Automatic Age

cold weather will be greater
than it is now and there will be
many other changes. W atch for
them and don’t let any of these
opportunities slip by you. Grab
them as they come along.
You will see machines on the
market after the war that will
have a section for five-cent
candy bars, five-cent packages
of cookies and several one-cent
sections for candy, gum and
salted nuts.
Many of the old ways of get­
ting business will never return,
as well as m a n y of the old
faces.
W e are going thru a change
now that will a g a i n change
after the w ar; we are now in a
seller’s market and to say the
least, a very unhealthy one at
that.
So many manufacturers are
out for all they can get, regard­
less of whom it hurts; they are
money mad and run an auction
business, selling to the highest
bidder and letting their o 1 d
faithful customers s u ff e r for
the want of merchandise to sell
— or even to stay in business.
W e all know that the rationing
of raw materials has curtailed
production some, and that the
shortage of labor has cut pro­
duction to a great extent, but
at the same time many a cust­
omer that the manufacturers
used to serve, has discontinued
business, thereby releasing a
certain quantity of merchan­
dise which could be given to
their old customers, allowing
them to stay in business or even
continue with about the same
amount of business as they had
in 1941 or 1942.
The manufacturer who sticks
by his old customers deserves
the full and wholehearted sup­
port of each and every custom­
er. They should be supported
to the limit when business is
hard to get and price cutting,
as well as secret rebates again
appear on our over-supplied
market. There are also cases
when a manufacturer is able
to take excellent care of all his
old customers and even to sup­
ply some new customers who
would not be able to carry on
without his help.
The vending business will,
without a doubt, be bigger than
ever when the war is over and
you will be vending items that
you never dreamed possible.
There might even be entire au­
tomatic stores where you put
your coin in the slot and your
eggs, butter, coffee, hose, shirt,
or whatever you desire, will be
dispensed thru a tube of some
sort, or even ejected on a tray.
The development of this type
store will come soon enough.
As for candy, it is very evi­
dent that this particular item
of food will be dispensed thru
venders in an ever-increasing
amount, and most of it will be
packaged in s o m e sort of a
transparent material similar to
cellophane.
Plans are now being made by
Pan Confections for producing
these very items and the wide­
awake vending operator will
soon be making his plans for
this future usiness. New type
venders will not obsolete the
one-cent bulk vender as there
will always be a place for this
type of candy machine.
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Nelson Appointed Superior
Products Sales Manager
George Sax, president, Sup­
erior Products, 14 N. Peoria
Street, Chicago, in announcing
the appointment of Jack Nelson
as the firm’s general sales man­
ager, commented t h a t “ The
growth of our business a n d
plans to expand with new ad­
ditions to our lines when war is
over, requires the need for a
large sales force to handle both
national and international dis­
tribution.”
Jack Nelson’s wide acquaint­
ance in the trade and his many
year’s experience as a sales
executive, qualifies him nicely
for his new post.
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Dear Sir: Please send a copy
of Automatic Age. Also if you
would have any back copies,
send them too. Am out of touch
with the rest of the world down
here. Before the war was an
operator of Northwestern and
V i c t o r Vending peanut and
ball gum machines.
Sincerely, Pvt. Veraus Traut.
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GERETT
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