Timmy
Do not look for a vending machine that cooks from scratch (as in, peels the potatoes, slices the carrots and braises the beef) anytime soon I foresee a couple of barriers this type of device:·
Sanitation, temperature control and related food safety issues. ·
Extended processes, even though automated, mean longer delivery cycles and the vending advantage is fast and convenient delivery.
Vended products are not usually served up with candlelight and violins. Frankly, I do not see the need anyway. There are lots of vendable microwaveable packaged meals and sandwiches available that are of excellent quality.
Advances in the packaging microwavable foods have been a big plus factor for the quality of vended foods. Absence of clear, concise cooking instructions on the package can be an issue. Failure to follow the heat and time instructions will adversely affect finished product quality.
A little consumer education is always beneficial when new products are introduced.
Keep the new ideas coming……Best RegardsTom
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Analyst, Intermediary, Professional Consultant. A full service resource to large and small operators "Helping Vending, OCS and Food Service Operators to Grow and Profit" 813.469.5437 tombritten@msn.com
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Career Synopsis & Credentials: Tom Britten has broad-based operations and marketing experience in food service, vending and distribution. The client base he has served and sold extends to business / industrial, education, government, health care, and corrections facilities. He has worked in key positions both domestically and internationally and was instrumental in the introduction of Canteen’s full line services in Japan and reorganization of operations in Spain.
He successively progressed through executive positions at Macke, Service America, and Canteen where he became Vice President. He also served for eight years as Vice President of Sales and Operations for the Haddonfield Group, Management Consultants. In this assignment, he designed and implemented profit improvement programs for clients in retail and service businesses. In 2003, Britten formed Britten Management Services LLC, a profit improvement firm.
Professional Associations: Mr. Britten was a member of the Board of Directors of the state vending councils in Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Washington. He is a former recipient of the NAMA chairman’s award for legislative action and has been widely published in a number of trade journals. He published the popular “25 Things That Don’t Change” which has been adopted as essential reading by many food and vending companies. He now serves on the editorial advisory board of Automatic Merchandiser magazine and holds a certificate of appointment as a Federal Contracting Officer for the Veterans Administration, where he is an appointed representative of the American Federation of Government Employees. Britten is also a past Chairman of the Human Relations Board of Hillsborough County.
He can be reached at tombritten@msn.com
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