When looking for a business that can be a both a source of ongoing income and a great investment it is best to look for one that requires little or no time to operate so that you can easily keep your “day” job. Vending machines in general are a reasonable choice. However, traditional food vending machines not only require that money be collected, you have to make sure that they are stocked and maintained. While the initial investments are relatively low, there is a fair amount of work to be done on a weekly basis. In contrast, ice vending machines while costing more initially than say a candy machine, require much less input from the owner, as they restock First themselves replenishing the ice purchased automatically. This alone relieves the owner of having to maintain an inventory of replenishment goods. Generally the only thing an owner has to do on a frequent basis is collect money and replenish the bag supply. This takes less than 10 minutes per visit. Modern machines will even notify the machine owner when bags are low.
The key to long term success is purchasing a vending machines that is reasonable in price, easy to install and provides long service life. Bag of Ice Vending Machines provide these qualities. Ranging from a model(C-Store) which can profitably service a 20-30 vend per day location to the XL-1900 Plus which can provide up to 10,000 pounds of ice per day. The footprint of the largest machines still only take up less than a parking space of area making them suitable for nearly any parking lot. In addition they are all constructed with Stainless Steel bins and ice delivery systems. The exterior is constructed with both Stainless Steel and corrosion proof aluminum. These two factors alone insure that that the service life of the machine should be 20 years or more.
