mission vending Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I was wondering if anyone here does anything with milk? I started a thread a few months ago about glassfront vendors, here: http://vendiscuss.com/forum/index.php?topic=6964.0 Now that I've bought the route I've been looking at, I have as part of that deal 6 glassfront machines (Vendo if anyone is interested) and am considering adding milk to my lineup. Any thoughts or comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmoney Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Mission- I have tried milk several times after requests from some of my accounts and have found it not to be worthwhile. I also tried naked juice a couple of times with the same result. I don't have refrigeration at my warehouse so I would have to purchase the product and go directly to the accounts to avoid spoilage. This made it time consuming and inefficient. I have come to the conclusion however that consumers want to hold any product in their hand and check the expiration date if it is not shelf stable. Just having the glass front machine is not enough to give the consumer confidence that the product is fresh. My $.02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxer518 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Recently Nesquik became a shelf stable product, I was pushed by one of my suppliers to start carrying it in some of my glass front machines that they have leased to me. The results have been OK, nothing great but the product have been able to move fast enough to not have to deal dating out. I can see in the right spots it would be a good seller but for a lot of the sport I have tried it have not fit the mold all that well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparta_Automation Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I had a request to put milk (White and Chocolate) in the three glass front machines at one location. After the first month, I have reduced that to only the machine in the lunch room...and I only stock about 5 of each. I can sell that many in a month....but not much more. Travis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 I was considering the Nesquik. I know it's shelf stable, but I'm still a little concerned about the temp in the truck in the summer. Does it need to be kept below a certain temp? Or is 100+ degrees ok? For me the fresh stuff is out of the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxer518 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 To my knowledge it can be stored at pretty much any temp, I sure hope it does not need to be stored below 100 degrees because the truck they deliver it most defiantly gets 100+ on some summer days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poplady1 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 One of my vending companies recently set up a ROP school in Ventura. He put some milk and Nesquick products in his glass front (mostly to meet the CA nutritional standards). He reports that it is a pretty strong seller. So if the location is right such as schools, hotels and social service programs working with kids the product does pretty well. According to NAMA reports Milk is one of the fastest growing products. We will see... Blue Moose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snack dude Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Poplady is right given the right spot milk can be a good producer. I would not trust that NAMA report though. If you dig into it I bet you find that the Milk Producers funded the study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 Looking through the Vending Times census of the industry, milk is the only drink category that has shown an crease this year. That is one reason I'm looking into it. Another is that very few vendors have milk in their current offerings, which gives me a competitive edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxer518 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 The competitive edge is why I started to carry it, a few accounts wanted milk products but their current vendor would not offer it so they went looking for another vendor which happened to be me, I will only use shelf stable product although since I do not have the capacity to use fresh product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snack dude Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Mixer How is the shelf stable working for you? I have several food machines and the fresh stuff goes well in them (Chocolate is the best seller) But I have not had a whole lot of luck with shelf stable stuff. What brands are you using. Maybe I am not using the right stuff. Thanks Snack Dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxer518 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Nesquik is pretty much the only shelf stable product that I am currently using, it sells well pretty much wherever I put it, but defiantly better in paces with children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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