Originally Posted by adultpro

A good friend of mine has been in the vending business for a couple decades. He and I frequently talk business for the fun of it.

From all he told me, the main tip that stuck was that the success of your business will be made or lost based on the quality of the people running your routes. You have to find someone who is mechanically inclined, reliable, able to work without constant supervision, and above all else, completely honest. Before he found the crew he has today, he spent most of his time supervising employees and dealing with lost revenue from equipment failure, product shortage, break-ins, and skim. Now, he has reliable people following written instructions and schedules, and spends half his time on the other side of the country from his machines.

If your wife will run the routes, hopefully all that will be a non-issue, so good luck with the new business.