Location Finds Vendor
Ownership Costly
BALTIMORE- For yea rs operators have
b een givin g reaso ns why locations shoul dn' t
own their own vendin g machin es. Will ia m
F leckenstein, a store own er here, can now
give you a reaso n, too; be fou nd out th e
h ard way.
Eaeb time be e mpti ed th e peanut ven·
dol' in h is store he would toss th e reo
ceipts into a la rd ca n. After ten years
h e had fill ed three ca ns, a nd each was
so heavy he coul d ba rely lift it.
Toward th e end of May he decided it was
tim e to ba nk tb e proceeds. But wh en he
go t to th e ba nk on a busy Mond ay the
tell ers looked a t th e three ca ns a nd told
him they didn ' t have tim e to co unt tbe
estimated $2,500 in small change. "Come
bac k som e oth er time," th ey invited.
Back to the store went th e three heavy
cans. Sadl y enough, the weight proved
no obstacle to thi eves wh o broke in a nd
made off with a ll three, a nd their co n·
tents.
Automatic Canteen Co . Ord ers
$4,800,000 In New Vendors
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FOR
J ULY
1946
NEW YORK- Because nf'W equi pment
was not ava i labl e after P ea rl H a rbo r, Auto·
ma ti c Ca nteen Co. of A merica was a bl e
to build a fina ncia l reserve of ovcr three
m illi on d liars fr:>m the oper:::tio n of th eir
ve ndors.
But they' re not hoa rdin g th eir war- won
profits. T he co mp a ny rece ntl y pla ced con-
trac ts for three new types o[ dis pem, in p:
mach ines with Ge nera l El ectri c, H ayes
Mfg;. a nd International Reg ister.
Autom a tic Ca nteen Co. leases ve ndors
to factori es, industri al esta blishm ents and
busin ess firm s, and sells th e co nfec tions
whi ch a re dispensed. Less th a n eight per
cent of th e firm 's gross in co me in 194 5
ca me [rom eq ui pm ent rentals: th e balan ce,
totallin g
12,900,000, was de ri ved fro m
mercha ndise sal es.
Appoints Canadian Distrib.
NEW YORK- On a r ece nt t rip to Can-
a da , AI Cohn , Aseo Ve ndin g; Mac h ine Ex-
change, appoi nted the Canadi a n distributor
for hi s firm. Asco's hot nut ve ndors will
be d istributed in Can a da by P a ul Ca mpea u,
Palll Novelty, Reg' d. , Montreal.
Vendit Appoints
CHICAGO- Th e Vendit Corp., nati onal
distributors of the " 150 Super Selecti ve"
Vendi t ca ndy vendor, has announ ced two
ter"itor ial di stribu torship appointments.
First is Blake Sales Co., Los An geles, to
hand le sal e a nd distribut ion of the vendors
in the sta te of Californi a. Second is Ed -
ward M. R avreby, of Associated Amu se-
ments, Bos ton , to distribute in Main e, New
H 'l mp shire. Vermont. Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Connecticut.
Soldiers Boost Vending Sales
CAMP ROB ERTS, CaliL- Soldiers at
t;,i s bail iwi ck spent 860,000 on vendin g
machin e p roducts durin g the past four a nd
a ha lf yea rs, acco rc\jn g to Elm er C. Kill-
be rg, who di rec ted operations.
In cla imin g a world's record for a rmy
ca mp vendors, Killb erg goes on to point
out tha t Ca mp Robe rts was th e first army
[lost h tbe co untry to purchase its own
eq uipment a nd operate it. Tra nsaction was
handl ed by th e A rmy Exch ange Serv ice.
Th e re we re 200 ciga rette and candy ma-
chin es, 45 phon ogra phs, 75 coke vendors,
a nd 16 sca les, in addition to paper nap kin
dispensers.
Durin g the wa r yea rs 18 men were em-
pl oyed for service a nd supply fun cti ons.
In receiving the ir basic trainin g;, 250,-
000 G. 1.'s also were given a lib eral edu ca-
ti on in the efTicacy of coin -opera ted equi p-
ment.
M il k, Fruit, Washing Vended
NEW YORK- New fruit vendin g ma-
chin es in 45 days.
New bulk milk vendors thi s summer.
500 co in·opera ted laundries to be s:>ld
by yea r's end .
Des pite encroachin g material shortages,
Teleco in Co rp. is movin g into high gea r
to sup ply th e vast co in- co nscious bu yin g
public.
Seventeen stores in ew York , Chi cago,
I os An "e1 es, So uth Bend, Ind., Roxbury,
Mass., Bethlehem, P a., and Philadelphi a,
now hold I · unde rette f ranchises.
A'"'Ir:: o i n ~'
Distributors
NEW YORK- Lawre nce Reiss, Statler
Di strib :l to rs, recent ly a nn ou nced 19 fran-
chi se ho ldcrs for S ta tl er's new coo ki e
vendors.
OVER ENTIRE'
ABC NETWORK
Candy Industry Striving
To Keep Bars at Nickel
CHICAGO-Ca ndy ops, fea rful that ris·
in g costs would eliminate fi ve-cent bars in
favor of th e ten·cent va ri ety, ca n now
brea the a little easier.
Cha rles F. Scully, sec reta ry-treasurer of
W ill iamson Candy Co. of thi s c ity, and
cha irm a n of the OPA ca ndy bar makers'
industry advi
dustry is making eve ry effort to keep th e
pri ce at fi ve cents, even if we ight of the
pro du ct has to be redu ced to meet increas-
ing costs. (Th e OPA has granted most
ma nufacturers permission to redu ce weIghts
with out changin g th e retail pri ce)
Scull y believes that the ni cke l IS a va l-
ua bl e merchandisin g medium a nd vOI ces th e
hope th at th e current ph ase ?f th e .bu s i~ ess
is a transitory period wh Ich wIll n g l~t
itself wh en supplies beco me more plentl'
ful.
" Th e ni ckel as a medium of exchange for
ba rs will yield to nothin g short of. inn ati on·
a ry pri ce adva nces in ca ndy-makll1 g mate-
ri als," Sc ully sta ted.
On e of the maj or manufacturer went . on
reco rd as sayin g, " No on e wants to ehm-
inate th e nickel bar." H e add ed th at only
in the eve nt ri sin g costs shrink th e size of
the bar too drasti call y wo uld th e five -
center go by the boa rds.
Whil e in crease to ten cents woul d ca use
whol esale changes by vendin g operators
in chu te alteration s and installation . of
la rge r racks, the brunt of the reconversIon
would be born e by th e manufac turer 111
th at weight, cuttin g, and packagin g rn a·
chines would have to be co mpl etely re-
too led.
New dime bars are making the ir appea r-
a nce. Walter H . John son Ca ndy Co. and
P eter P aul , Inc., both have te n- ce nt~ rs,
whil e Curtiss Candy Co. has been turnmg
out a double·size Baby Ruth.
Leaf Gum's Radio Show
NfJJmed C l-li cC'l gQ's Be !j~
CHIC AGO - Th e hes t radi o show to co me
from Windy City's stu di os in 1945.
Th at was th e distin ction rece ntly be-
~towe d up on th e Leaf Gum Rad. io Show by
the Chi ca go Federated Adve rtl s ~n g Clubs
in ma kin o- th eir " nnu al presen tatI on.
Leaf G~m's " Tin P a n Ail e}' of th e Air"
is produced by Tim Morrow a nd fe3 tur p s
Jim B' ade a , d hi s orchestra, Sll1 ge r Jack
Owens, and J o!' nnie Neblett on the na n'a-
tion.
P . It Trent, director of sales a nd advcr-
ti sin g, rece ived th e a ward in behalf of !he
company.
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DETROIT - A new operatin g firm
f ' rm ed here recently is Cent-o·Drink Co.
O rgan izers of the co mpany are Carl Schl;am ,
[. l il ton H erman and Sa ul Herm an. Com-
pa ny plans to op era te a route of beverage
di spensers.
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