Throughout the year vending operations continued to recover from the Great Recession and have invested in systems that allow them to become more efficient, such as vending management systems (VMS), which can help eliminate unprofitable accounts, rearrange routes and reduce service frequency. Cashless payment acceptance also continues to be adopted at a steady rate and as many operators commented, it has helped increase sales at locations.
In 2015, however, micro markets proved to be a large reason for the bump in industry revenue. Read more about this year’s State of the Vending Industry report, brought to you by Automatic Merchandiser magazine.
