Trends
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, there was a trend in the U.S. for large national retailers to have contracts with the national vending companies to provide full line vending services to all their branches' lunch / meal rooms. In most cases, managers and staff of individual stores objected to this, because the national vending companies were not necessarily responsive tailor make the product choices for the machines. For instance, they might not be willing to provide Cherry Coke, salt and vinegar chips, or other tasty treats . As a result, this trend began to reverse. Most full line vending operators are independent and are small operations. Often, they can have the existing vending machines removed and get permission to install their own machines by promising to lower prices, stock the machine with the manager's favorite candies, or provide better service (e.g. servicing the machine the same day if a coin jam or bill validator becomes jammed). A machine that is not selling due to a coin jam is one with unhappy customers as usually this means they put money in - get nothing out.
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