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Healthy Vending Calculator

Analyze the revenue impact of adding healthy options to your vending machine, including spoilage costs, margin differences, and sales lift.

Inputs

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Results

Monthly revenue

$2,310.00

≈ 18 pairs of sneakers

Monthly profit

$1,098.98

≈ 8 pairs of sneakers

Blended margin (%)

47.6%

Healthy items profit$586.16
Monthly spoilage loss$70.46
Healthy item margin (%)40.6%
Traditional margin (%)59.2%
Healthy slots20
Traditional slots20
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter Total slots, Healthy product mix (%), and Healthy item avg. price ($).
  2. Set Traditional item avg. price ($), Healthy COGS (%), and Traditional COGS (%).
  3. Adjust Baseline daily vends, Healthy option sales lift (%) as needed.
  4. Review Monthly revenue ($), Monthly profit ($), and Blended margin (%) (%).
  5. Use Healthy items profit ($) and Monthly spoilage loss ($) to inform your decision.

How the result changes with Baseline daily vends

Baseline daily vendsMonthly revenueMonthly profitBlended margin (%)
21$1,386.00$659.3947.6%
71$4,686.00$2,229.3647.6%
130$8,580.00$4,081.9347.6%
180$11,880.00$5,651.9147.6%

What each input means

Total slots
Total product slots in the machine.
Healthy product mix (%)
Percentage of slots devoted to healthy items. Corporate/gym locations often go 50-100%.
Healthy item avg. price ($)
Average price for healthy items. Typically $2-4 (premium positioning).
Traditional item avg. price ($)
Average price for traditional snacks/drinks.
Healthy COGS (%)
Cost of goods as % of selling price for healthy items. Higher than traditional: 45-65%.
Traditional COGS (%)
Cost of goods as % of selling price for traditional items. Typically 30-50%.
Baseline daily vends
Expected daily vends before accounting for healthy option sales lift.
Healthy option sales lift (%)
Extra foot traffic driven by healthy options. Corporate wellness programs can add 5-20%.
Healthy spoilage rate (%)
Percentage of healthy inventory lost to expiration. Fresh items: 10-15%, packaged: 3-8%.

What each result means

Monthly revenue
Total monthly revenue from the blended product mix.
Monthly profit
Monthly profit after COGS and spoilage.
Blended margin (%)
Overall profit margin across all product types.
Healthy items profit
Monthly profit from healthy items alone.
Monthly spoilage loss
Monthly cost of spoiled/expired inventory.
Healthy item margin (%)
Margin on healthy items after spoilage.
Traditional margin (%)
Margin on traditional items.
Healthy slots
Number of slots allocated to healthy items.
Traditional slots
Number of slots for traditional items.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Total slots = 40, Healthy product mix (%) = 50, Healthy item avg. price ($) = 2.5, Traditional item avg. price ($) = 1.5 = 9 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Monthly revenue
    Monthly revenue = totalDailyRev * 30
    2310 = $2,310
  3. Calculate Monthly profit
    Monthly profit = totalDailyProfit * 30
    1098.98 = $1,098.98
  4. Calculate Blended margin
    47.6 = 47.6%
  5. Calculate Healthy items profit
    Healthy items profit = healthyDailyProfit * 30
    586.16 = $586.16
  6. Calculate Monthly spoilage loss
    Monthly spoilage loss = (healthySpoilage + traditionalSpoilage) * 30
    70.46 = $70.46

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