SPECIAL
ANNUAL
REP ORT:
There was also an 8 percent jump
in sales for "other" types of foods in
2012. The most reported items were
cups of soup and packaged items that
could be a snack or food. Operators
also saw success with juice and
desserts. Prices remained fat in
the food segment, $2.40 for freshly
prepared, $2.35 for frozen prepared
and $2 for shelf stable.
Milk, ice cream and cigarettes all
showed growth in 2012, although they
remain small product segments in vending, see chart 12. These segments are
doing better through a combination of
an improving economy as well as operators offering more product variety, especially in micro markets. Operators also
reported doing more bulk vending in
2012 than in previous years represented
in the "other" category of chart 12.
STATE
OF
THE
VENDING
INDUSTRY
CHART 15: HOT BEVERAGE MACHINES, 4-YEAR REVIEW
2009
320,000
2010
315,000
2011
309,000
2012
318,270
CHART 16A: FOOD MACHINES, 4-YEAR REVIEW
TYPE
Refrigerated
Frozen*
Ambient
Food systems (pizza,
french fries)
Total
2009
133,000
51300
2000
3900
2010
131000
52,600
2000
1500
2011
129000
53,000
2000
1100
2012
128,700
53,000
2000
1000
190200
187,100
185,000
184,700
Frozen food machines as
a percent of total
27%
28.1%
28.6%
28.7%
* Most were also used for ice cream.
2013: the new vending business
Vending operators were somewhat
divided about the future. Those
that proceed with the same product
mix, machines and business practices from 5 or 10 years ago con-
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