OPERATION
PROFILE
51
and
counting
By Emily Refermat, Editor
How Fox Vending has thrived for half a century
in the highly competitive Chicago, Ill., market.
F
oxes adorn more than the
logo at Fox Vending Inc. in
Bridgeview, Ill. Three of them
guard the lobby and remind
the staff that it takes cleverness to start a business and
keep it running. The operation has survived more than half a
century through dedicated customer
service and an eye on proft margins.
Under the founder James Fox to second
generation president Jennifer Fox, the
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Automatic Merchandiser
company has grown to service a 50-mile
radius around Chicago and swelled to
18 routes. Fox Vending's success stems
from launching into new types of services and never compromising profts
to get new business.
One machine started it all
James Fox worked as an Aramark vending route driver in 1961 after being discharged from the army. He loved his
job — the hours, the independence,
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August 2013