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For those who live in an apartment, do you guys have vending machines where you are? Where I am moving to has vending machines (soda and snack machine), and that is indeed a first for me. I am curious as to how common that is.
It's possible in large buildings, especially buildings that are large enough to have club houses.
The machines usually do not belong to the apartment owner or management. Concession vendors pay rent to place their machines there. That makes it a bit complicated if the machine steals your money because there is no easy way to file a complaint.
Newer landlords sometimes have soda vending machines in the laundry room, until they get tired of mopping up spilled soda off of the floor.
The only time I've ever seen that is in very low income, transitional housing - they type where people may not have cars to deal with their late night munchies after a toke or two, if you know what I mean.
I've seen vending machines in a few complexes. Usually just soda though, not so much snacks. I've also seen complexes that offer free coffee and hot chocolate and such in their clubhouse.
I haven't seen that in any apartment or multifamily housing in which I've lived. That option would be kind of cool! We live across the street from a 24 hr store, though, so it wouldn't save too much walking and gives less variety.
The only time I've ever seen that is in very low income, transitional housing - they type where people may not have cars to deal with their late night munchies after a toke or two, if you know what I mean.
Where I am moving to is definitely not low income traditional housing.
Business idea for anyone who wants to start a business. My father did rather well with vending machines that sold cold sandwiches and fresh fruit next to a machine that sold hot entrees.
Those machines were set up in large senior housing apartment buildings and made a lot of money for him. He hired a couple of senior citizen cooks who he called "the lunch ladies" to cook the meals and package the food.
Basically a home cooked meal for people who had difficulty getting around. They could go down to the lobby and buy a good lunch out of the vending machine.
He was given a nice big grant from the city to set it all up.
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