June-July 2022 - 20

LINDSAY EASTER
GIMME OPERATIONS
CHART 7A:
Vended share of sales by product category
● Cold beverages
● Snacks
● Candy
● Confections
● Healthy
● Food
● Hot beverages
● Ice cream/frozen
● Other*
* Includes non-edible items
16%
9%
10%
2021
3.5%
13.5%
15.5%
6.5%
1.5%
3.5%
CHART 7C:
Share of sales by service category, combined services
2019
2020
Vending
Micro Markets
OCS
Water service
Other
Pantry service
Bulk vending
Manual
foodservice
Music
Games
Janitorial
Supplies
50.1%
11.1
7.2
2.5
8.0
4.1
3.4
4.4
2.8
4.1
2.2
49.7%
14.6
7.0
2.5
8.5
3.1
3.1
3.1
2.5
2.9
3.0
2021
48.0%
18.5
11.0
2.5
6.5
4.5
2.5
1.5
1.0
1.0
3.0
OPERATION SNAPSHOT
Most (47%) of this year's survey participants defined
their businesses as full-line operations providing vending
machines, micro markets and office coffee services. About
10% were traditional full-line vending operations without
micro markets, while just under 5% operate micro markets
only. And some 19% of the businesses claim to be candy,
snack and beverage only operations. These unattended
retail areas, prevalent in workplaces, are collectively known
as convenience services. About 10% said they were bottlers.
Most of this year's survey participants (70%) said they
operated between one and nine routes, and 40% employed
between one and five people. Almost 40% of all operators
were involved in acquiring or divesting routes or parts of
their operation. And most vendors (75%) said their cold
drink machines, ranging from count between 5% and 100%,
were supplied by a bottler. Some 71% of operators said the
number of locations they served in 2021 increased.
During the 2021 recovery, the nation's operators had
an estimated 1.97 million vending machines on location,
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6.5%
24.5%
CHART 7B:
Micro market share of sales by product category
● Cold beverages
● Snacks
● Candy
● Confections
● Healthy
● Food
● Hot beverages
● Ice cream/frozen
● Other*
8%
3.5%
12%
2021
24%
20%
9.5%
13%

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June-July 2022

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of June-July 2022

Editor’s Note
Industry News
OCS Update
2021: A year of rapid recovery
The Most Influential Women in Convenience Services Awards
Beverage trends for vending, OCS and micro markets
Unattended retail systems
Old school meets new school
Classifieds
Social Hubs
June-July 2022 - PCOV1
June-July 2022 - PCOV2
June-July 2022 - 1
June-July 2022 - 2
June-July 2022 - 3
June-July 2022 - 4
June-July 2022 - 5
June-July 2022 - Editor’s Note
June-July 2022 - 7
June-July 2022 - Industry News
June-July 2022 - 9
June-July 2022 - 10
June-July 2022 - 11
June-July 2022 - OCS Update
June-July 2022 - 13
June-July 2022 - 2021: A year of rapid recovery
June-July 2022 - 15
June-July 2022 - 16
June-July 2022 - 17
June-July 2022 - 18
June-July 2022 - 19
June-July 2022 - 20
June-July 2022 - 21
June-July 2022 - 22
June-July 2022 - 23
June-July 2022 - The Most Influential Women in Convenience Services Awards
June-July 2022 - 25
June-July 2022 - 26
June-July 2022 - 27
June-July 2022 - 28
June-July 2022 - 29
June-July 2022 - 30
June-July 2022 - 31
June-July 2022 - Beverage trends for vending, OCS and micro markets
June-July 2022 - 33
June-July 2022 - 34
June-July 2022 - 35
June-July 2022 - 36
June-July 2022 - 37
June-July 2022 - Unattended retail systems
June-July 2022 - 39
June-July 2022 - Old school meets new school
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June-July 2022 - Classifieds
June-July 2022 - Social Hubs
June-July 2022 - 51
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