How to Get Vending Machines in the Office

Thinking About Getting Vending Machines in Your Office?

Are you considering getting a vending machine in your workplace, but don’t know where to start? Luckily, you’re not alone. Until you are at work, thinking about where to get that next snack or beverage, many people do not have vending machines at the top of their mind. You might have questions like: How much does it cost? Do I have to buy a vending machine? Can I pay for my workers snacks? Do I have to pay for my workers snacks?

We’re going to lay out the answers to all these questions below! And as always, we are more than happy to chat via phone (508-697-0800) or email about any other questions you might have.

How much does a vending machine cost?

Lucky for you, nothing! We supply all of our vending machines to businesses for free. You will never pay a “rental fee”, “setup fee or service fee when you choose to make your breakroom snacking space with Take 5 Vending.

Do I have to buy a vending machine?

Unless you want to start your own vending business, the answer is no! We provide all equipment, whether a coffee setup or vending machine, to businesses free of charge. Our business model works because you provide the space to place the machines in, while we make profit solely on what is sold through those machines.

Can I pay for my workers snacks?

Certainly! While a lot of businesses simply bring in vending machines or micro-markets for workers to purchase product themselves, some business owners want to reward their employees through providing free snacks and beverages. This can be done through a few avenues. You could opt for a pantry service where desired snacks are brought to your place of work and placed in “the pantry” of your office, then you are billed for the cost of the snacks/drinks. Another option that larger businesses opt for is the setup of a micro-market. This basically means we create a “mini store” in an area of your business where employees have access to fresh food, cold drinks, and snacks. The micro-market uses a self-checkout system, where each employee can have a preloaded “spending allowance” provided by the business to use on snacks, drinks, and other items in the market.  The last option would be to bring in a vending machine that doesn’t require payment on the front end to your breakroom, then we would retroactively bill you for the items bought from that machine.

picture of a micro-market
Picture of a Micro-Market

Do I have to pay for my workers snacks?

No, absolutely not! Businesses are doing employees a service through providing a breakroom they can obtain snacks from without having to leave the office. Many businesses opt to bring in vending machines or micro-markets and have employees pay for their own snacks as wanted.

How do I get started?!

Please feel free to visit our website at take5vend.com, visit us on Facebook, email us at tfivevending@gmail.com, or give us a call at 508-697-08000 – whichever works best for you! We are family owned and operated and have been since 1980. We are THE ONLY small vending business left in the Bridgewater/Rhode Island/ South Shore area, and truly appreciate your business.

Coffee Vending Machines in the Breakroom

Are you a Massachusetts or Rhode Island Based Business That Wants Coffee Vending in the Office?

7 out of every 10 Americans drink coffee. Most of those coffee drinkers are consuming 2+ cups of coffee a day. And 62% of coffee drinkers buy a to-go coffee at least 1x per week. Without a coffee supply in your workspace, this leaves workers no option but to leave the area to get their coffee, whether it be before or during work hours. By providing coffee vending options like traditional pot brewers, Keurig machines, or coffee vending machines, you’re not only making your workers live easier, but you’re also saving your business money by cutting costs of working time!

Coffee Service Options for Your Office

No matter what size your breakroom space is, there is a coffee vending service that is right for your business. At Take 5 Vending, we offer coffee pot service, full sized coffee vending machines, thermal pot service, BRIO machines, bean to cup units, Keurig machines, and more! While some of these solutions allow individual cups to be purchased, others permit the business owner to provide coffee to their workers free of charge. Unless you’re already familiar with coffee vending solutions, some of these terms might sound foreign to you. Contact us so we can lay out the options in more details and work together to find a solution that is right for your business’s needs.

Lavazza Brand Coffee Vending Machine

Worried About Crappy Coffee?

Don’t be! At Take 5 Vending we offer some of America’s most loved coffee brands including (but not limited to) Lavazza, Baronet, New England Coffee, Dunkin Donuts, and Starbucks! If you are a big fan of a certain type of coffee, we will do our absolute best to work with you to ensure your coffee service is as enjoyable as possible.

Want Coffee Service ASAP?

Contact us! Whether you want to call us by phone at 508-697-0800, email us at tfivevending@gmail.com , message us on Facebook, or contact us through our website we will get back to you as soon as possible! Unlike other companies in the area, we are family owned and operated, and are proud of the services we provide and hope you will be too!

 

Rhode Island Business Looking for Vending?

Rhode Island Vending

Whether you’re a factory warehouse, sales office, or manufacturing business, your employees have to eat.

Wondering what your options are as far as bringing in food for the office goes? Ordering pizza for the crew might be a tasty treat, but it’s not a practical option for everyday lunch. Going out to pick up take out is nice sometimes, but it certainly can take up more time than that 30-minute lunch break allows. Bringing in vending machines for your Rhode Island business is a great way to ensure workers can eat what they want, when they want to, in a doable amount of time during their working day.

Vending Machines Filled with Food YOU Want

We are a small, family-owned business with a passion for customer service, and we have been since 1980. This means that unlike our big competitors, we are able to communicate with you directly to ensure your needs are met. Whether that means filling an extra 2 rows with Diet Coke for the soda lover in the office, providing more healthy options for your student-facing vending machines, or servicing the business at a certain time – we want to provide you with the best experience possible.

Vending Options that Work for YOUR Rhode Island Business

Are you worried that your office is too small to fit a vending machine? Or that a drink and snack machine might take up too much space? We want to work with you to find a breakroom snacking solution that works for your business and your employees. We have plenty of options, ranging from combo machines to micro markets that can be installed in a variety of spaces.

Worried About Payment Options for Vending?

Let us start off by saying we do not charge to install vending machines. We do not charge to maintain or repair vending machines.

Worried about employees having to carry cash to use vending machines? Don’t be. Our machines are all equipped with digital payment processors accepting debit cards, credit cards, Apple Pay, and more!

Want to provide your employees with free snacks and meals? We can work out options that will allow your business to cover all costs associated with your vending machines or micro market so employees can snack freely and be thankful to their employer for letting them do so!

Give us a call today at 508-558-5033 or send us a message on our website to get started on a breakroom snacking solution for your Rhode Island based office, warehouse, or factory!

 

Healthy Snacks that Sell in Boston and Providence Schools and Colleges

Healthy Snacks that Sell in Boston and Providence Schools and Colleges

Wondering what healthy snacks appeal to students? With today’s snack regulations, deciding which healthy snacks to stock your schools with is no easy feat. Despite these new regulations, students have shown they will in fact purchase healthy snacks in school. According to a study done by Y-Pulse that surveyed 1,314 consumers, including 177 full-time college students, college students snack more than all other demographics and are snacking at all times of the day. Whether after a long day of learning, before their after-school activities, or during a finals study break, healthy snacks are an important component to student’s everyday lives. 

College Student Snacking

Our goal at Take Five Vending is to ensure students have good quality, healthy snack options that they look forward to eating. Let’s take a look into what healthy snacks are being sold in Boston and Providence colleges and schools. 

Baked Chips – A Great Snack for Schools

Baked chips are a healthy alternative snack to the classic potato chip. Not only are they significantly lower in caloric value and fat content, but their taste doesn’t stray far from the original flavorful bite you’re expecting. Consuming baked chips as an alternative has the ability to leave students feeling less groggy in the classroom, allowing them to focus more on learning. Consider keeping a wide selection of baked snack options in your vending machines, because offering a variety of flavors like Baked Lays BBQ, Sour Cream, Original, and Onion encourages healthier snack consumption among students in schools and colleges. 

Granola & Protein Bars – To Keep the Students Going

One of the more obvious healthy snacks being sold in Boston and Providence schools and colleges are granola bars and protein bars. These healthy snacks are full of vitamins and fulfill student’s hunger with ingredients designed to keep them going throughout their day. There’s a type of snack bar for every different type of student. RX Bars are high in protein but made with as few ingredients as possible. Whereas Kind Bars make a wide selection of whole grain, whole nut, products with varying fruits. All of which are healthy snack options for students. 

RX Bars that are great for students

Beef Jerky – A Portable Treat for Students in College and High School

This simple snack has origins that date back to 1550, yet it remains popular today. Though there isn’t much to it, beef jerky is a healthy snack option that’s low in calories, high in protein, and a great source of vitamins and minerals. Jerky’s portable nature makes it accessible in almost every situation, perfect for a student on-the-go taking snacks with them to class. Most importantly, it’s a healthy option that leaves them feeling nourished and ready to be active.

Dehydrated Fruit Chips – A Healthy Option for Boston and Providence Schools

Getting students to eat fruit has never been easier with dehydrated fruit chips. What’s better than a refreshing piece of fruit? A fun way to eat it! Fruit chips allow students to indulge in the fun chip crunch while actually eating a healthy snack. Students might lean away from eating traditional fruit in school due to the messy nature of it. By supplying them with dehydrated fruit chips in the vending machines instead they have the option to make the healthy choice with no messy inconvenience. Offering items like plantain chips exposes students not only to healthy snacks, but to snacks they might not have been exposed to yet. 

Plantain Chips for Schools

Thinking about stocking your vending machines with healthier snacks? We’d be happy to go over options that work best for your school system whether it be a public school or private college. Contact us at (508) 697-0800 anytime 7am-3pm, Monday-Friday OR shoot us a message on our Facebook page Take Five Vending.

 

    

 

Vending Service Options for Providence, Warwick, and Fall River Break Rooms

Vending Service Options for Providence, Warwick, and Fall River Break Rooms

Wondering about bringing in a snack service for your business, but aren’t sure what your options are? Our job is to lay out all the vending service options for your Providence, Warwick, and Fall River break rooms. We would love to help guide you to a snacking solution that works best for all employees in the office or warehouse.

Vending Machines

Sometimes the most classic, well-known option is the one to go for: vending machines. With the ability to fill them with the snacks and beverages of your choice, vending machines provide a great option for offices that want to make on-premises snacks available to employees.  Choose from Coke, Pepsi, or other healthy beverages to make everyone in the office happy.  Don’t have cash? No problem. Our vending machines are fitted with credit card readers and are able to take Apple Pay and other EPay options. Our machines use the latest technology like infrared sensors and wireless monitoring to ensure your snack makes it in your hands every time.  Vending machines are a great vending service option for your Providence, Warwick, or Fall River warehouse to keep workers satisfied and smiling.

Micro-Markets

A micro-market is like having a mini store in your breakroom with a self-checkout. Micro-markets break out of the refreshment box with coolers and accessible shelves full of products available to the office 24/7. Each micro-market has a custom layout.  So, they can be installed into different rooms and spaces making them a flexible breakroom snacking option. Micro-markets use self-checkout kiosks that allow employees to pay for their snacks through a simple, streamlined process. Whether you want to let your employees pay for their own snacks in cash or provide an allowance to each employee through individual employee access codes, micro-markets allow you the option to do either. Interested in learning more about micro-markets? Reach out to us at 508-697-0800 or Contact | Take 5 Vending today.

Pantry Service

A lot of businesses want to provide snacks to employees as a way of showing appreciation and keeping a high retention rate. A pantry service is the perfect way to do so. With a pantry service we stock your breakroom, kitchen, or cafeteria with the snacks and/or drinks of your choice so your employees can access them as they please. We can work with you to create a delivery schedule, so your shelves never go empty. If you’d like to provide your workers with a breakroom snack service that’s paid for by the business, a pantry service might be a great option for you.

Coffee Service

From gourmet coffee to high quality teas, we have the office coffee service options to impress and inspire staff. We provide a huge variety so you can choose from national brand coffee in different roasts to teas crafted from high quality leaves and herbs.

The benefits of our office coffee service go far beyond a free cup of coffee or bag of tea. It inspires and energizes employees, cultivating creative solutions and inspiring collaborative environments. It eliminates the need for employees to leave the office for the hot drinks they desire, saving time and energy. There are dozens of choices from traditional pot brewers that serve a high volume of coffee drinks to single cup systems that office superior variety. Thinking about bringing a coffee service for the warehouse or office? We’d love to go over options that would work well for your business. Just contact us at 508-697-0800 anytime 7am-3pm, Monday – Friday OR shoot us a message on our Facebook page Take Five Vending | Facebook.