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The VUWI cashless device has an LED light that draws customers' attention.
Vendi By Elliot Maras, Editor
Gator Vending wins big accounts in Orlando, Fla. with personal service and a willingness to try new technology.
business in Orlando, Fla.? Gary Arwin is leveraging the skills
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he acquired in nearly two decades of business management in the hospital- ity industry to provide a good living for himself. He enjoys the challenge of sales, he is fascinated by technology, and he likes the one-on-one contact he has with his customers. He particularly appreciates the chance to be the master of his own future, something the vend- ing industry gives him. "I like that aspect of it," Arwin said.
"Basically, you control your own destiny." As the vending industry changes,
newcomers like Arwin are fi nding ways to get ahead in the business that
Gary Arwin claims the Coin Free VUWI cashless system has been popular with customers.
hat's a former national hotel executive doing in the rough-and- tumble, work- a-day vending
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