The Vending Revolution has created the UKs' most successful mini-can vending franchise. Our Snack-a-Can Franchise offers the most comprehensive vending business package ever offered in mini can vending, having been carefully developed to remove all the downsides and problems that many vending formats inherently suffer, and replaces them with creative solutions that actively major on the strengths that makes vending so profitable and attractive as both a business and a life style.
Low entry cost - complete packages from less than £2400+vat
NO franchise fees - Guaranteed!
NO monthly management fees - Guaranteed!
The lowest site commission just 5% - Guaranteed!
The lowest cost siting - £18.50 per site - Guaranteed!
Highest Mini-Can vending profit - Guaranteed!
NO site poaching - Guaranteed!
Access to tens of thousands of qualified sites
Exclusive Chrome plated Snack-a-Can vendors
Snack-a-Can PROFESSIONALLY packaged product range
Comprehensive administration pack
Full or part time flexible hours to suit your life style
Simple to manage - No experience necessary
Full training and start-up support
Ongoing support and business development
Our unique approach to vending
Over the past 19 years The Vending Revolution has built the finest reputation in the vending industry for its consistent ability to create powerful and original solutions for the problems that have afflicted the vending industry for decades, and continues to afflict vending operators and other vending companies to this day. Our ability to find these unique solutions time after time is no fluke of chance, it is due to our lateral thinking approach to problem solving, and our obsessive attention to detail, that enables us to evaluate a problem and think it through in a totally original way. But that is only the start of the process, our highly disciplined development process will then refine our initial solution and hone it to perfection through extensive field trials in thousands of our own vendors in thousands of different types of sites. Only when it is considered fully developed and proven will it be offered to our existing and prospective new franchised operators around the country.
Snack-a-Can the PROFESSIONAL mini-can product range
The key to a successful vending business is a great product range that is profitable, has popular appeal and will repeat sell. Our many years of experience in confectionery and savoury vending, gained whilst servicing the needs of tens of thousands of sites throughout the UK, gives us a deep understanding of what would be required to create a successful repeat selling product range.
To succeed you need a GREAT product – and GREAT packaging too!
Our choice of product range has involved a long term evaluation at thousands of sites to ensure maximum repeat sales, of course it is not as simple as that, all sites are individual and require careful management to ensure best performance, an area that the Vending Revolution has proven expertise in, and that our franchise package fully covers in our operator training.
The initial launch range included 13 confectionary and 2 nut products, all proven repeat sellers enabling the operator to fine tune each site to perfection using our unique "Menu" selection system. The initial launch range has been followed up with constant additions of sweet, savoury and snack products to the range which presently reatures 36 top selling varieties - the biggest range in the industry!
Our products are all competitively priced, ensuring the highest mini-can franchise profits and offer the consumer high quality and excellent value encouraging massive repeat sales.
A professional packaging solution
The difference between a professional product and an amateur plastic tubs effort is the quality of the packaging and labelling. Our top quality cans and labels were designed by packaging industry experts specifically to fulfil our requirements for a professional, high quality packaging solution. This ultimately involved having a state of the art weighing, filling and heat-sealing line designed and manufactured in the UK specifically for our needs.
One of the most important requirements for our packing solution was the need to be able to correctly package vulnerable products that go stale when exposed to normal air. The solution is known as MAP/F or Modified Atmosphere Packaging, and involves replacing the normal air in the can with food grade nitrogen gas. To enable this complex process to happen the cans need to be specifically designed to keep the nitrogen in and the air out. Likewise, the sophisticated packaging machinery has to be specifically designed for the purpose.
Our impressive MAP/F packing line has a maximum capacity of over 10 million cans per year, so stock shortages should not be an issue. We welcome visitors to our head quarters to see our packing line in action! For the full Snack-a-Can product and packaging story, click this link: Snack-a-Can – the ULTIMATE product range
The Snack-a-Can Tower vendor
A vital element of our franchise is our exclusive £1 vend Snack-a-Can Tower Vendor. This stunning top quality chrome plated vendor offers solid construction and reliability as well as value for money. This clever, fully developed vendor comes complete with it's own dedicated black powder coated steel floor stand enabling it to be easily positioned anywhere. High security Brahma locks are fitted as standard ensuring security of both stock and cash. Being manually operated it requires no electricity and when stocked with our top selling range of Snack-a-Can mini-can products is ready and fit for many profitable years of reliable service.
Due to our engineering background, The Vending Revolution is unique in that it is the only vending company to design and manufacture its own high specification vending equipment, unlike other companies that are just sales agents and unable to provide full technical support. This is not the cheapest solution, but it ensures we get the very best equipment for the job, which is supplied exclusively only to our franchisees.
Snack-a-Can a premium brand
To be truly successful and maintain sales you need a professional brand image and quality packaging. The Snack-a-Can brand is the result of extensive market research to create a brand image that is modern and progressive yet familiar and memorable. The brand embodies our core elements of Quality – Value – Service and has rapidly gained an excellent reputation with both consumers and our franchisees. Finally, we provide a dedicated Snack-a-Can website as both a promotional tool and a contact point for consumers with full customer service support, please click the link to view the site http://http://www.snackacan.com/
The UK's PROFFESIONAL mini-can brand
The site – the secret of success
The corner stone of our Snack-a-Can Franchise is our unique ability to acquire almost limitless quality sites that span 75 different business categories within the Retail, Leisure, Commercial, Industrial, Government and Licensed Trades to name but a few. Developed over 19 years ago and refined and up-dated constantly, this enviable ability has made us the leading vending site location provider in the UK typically acquiring between 1,000 and 1,500 new sites a month for our growing army of franchised operators via our full time team of professional site locators. You would be right to assume that a service of this quality and sophistication would be expensive, but you would be wrong, in-fact the Vending Revolution site locating service is THE LOWEST cost siting service in the UK – just £18.50 per site! So how are we able to offer this amazing service for such a low cost?
The answer lays with our unique and powerful techniques that enable us to only target those sites that are FULLY qualified via our extensive real time databases. Many "me too" competitors have attempted to emulate our service but none have succeeded.
What about the profit?
Having access to quality locations is fundamental to business growth but the fuel of growth is PROFIT, and this is another area where the Snack-a-Can Franchise is unbeatable. The reason for our franchisees exceptional operating profitability is the industry low site commission that the operator pays the site. Presently independent operators regularly pay between 25% and 40% to secure a site, our operators pay a staggering low 5% that puts at least a further 20% of your gross revenue on your bottom line, it is this substantial extra profit that powers your growth and gives you the life style that you went into business to enjoy.
We have a saying...
"Vending is a simple business...simple to get WRONG!"
During our 19 years in the industry we have seen many independent operators fail due to avoidable operational mistakes and misjudgements that can soon cost an unwary novice dearly. For this reason we provide not only initial training, but importantly, ongoing practical support and business development that effectively removes the chances of getting it wrong! Do not under estimate the importance of our support and 19 years of practical experience it is the difference between real success and failure.
The Stack-up
In the following example we have compared like for like products costs against plastic tubs, all figures include VAT. The site commission quoted for the comparison against our 5% is based on a realistic average commission that is being widely paid by other independent operators today. The commission paid by independent operators ranges from a now rare 20% to a staggering 40%, which is now regularly paid by desperate operators and other franchise companies whilst attempting to locate sites for their operators.
| Snack-a-Can Franchisee | Other Mini-Can Operators |
| | Vend Revenue | £1.00p | | | Less cost of product | .38p | | | Less site commission 5% | .05p | | | Total gross profit: | .57p |
| | | Vend Revenue | £1.00p | | | Less cost of product | .42p | | | Less site commission 25% | .25p | | | Total gross profit: | .33p |
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A Snack-a-Can operator earns over 72% more profit compared to other operators!
As you can clearly see from the above example due to the lower Snack-a-Can product cost and 5% commission structure EACH vend nets a Snack-a-Can operator an incredible 24p MORE PROFIT per vend! - If you operate 100 Snack-a-Can vendors that gives you a staggering ADDITIONAL PROFIT of £11,520 per year!
The Snack-a-Can Franchise will NOT be beaten on cost or profit.
Our written Guarantee
Unlike other vending companies, we are prepared to put our claims in writing and then guarantee them...
THE VENDING REVOLUTION FRANCHISE GUARANTEES
Highest Mini-Can vending profit
In the unlikely event that another Mini-Can vending company offer you a higher like for like gross operating % profit - we will pay you the difference!
Lowest site commission just 5%
In the unlikely event that another vending company offer you a lower like for like Site commission % - we will pay the difference for you!
No site poaching
In the unlikely event that you have to remove a Snack-a-Can Tower due to poaching of your site – we will replace it with a similar site FREE!
We are the ONLY vending company that is confident enough to offer all these guarantees in writing –
NO ifs, NO buts, just guarantees.
The Vending Revolution CANNOT be beaten by any other UK Mini-Can Tower vending company – Guaranteed
Support and business development
No matter how experienced you may be in business or even in vending, do not under estimate the value of support in a new business venture. We pride ourselves on our 19 years personal experience in the vending industry and our overall 36 years business experience. This priceless accumulation of knowledge and business skills enables us to offer our franchisees an invaluable level of support that ensures we can provide the answers that franchisees need to successfully establish and then maximise their new business. This includes practical help with even the smallest details and comprehensive advice for setting up your new business from scratch and then close support during the early stages to ensure a smooth, simple and stress free establishment of your new Snack-a-Can franchise.
Where we really benefit our franchisees is with our business acumen and strategic planning abilities. Many of our franchisees have been able to realise their business ambitions after consulting with us and taking advantage of our business development and expansion planning facilities. This includes funding options including our full range of equipment leasing facilities, production of customised spreadsheets, growth plans and "what if" scenarios for bankers and funders.
Finally, we are able to guide and support more ambitious franchisees from an "Owner Operator" business set-up over to a fully staffed "Managed Business" using our own practical experience and solutions that we have perfected over the past 19 years growing our own business to many thousands of vendors. Whether you are looking for a pat time venture to boost your monthly income, or have the ambition, drive and commitment to build a truly serious multi-million pound turnover business we can provide the answers, solutions and support to make it happen.
The Entry cost - from less than £2,400 +vat
We make NO charge for our comprehensive Franchise package, your operating area, your administration pack, training and support and we do not have any monthly "management charges". All you pay for are your Snack-a-Can Tower Vendors at a highly competitive £189 each including stand and point of sale labelling, and your sites which cost just £18.50 each – the lowest cost in the UK! All we ask is for a nominal annual administration contribution -payable from year two - for the issue of your annual Operators Contract, which will enable you to continue to benefit from our 5% site commission, site protection, subsidised siting service, advice hot-line, regular Newsletters and on-going business support and development for just £5 per unit per year!
Prospective operators often ask what's in it for us, since we make no charge for the Franchise, and our vendors and sites are priced so low! The answer is simple, due to our market leading position and enormous buying power we can pass savings on to our operators and still make an acceptable, if modest, margin. Where we really make our profit is by operating many thousands of our own vendors which we continue to grow. By allowing a number of strategically positioned, hand picked Franchisees to benefit from our powerful business formula, we all jointly benefit from the national coverage we generate and dominant market position that benefits us all.
Unlike many other companies, we do not ask for any advance payments or deposits, or ask you to sign any small print contracts or letters of intent at the point of ordering your vendors, we work by trust, your word is good enough for us, and you are free to change you mind at any time prior to collection should you wish!
All prices are plus VAT.
YOUR opportunity
Over the years we have had many approaches from independent vending operators, who like ourselves, were disillusioned but searching for a solution. We turned many away but hand picked a select few to share our success. We presently work alongside 200+ franchisees and intend allowing only sufficient suitable applicants to join us to enable to effectively cover the UK. Therefore, we are offering exclusive Franchise opportunities to a limited number of suitable individuals who will fully benefit from our proven vending formula. We are inviting applications from individuals who have the enthusiasm, determination and desire to build a successful and highly profitable stand-alone business utilising our powerful franchise package. Previous experience within the vending industry or a business background is NOT a prerequisite as our franchisee package offers full training and full support to ensure your success.
What to do next...
If you are looking to enter the vending industry and want to avoid the pitfalls and hollow promises and operate the most sought after and profitable formula in the vending industry today, and can demonstrate to us your commitment to succeed and operate in a professional manner then speak with our Franchise Director Barbara Fellowes on 01778 420077, and discover how we can change your life – for the better.
To contact us please click on this link: I want to know more
Further industry information
For an independent review of the 2005 Automatic Vending market and a forecast of market growth for the next five years please click on the following link...
Key Note UK Market Intelligence