Automatic Age

AUTOMATIC AGE, $1.00 per year. Published bi-monthly by Automatic Age, Inc., 4021 N. Melvina Ave., Chicago. Entered as
second class matter February 20, 1943, at the Post Office at Chicago, 111., under the Act of March 3, 1897. Printed In U .S .A .
P o s t-W a r
V e n d in g
M e r c h a n d is e ,
to
R a is e
M a c h in e s ,
package design and e y e ap­
peal. You will be in an entirely
new candy era, working along
entirely new lines.
S ig h ts ;
L o c a tio n s .
By GEORGE F. EBY
Sales M anager, Vending Division, Pan Confections.
The a v e r a g e well-paying
post-war vending route will re­
quire an investment of about
$5,000 and should, if properly
managed, produce an income
of around $5,000 per year.
day’s bar candy and in a much
wider variety. Taste a p p e a l
and eating quality will be up­
permost and
next will
come
Your best locations now will
be just fair after the war. Peo­
ple will t r a v e l and move
around. T r a i l e r camps will
spring up and produce g o o d
markets at certain times of the
year. The movement south in
It is our belief that the post­
war vending machine will vend
candy in one-cent and five-cent
packages as well as five-cent
packages of cookies. From a
few tests now being made, it is
found that where the one-cent
vender is placed beside the five
cent vender the sales have mat­
erially increased.
Experiments also have pro­
ven cookies to be a popular
item in offices and industrial
plants. Some people do not like
candy but will buy cookies if
they are offered. This increas­
es sales and make more profit
because you would not sell that
customer candy.
A n e w t y p e of five-cent
c a n d y will be placed on the
market after the war and from
the venders standpoint will be
much more desirable than to­
WAR VETERANS NOW WAR WORKERS in home of "Bally" games and venders. Lion
Manufacturing Corporation is rapidly absorbing disabled and medically discharged
service men into the Lion organization. The group shown holding the Lion Army-Navy
E-Flag have all been in the United States armed services of World War II. Left to right:
(First Rodw) Fred Fredrickson, Carl Schoemelr, James Pietschmann, Norbert Zdenek;
(Second Row) Frank Flcht, John Soss, Joseph Leier, Robert Grosse, Sigman Bartosiak;
Fred Cronin; (Third Row) Edward Malocek, Florian Gorski, Frank Gogowski, George
Bradek, Everett Urban, Chester Vogt, David Me Nulty.
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