NON-FOOD VENDING NON-FOOD VENDING


Vending variety No longer the sole domain of snacks and confectionery,


This year the appearance of vended items which are not food have been cropping up all over British streets, public spaces, train stations and motorway services.


Take for instance the British company, Rockflower, which set up ‘shop’ at Clapham Junction earlier this year in the formof a new auto retail unit where fresh hand-tied bouquets were available to buy for customers 24/7. The business was founded by designer


A number of these have been featured in Vending International providing food for thought for the operator with a desire to think outside of the box by using traditional vending machines adapted to vend something a little bit difffferent. Ta


y, vending presents opportunities to


operators to dispense a range of non-food items including umbrellas, flowers, cosmetics, smart phone accessories and even cars.


operation, the softftware allows the kiosk owner to track sales live and restock according to demand. Andrew said: Rockflower (the name signalling a delicate flower in a hard to imagine place) has huge energy. Its low-costmaintenance combined with 24/7 availability of product, makes our units ideal for somany retail spaces, shopping centres, airports and hospitals to name a few. It’s invigorating, and it is catching on.”


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National pub company,Greene King, found a solution to getting caught out with the wrong gear during the Bank Holiday sunshine, when it launched its beer garden vendingmachine, containing summer Themachines sto


cked everything sun lovers essentials.


AndrewMcAlpine,who was driven by his vision to create a high-end automated kiosk that makes products available to customer at all hours.


The beauty of the flower vendingmachine is that the Rockflower units are designed to sell a great number of other “must have” on-the-go products, not just flowers.


For this particular application, themachines were installed with a dry-cooling system designed to provide the specific climate the flowers need. Each unit is installed with an intuitive touchscreen and a s ftoftware system. Writt


need fromsunglasses and flip flops to


sunscreen and sun hats and also some stylish shorts and vests.


Research by Greene King found thatmore than a third of British people spend up to three hours in the local beer garden on an average can spend up to five hour s


out in the sunshine. visit while one in 10


It was a perfect opportunity for vending to offer a good solution to consumers with a desire to enjoy the outdoors in themost comfortable way possible.


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Greene King, said: “Wh Phil Thomas, chief


commercial offfficer at en the sunshine comes, we


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