OVend Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Hey guys I am looking at some machines a guy is selling. One of them is on location, but the machine is A glass front drink machine owned by Coca Cola. He said he has to buy coke products directly from coke and stock the machine with those products only. Would I be allowed to buy coke products from Sam’s club or Walmart instead and stock the machine with those drinks? I don’t have any coke owned machines so I don’t know how it works. Or how they would know if I buy my drinks from Sam’s club instead. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 bottlers require you buy a minimum quantity of products for each machine assigned to your account. Don't buy enough product and you'll find thier machine missing one day after they repossess it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randymire Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 I’m a third party vendor for coke . You do have to buy product from coke to use their machines . It’s a good deal for me when considering I don’t have to buy the machine, move it or repair it . The more that you buy from coke , the price on the product goes down and it’s delivered to you which is saving you time . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AngryChris Posted October 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2020 The reason why you are only supposed to put coke items in a coke asset (actually owned by the bottler) is because that's part of their agreement and they dont' want you pushing anyone else's product out of the machine they are lending you for free. But, as part of the deal, you basically have to buy directly from them. Why? Primarily because they need to track it to your account but also because it cuts out any middle people from the deal so they can maximize their profit from your purchases. For example, let's say a 12 oz can of coke costs them 15 cents (i have no idea what it costs them). If they sell it to you at 32 cents per unit, they make 17 cents per unit from you. If they sell the same can to the grocery store at 18 cents per unit, they only make 3 cents per unit from the grocery store. You might get that can of coke for only 25 cents per unit from the store which saves you a good amount of money but coke makes a significantly LOWER amount of profit since you went through the middle man. Getting bottler assets can be a good deal for some but coke doesn't even offer it around here anymore and your only options are pepsi and 7up for leased machines. I can get coke products of course, but just not leased equipment. But it doesn't matter though because I choose to maximize my unit profit rather than try to get leased equipment. Yeah, it costs more in the short-term but I can put any products I want in my machines and I can shop around for the best deals as well. I have independent distributors deliver a lot of my products and I also get some things at Sam's Club as well. I'm all about maximizing my profits by minimizing my unit cost. I have also gotten my prices up recently and that's helping a ton. The problem that I have the most with bottlers (I never dealt with this though) is that they will push vendors to buy certain flavors. This can get real cumbersome for some people. I simply try to get a solid price on all of my products and then i provide my own equipment so that I never have to worry about pushing certain flavors or getting pressured about pricing tiers or whatever. I do pay more to have my product delivered but I think it pays to get certain things delivered. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AZVendor Posted October 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2020 If you choose to buy whatever this seller has on location do not pay for the Coke owned machine because he doesn't own it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southeast Treats Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 11 hours ago, AZVendor said: If you choose to buy whatever this seller has on location do not pay for the Coke owned machine because he doesn't own it. I would also meet with coke first to make sure they will allow you to keep the machine! OR just buy the account and place your own machine if you can... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maspy Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 As a follow up question: Are you limited to cans and 20 oz bottles in the Coke Assets, or can you order the 16.9 oz bottles to put in their machines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsd Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 I believe that 16.9 is a grocery item only, that is intended to only be sold as a 6 pack. (And marked as such) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc vending Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Coke will not sell you 16.9 oz bottles to put in their machines. They want 12 oz cans and 20 oz bottles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryChris Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 7 hours ago, orsd said: I believe that 16.9 is a grocery item only, that is intended to only be sold as a 6 pack. (And marked as such) That's how it is around here. I can totally buy 16.9 oz and put them in my machines if I want to do that but 7up (only bottler I go through directly) definitely won't sell me 16.9 oz bottles because they know i'm a vending operator and not a grocery/convenience store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vendo Mike Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 20 oz bottles and 12 oz cans are the standard vending packages for all bottlers. That's one of very few things they all agree on. They want 16.9 oz sold through stores. DO NOT PAY FOR BOTTLER OWNED EQUIPMENT UNLESS YOU PURCHASE DIRECTLY FROM THAT BOTTLER! If you have an opportunity that would warranty using bottler owned equipment, they will supply you with either new or rebuilt / tested equipment. No reason to inherit someone's possible service headaches. Get a clean machine rebuilt, tested and placed by the bottler. You will have to purchase a certain amount of their product directly but generally are given a percentage of selections for whatever you choose to vend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 IN our area we can put ONLY Coca Cola products in their machines. Same with Pepsi. However, 7Up/Snapple does allow a few of the selections to be others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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