Vending Machines

Updates and relevant posts about DEAJ’s Vending Machine Business.

Support Veterans at DEAJ Investments LLC Vending and Micro Markets @ilovevending

We Support Our Veterans and Go the Extra Mile

Mavis Javier

Welcome Vets4Warriors to DEAJ Investments LLC @iloveveninding. We are glad to have you as our recipient and our donation to the American Veterans through your organization.

We believe on your commitment to ensure that all veterans, service members, their families, and caregivers always have direct and immediate access to peer understanding. Peers who understands their life experiences and the challenges they face, and can provide support whenever they confront an issue, wherever they are in the world. Thus, this sparks on the start of our commitment to support this network to the best of our capability.

Support Veterans at DEAJ Investments LLC Vending and Micro Markets @ilovevending
Discover the Power of Connection with Our Veterans

We stake our brand @ilovevending, that we’ll support veterans of all generations and the entire military community.

Additionally, complementing our line of vending services, we are introducing our sister company, House of Mamon and Polvoron in DFW, Texas. Please visit our new business and Clique to check it out!

Vending Operations in DFW, DEAJ is now with Chubb Insurance

Mavis Javier
Vending Operations in DFW, DEAJ is now with Chubb Insurance

DEAJ’s Vending Operations in DFW, General Liability and Property Insurance Policies now with Chubb effective 1st February 2023.

Chubb Insurance is the world’s largest publicly traded P&C insurance company and the leading commercial lines insurer in the U.S. With operations in 54 countries and territories, Chubb provides commercial, personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance. And surely, we’ve got these insurance coverages for your protection! Consequently, DEAJ’s Vending Operations in DFW shares the same value of service and pay of claims on a fairly and promptly manner.

Chubb is also defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, direct-to-consumer platform partnerships, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. The company serves multinational corporations, mid-size companies and small businesses with property and casualty insurances. As a small business enterprise, we are happy to have Chubb Insurance in our midst of operations.

Chubb has more than $200 billion in assets and reported $46.8 billion of gross premiums written in 2021. Chubb’s core operating insurance companies maintain financial strength ratings of AA from Standard & Poor’s and A++ from A.M. Best.

Chubb Limited, the parent company of Chubb, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index.

Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London, Paris and other locations, and employs approximately 34,000 people worldwide.

Try Our Vending Machines in DFW

So, when you’ll need your very first vending machine in your business or school, or simply wanting to replace your current vending machine provider, Try Us!

Fill-up the contact form. Or, may give us call at (214)513-0287 and/or drop us an email at info@ilovevending.com. Surely, we’ll be glad to get back to you in no time.

Cash and Stocks Planning (Every Vendor Should Know)

Mavis Javier

It is interesting when vending machines are fully stocked in a manner of variety and quantity. It is definitely appealing to the eyes of patrons and soon to be customers. But of course, it will definitely be pleasing to the vendor when each and every bin of the vending machine spins and product sells fast making the vending machine a way-to-go due to an effective plan-0-gram. An essential tool in the business along with the cash and stocks planning.

We’ve had discussions on an effective merchandising plan in vending machines via plan-0-grams techniques and management last July post. And, I think it was helpful to know how merchandise planning vibrantly expressed the art of vending machine staying effective with our customers, thus eventually staying profitable at all times.

The Vending Machine Plan-o-gram

As stated earlier, Plan-o-gram is the art of planning of products to be merchandised, and it is the principle behind merchandising such as product selection, product arrangement and competitive pricing. Eventually, the ultimate goals of the plan-o-grams is to plan product purchasing, financial budgeting, product distribution and vending machine effectively display-appealing keeping in mind our customer’s satisfaction all the time 24/7!

Above definition is however, just one side of the coin. Equally, the other side is the cost of the products, a subset of financial budgeting where vendors have to be careful with staying afloat with a healthy cash flow. Cautiously to mention, the planning of stock purchases for becomes overwhelming specially when dealing with multiple machines of distant locations serving unique sets of customers. Thus, plan-0-gram management becomes challenging when multiple vending machines come into play.

Thus, given such scenario needing new products for vending machines serving different sets of customers in various locations, the Cash and Stocks Purchasing template should be it achieving superb planning.

Template – Cash and Stocks Planning (an example)

A. Current Inventory:

  1. Coke Regular 12.0 oz 23 cans
  2. Coke Zero 12.0 oz 25 cans
  3. Propel Water 6 bottles
  4. Chester Fries 45 packs
  5. Duches Donut 13 packs

B. Cash Position, Beginning: $210.15

C. Bill(s) to Pay: $187.15

  1. Spectrum Internet $134.15
  2. Water Bill $53.00

D. Stocks to Purchase: $162.18

  1. Coke Reg 12.0z 2 cases/70 cans
  2. Sprite 12 oz 1 case/35 cans
  3. Doritos Nachos 2 boxes/100 packs
  4. Chester Fries 1 box/50 packs
  5. Otis Spunkmeyer 2 boxes/30 pieces
  6. Ozarka Water 16.0oz 1 case/40 bottles

E. Cash Collections: $111.40

  1. Mill ES $32.00
  2. Marcus HS $43.00
  3. Inspired Living $23.15
  4. Boxer Irving $13.25

F. Cash Position, Ending: -$27.78

G. Ending Inventory:

  1. Coke…

The How’s in Cash and Stocks Planning

  1. Review respective vending machine’s plan-o-gram and determine what products to purchase.
  2. Determine immediate payables so as not to omit any of these schedules that will cause unnecessary penalty fees and interest expenses.
  3. Needless to say, know your cash balance for this particular route.
  4. Determine the cash sales of each respective vending machine and in this example, which is my route 3, such cash collection information were made available with the aid of telemetry.
  5. Given the above, the Cash Position, Ending (F.) can be determined. So with the Ending Inventory (G.), which shall be used for the next set of vending machines that are or are nearing low inventory.

Please Note…

The template doesn’t have to be a formal accounting document. However, one that can be followed by your manager. book keeper and yourself effectively. Financially speaking, it is not a receipt nor a voucher that requires signatures that eventually is booked into accounting records. It is however, a note for daily cash planning aiding to see the cash position that will be derived from the template – cash and stocks planning of a vending machine or group of vending machines that need to be re-stocked and merchandised immediately.

Please note, it is of essence the end result of template is to efficiently use the cash available on hand and of that will be collected from each vending machine. Save the credit sales which definitely wouldn’t be yet be available on the very time of purchasing.

In Essence…

I feel this is a very good and practical way every vendor should use managing the cash flow efficiently at all times. This is worth a tool to stay afloat, at least for smaller vendors, in the vending machine business. Take note, inventory is about 60% of your operating capital at any given point in time.

The Way To Go with Vending Machine Plan-o-gram

Mavis Javier

Product Merchandising

Nice to see a vending machine fully stocked at all times similarly to gondolas in any convenience store. And, we’ll agree, nearly empty machines are eye soar to the shopper. However, is it not better to see vending machines fully stocked but filled with varieties of products to choose from? And better, vending machines fully stocked and merchandised according to the needs, expectation and impulse of the customers? Thus, a plan-o-gram should surely help in the merchandising management in the eyes of the vending operator.

Product merchandising is a skill any vending operator must have, and more so of a discipline, if you want better results on sales and business profitability. The ultimate tool for product merchandising is the plan-o-gram. Basically, a plan-o-gram, is the planning of products to be merchandised, and the principle behind merchandising is product selection, product arrangement and competitive pricing.

Look into one of my plan-o-gram in a vending machine of a senior living facility in Lewisville in North Texas. The machine is located in the break room of the facility’s employees. Thus, you will see, employees would primarily look for affordable products that will sustain their energy while at work. In full line vending machines, the two departments are snacks and cold drinks. The product mix of the snack department consists primarily of chips and cracklings, cookies and biscuits, chocolates, gums and nuts; and the cold drinks consists primarily of soft drinks, energy drinks, juices and bottled water.

The Vending Machine Plan-o-gram

Vending Machine Plan-o-gram in DFW Dallas Fort Worth Denton
Plan-o-gram of a Full Line Seaga Infinity Vending Machine

We should always emphasize the merchandising capacity of vending machines are limiting when compared to micro-markets and convenience stores. However, vending machines are good sources of snacks and drinks catering to the impulse need of an identified small group of customers, say a break room of about 20 employees. Unless, the vending machine operator invest in more vending machines which will impede the mere purpose of serving a small group of employees in a confined facility, the space needed in cases of small break rooms, power consumption and, lest the profitability of the vending operator.

Since we are starting to use Cantaloupe’s latest Seed Cashless+payment system, we’d like to share our latest plan-o-gram worksheet.

Way to Go on Vending Machine Plan-o-gram

Plan-o-gram is the planning of products merchandised, and the principle behind merchandising is product selection, product arrangement and competitive pricing. Eventually, the ultimate goals of the plan-o-grams are to plan for product purchasing, financial budgeting, product distribution and vending machine merchandising keeping in mind our customer’s satisfaction all the time 24/7!

We have similar and helpful topics on traffic analysis, drop-in evaluation and profit and loss based on the outcomes at DEAJ Oil and Gas Downstream Marketing Retail website at http://deajoilgas.com. Enjoy reading!

Approved Vending Machine Contractor For The U.S. Federal Government

Mavis Javier
Approved Vending Machine Contractor U.S. Federal Government. Free Full line Vending Machine and Unattended Sales Kiosks of Snacks, Drinks and Coffee in DFW Dallas Fort Worth Denton Flower Mound Lewisville Dallas Carrolton Coppell
DEAJILLC’s 2nd year as a registered U.S. Federal Contractor.

DEAJ Investments LLC (DEAJILLC) is a registered vending machine contractor – to supply, operate and maintain vending machines for the U.S. Federal Government as verified by the System for Award Management (SAM) and has been qualified once again as a vendor for the U.S. Federal Contractor Registration in its second year!

The system is established by SAM, a registration required for DEAJILLC @ilovevending to establish federal contracts with the government when the opportunity arises.

DEAJ is registered to supply, operate and maintain vending machines in the government sectors.