Industry insight: where demand actually sits

Site selection gets most of the attention, but the same location can produce very different numbers depending on what the machine sells and when. A single-category machine earns on simplicity; a multi-category machine earns on covering more of the day. Neither wins by default.

These notes look at demand rather than hardware: which categories fill which hours, how menu length affects choice time, and why some sites keep volume after the novelty is gone.

Multi-Drink vs Single-Category Yield

Output per square metre and per refill visit, compared across machine types.

Herbal Tea: Market Signals

Category demand, buyer profile and time-of-day patterns.

Beverage Retail Landscape

Where unmanned fits against convenience retail and staffed cafés.

Smart Vending 2026: Telemetry and Multi-City Ops

How operators run dozens of sites without adding headcount.