Guide

You need three things ready before the vending machine arrives: a standard 240V power point within 1.5 metres of where the machine will sit, a level floor space roughly 1m × 1m with clearance above, and someone to unlock the door on installation day. That’s it. Most Sydney venues already have all three. The rest — the machine, the stock, the payment system, the remote monitoring, the ongoing restocking — is our problem. But getting those three things sorted before install day means your machine is selling snacks within hours, not days. ...

A vending machine is only as clean as the company that services it. If your Sydney venue has a machine — or you’re considering one — the hygiene question isn’t “are vending machines clean.” It’s “who cleans this specific machine, how often, and to what standard.” ...

If you manage a Sydney workplace with 20+ staff and no vending machine, get one. The free-placement model means there’s no financial risk, no maintenance burden, and zero upfront cost. You provide a power point and a square metre of floor space. The operator handles everything else. ...

You email a Sydney operator, fill in a one-minute form, and someone visits your venue within a business day to assess it. If the space works and the venue has 20+ regular visitors, the machine gets installed at zero cost to you — usually within 5 business days. You pay nothing for the machine, nothing for installation, nothing for maintenance, nothing for repairs. The operator earns from product sales. You earn from happier staff who don’t have to leave the building for a snack. That’s the deal in one paragraph. ...

Yes. An office with 10-15 people can absolutely get a vending machine in Sydney — and you don’t need to buy one. The zero-upfront, full-service model that large workplaces use works exactly the same for small teams. You get the machine installed free, we stock it, we maintain it, and your only role is to let your team enjoy the snacks. The myth that vending machines need 50+ staff to “make sense” comes from operators running old, inefficient routes. A modern Sydney operator with real-time inventory monitoring and optimised delivery routes can profitably service a 15-person office. The maths works. Here’s how. ...

Most Sydney venue managers don’t know there’s a difference. ...

Most Sydney offices spend more money on their staff kitchen than they realise. Way more. I’m not talking about the $3,500 fridge or the $9,000 fit-out. That’s the upfront cost. It’s visible. It gets approved in a single budget line and then everybody forgets about it. I’m talking about what happens next. The Real Cost Nobody Tracks Your office of 60 people. Someone buys milk every Tuesday. Someone else picks up tea bags and instant coffee. The office manager orders fruit boxes on Monday mornings. Biscuits keep disappearing — so does the budget for them. ...

Most people think a vending machine operator drives around filling machines with chips. ...

Most venue managers think a vending machine is a vending machine. ...

A vending machine in a decent Sydney location earns $200 to $600 per week. That’s $10,000 to $30,000 per year. Per machine. But most people who ask this question are asking the wrong one. They want to know if vending is a good business. The answer: it depends entirely on where the machine sits. A machine in a 500-person warehouse in Wetherill Park is a different animal from one in a 30-person office in Surry Hills. Same machine. Same products. Wildly different revenue. ...