mission vending Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 OMG, Check this out. From the Vending Times: http://www.vendingtimes.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=EB79A487112B48A296B38C81345C8C7F&nm=Vending+Features&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=32C0EEC712E74BC88710FE3C98EFE99F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 Here is a follow up story from the Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-1109-vending-machines-20101109,0,4451811.story GRRRRRRR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 Here is a link to the public comments about the article. It is very interesting to read the John Q public perception of our industry. http://chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/11/vending-industry-nuts-over-calorie-requirements.html Scroll down past the article and read the comments. WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devin1986 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 BS! It should be obvious that the "texas sticky bun" isn't a low calorie option but people need a sticker to tell them that. This doesn't affect me now, but it will in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coinvestor Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I just installed my 19th machine today, I think I will stop growing Mission, you must be the Wow commentor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devin1986 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Is it 19th machine or 19th location? One thing I've thought about doing is a laminated menu of all the things I could potentially offer on the side of the machines. If people care enough to go out of their way to read, then they can do that. I haven't looked at the law but I assume that would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurtsman Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Incredible. I thought I knew a little about vending. But this article informed me that the average operator has 1400 machines with 20 selection each. That's 28,000 head equivalents. Those analysts must be REALLY good at math. PS. I fear this is not sarcasm but rather an example of the growing idiocracy. "Fred Monday at 10:32 a.m. How exactly would adding 14m hours of work kill jobs? By my calculation, 14m hours is approximately 7000 new full time jobs. While I agree that people buying out of vending machines are not likely to be swayed by adding the calorie counts, I’m all for getting people to work." Those people will be paid by virtue of paychecks appearing out of nowhere and granted by the power of the fairy paycheck mother! PS. "Debbie Monday at 12:25 pm Our vending service has no problem going in and changing the prices a few times a year…just because. They should not have a problem doing this either. However, I know we will have a cost increase associated with this new law…just because." Maybe I should go change some prices, just because. After all supply and demand are a foreign concept. Sometimes I see a machine near mine, and we both agree to charge 2000$ per vend so we can drive huge housecars that fly. I'm so disappointed with our "education" system right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 Devin, here is a cut and paste from the Tribune Article: The FDA has not yet provided guidance about how calorie counts should be displayed, and a spokesman did not respond to requests for comment. But Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the consumer advocacy organization that led the national effort to require calorie labeling, said putting a menu with calorie information on the side of a vending machine would be against the spirit of the bill. "I think Congress was crystal clear that calorie information needs to be right next to the item," she said. "They're just whining and complaining and trying to get out of it." End I don't know exactly what the rules are going to be yet, I guess we will have to wait and see on that, what you have in mind may or may not comply with the final rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coinvestor Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Is it 19th machine or 19th location? I believe that its operators of 20 or more machines. Either way I only have nineteen of however they define it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devin1986 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I'll deal with it when/if it happens. It seems like a law that would have a lot of grey area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coinvestor Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I'll deal with it when/if it happens. It seems like a law that would have a lot of grey area. I'm taking the same approach. It seems that this just started making headlines in the last week or so. Neil Boortz was even talking about it yesterday. I don't think that this or the 1099 part of the bill will ever be implemented or at least not in its current form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mission vending Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 I'm taking the same approach. It seems that this just started making headlines in the last week or so. Neil Boortz was even talking about it yesterday. I don't think that this or the 1099 part of the bill will ever be implemented or at least not in its current form. I am hopeful of that as well since the recent elections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurtsman Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I am hopeful of that as well since the recent elections. This may be a good thing to write to your reps/senators about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizugori Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Does this apply to bulk candy vendors or only full-line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinnJinn Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Does this apply to bulk candy vendors or only full-line? I believe it applies to Bulk also since there are machines out there with nutritional info on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizugori Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 that's not really the best way to determine whether it's a law or not lol. some operators are just doing that because they anticipate it becoming an issue in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mage Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Yes it covers bulk too. Maybe instead of putting regular charity stickers on the machines, we should be funding some Anti-Food_Nazi group. (By food nazis I mean The Center for Science in the Public Interest.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinnJinn Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 How many of you or your wife/husband while in a grocery store in the cereal isle, actually looks at the side of the box to see which cereal is the healthiest? I honestly think you can put a label on sodas saying, "drinking 1 soda a week will kill you in 3yrs" and your sales will NOT drop one fricken bit! IMO it is just the government trying to find more reasons to spend our tax dollars and tell us what to do. as for the obesity issue, the next thing you know, they are going to out law PS 3, xbox and TVs!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mage Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 There is research that at least implies that putting healthy items on a menu actually cases people to purchase even less healthy items. Apparently people look at the healthy item, think about purchasing it, then they feel good that they thought about it, and feel better about going for the worse item. Maybe we should run a test, add some healthy items, and see if the HoHo sales go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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