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of food whi ch consistently ran in the black.
One New En gland textile firm employin g
a thousand feeds its workers at noon
through a mobile cart system which cir-
culates hot food in pa per containers pre-
pa red by the caterer at his own commissary .
Employees like the service, which provi des
a moderate profit to th e con cessionaire. I n
addition, vending machines selling soft
drinks · earn $200 a month for the em-
ployees' association .
Supplementary food services, such as
canteens, mobil e carts, and vending ma-
chin es were more popular with employees
and almost all of th em paid th eir own
way in contrast to th e tra ditional defi cits
in · small pl ant cafete rias. Profits on snack
services were frequentl y applied to the
cafeteria, or to employee welfa re purposes.
4. Factory ma nagers in ma ny cases in -
sist on cup vendin g m,achines for soft
drinks to redu ce accidents from broken
or rollin g bottles. The Armstrong Cork Co.
does not permit breakabl e utensils on th e
factory floo r. The compally says this safety
measure also protects valuable stock.
5. Competition betwee n vendin g machines
a nd other food services in th e pl ant was
not l'ega rded as a seriou s problem. On e
compa ny th'ou ght th e candy and pop ma-
chines co mpeted with sale of ca ndy a nd
pop in th e cafeteria. In oth er plants, com-
petition was avoided by not servin g vended
goods in the cafeterias, but most felt th at
th e competition was unim portant hecause
th e machin es were sellin g at hours wh en
the cafeteri a was closed. A Cleveland fo un-
dry, for instance, liked th e vendin g ma-
chin es beca use th ey made it unnecessary
to keep th e cafeteria ope n beyond th e
lun ch hour for snackers.
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Opera tors of vendin g machines to dispense
can dy bars, so ft drinks, ice cream, coffee,
sou ps, milk and oth er items in th e food
class will fi n d a survey and report recently
issued by th e Field Resea rch Division of
th e P aper Cup and Container Institute, Inc.
of great value for at least two reasons.
1. O perators of these machin es compete
to some extent in fac tories with other
types of in-plant fee ding servi ces. In- plan t
fee ding services may incl ude a cafeteri a ,
ca ntee n. mobil e ca rts, etc.
2. The survey sh ows th at autom ati c ven-
dors may profitably suppl ement all of the
in- pla nt feedin g se rvices and hence th e re-
port will be one of th e best sales t alks
for vendors th at an ope rator ca n get to
show to pla nt ma nage ments.
The co mpl ete 19· page repo rt can be h ad
by writin g to th e research firm at 4,9 West
46th St., New York 19, N. Y. The Institute
pre pared a d igest of its co mplete report
which is a decided sales talk for vendors,
as follows:
A study of in-plant feedin g systems in
loca tions where fewer th a n 1000 persons
are employed has bee n completed by th e
Field Research Division of th e Pa per Cup
and Contain er Institute and reports of re-
sults a re now availa ble. The study indicates
th at, in general , full scale cafeterias are
the most expensive way to serve food in
such locations, and that supplementary
services, including vending machines, will
probably do an increasin g pa rt of small
plant feeding.
The Field Research Divisioh is set up
by the P aper Cup and Co nta iner Institute
to furni sh facts and fi gures that might be
of help to custom ers of the cup manufactur-
ing companies that comprise the In stitute's
membership. In addition to the techni cal
aid which individual cup companies have
given to develop equipm ent for vending,
the Research Division is now spending an
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increasing part of its time in gath erin g
material on th a t fi eld , directors say.
1. Th e survey was initi ated to find out
how small plants are providing food fo r
fe wer workers than it takes to sup port the
type of in-plant food servi ce now customa ry
in large plants. Field reporters visi ted 26
in-pl a nt food services in representative fac·
tories employing fe wer than 1000 workers.
Pla nts were loca ted in ten sta tes and en·
gaged in a broad ra nge of ma nufac turin g
enterprises.
2. Vending machines were the most
popular source of supplementary food
reported. Most of the factories had
more than one food system. The group
included 17 cafeterias, nine mobile
cart syste ms, and four canteens. In
12 factories, vending mac\tines were
used to supply candy, cookies, peanuts
and soft drinks. Several reported ex-
perimentation with vending machines
selling wrapped sandwiches, but no
vending machines of this type were in
operation at the tim e of the survey.
High cost, and difficulty of getting
fresh sandwiches were reasons given
for the discontinuance of the service ,
but many plant managers expressed
interest in future development of vend-
ing machines serving substantial hot
food items, particula rly coffee.
3. Vending machines were the only source
F arm er Squibbs was ploughin g the far-
thest corner of his fi eld when a neighbor
came running to call, "Quick, H enry! Your
wife's having a fit. " Squibbs dropped every-
thin g and ran a mile to his house, only to
fi nd his wife h ad recovered fully and was
pl acidly cooking dinn er.
A week later h e was summoned again.
This time, his wife, on ce more recovered,
was darning stockings in th e parlor.
A third time th e neighbor call ed for
Farmer Squibbs. This time he found his
wife out cold on th e kitchen floor. H e felt
her pulse a nd her heart. Neither stirred. He
held a mirror before h er mouth. There was
no trace of moisture.
Farm er Squibbs straightened him self and
mopped his forehea d. " Well," h e declared,
" this is more like it."
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