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JUN-JUL 2016

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40% 33.3% 2013 8.6% 5.1% 1.4% 5.4% 2.9% 3.2% 6.5% 5.2% 1.2% 37.7% 35.9% 7.7% 1.9% 1% 2.9% 2014 7.1% 3.8% 0.2% 40.4% 38% 7.1% 1% 0.4% 1.9% 2015 CHART 11A: SHARE OF SALES BY PRODUCT CATEGORY, 3-YEAR REVIEW ● Candy/snacks/ confections ● Ice cream ● Sundries ● Milk ● Vended food ● Hot beverages ● Cigarettes ● Cold beverages ● Other CHART 11B: SHARE OF SALES BY SERVICE CATEGORY, 5-YEAR REVIEW 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 OCS 6.4% 9% 12.8% 13.3% 6.8% Micro markets N/A 1.8 5.11 8.9 10.2 Water service 28.4 17.2 11.8 1.9 2.0 Manual foodservice 28.4 17.2 11.8 7.6 9.1 Bulk vending N/A N/A N/A 2.0 2.3 Music N/A N/A N/A 1.1 1.9 Games N/A N/A N/A 0.8 3.0 Janitorial supplies N/A N/A N/A 0.1 0.7 Other N/A N/A N/A 4.2 9.5 Vending N/A N/A N/A 60.1 54.6 fast. This produces large gaps in the number of micro markets reported, which brought down the average. There still remains 57.3 percent of operators who are holding out, not willing to take micro markets on as a new service segment. In an attempt to discover how much micro markets are affecting operators' success, we compared operators who reported a decrease in revenue for 2015 com- pared to 2014 to those that reported an increase. Of those operators who reported decreased revenue in 2015, 85 percent of them did not offer micro markets. Of those that reported an increase in revenue, only 45 percent did not offer micro markets. Product category review Candy/snack/confections and cold beverage segments continue to make up the majority share of revenue for operators. Both saw increases in 2015 in revenue and unit sales (see chart 14). The large variety of cold bever- ages from bottled water to ready-to- drink teas and coffees has helped sales in this category remain strong, but energy drinks did the best of all the cold beverage categories. Candy/snack/confections According to sales data provided by Cantaloupe Systems and extrapolated for the entire industry, candy did 10.2% of sales revenue is from micro markets. 30 Automatic Merchandiser VendingMarketWatch.com June/July 2016 STATE OF THE INDUSTRY

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