have to be nuts to vend nuts"! Just not worth the trouble.

Jax

[Faith Vending]

I would lose a lot of revenue and attraction to my machines if I stopped vending cashews. Only nut I vend but worth the trouble. Stopped pistachio long ago as people complained about the size of the vend.

[Jax Snacks]

I hear ya Jim. It's just a shame that the two best seliings food products (MMP and Cashews) are also the most expensive and least profitable. I could see cashews selling well in bars and industrial break rooms. I just don't want to mess with them.

There is a another vendor here that has 100 Uturns and vends nuts in almost all of them. In fact, I sold a "nuts-only" location to him since the mananger only wanted "healthy" stuff. So there is some money in those nuts, I just don't want the potential troubles they can cause.

Maybe at 50 cents, it could be good for some vendors.

Jax

[T BIRD]

I sell pistachios and cashews for 50 cents. Salted peanuts for 25 cents.

[nam]

Johnny,

What machine and mech are you using for the 50 cent vends on your cashews and pistachios?

nam

[Jax Snacks]

Anyone selling dry roasted peanuts? I would think that they are not as messy but probably not as popular. If you only offered that one nut product, I wonder if people would buy them even if that is not their first choice of nut products.

Jax - Nine years and never sold a nut!

[Faith Vending]

Jax:

I make about the same on mmp and cashews; 100% markup less my gas and the $2 an hour I pay myself:D. I know its not the best but the customers want it and it adds flava to my machine:cool:. Until I can implement my business model change I guess there is not much you can do. I just hope I'm still pumping blood by the time I change over to a new strategy.:shock:

Jim

[T BIRD]

I am using either A&A PN 95s with 50 cent mechs or NW 60s with them.

[gsnwag]

It seems that Sunkist pistachios should be okay, right? I checked the bag and it's not the same processor. I don't have them in my machines but I have a bag at home that I've been snacking on.

[antoniocinisi]

It seems that Sunkist pistachios should be okay, right? I checked the bag and it's not the same processor. I don't have them in my machines but I have a bag at home that I've been snacking on.

well I guess we`ll know in a couple of days.

[caserri]

Here is some great info for those currently vending Pistachios...

The CAL-PURE co-op of California pistachio growers and the Western Pistachio Association have created a consumer Website to list the brands reported as not containing any pistachio products from Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc, which has initiated a voluntary recall of pistachios due to potential contamination with the Salmonella organism.

Here is the website...

http://www.pistachiorecall.org

Steve