In-house food packaging allows expansion into new business opportunities: food packaging equipment has evolved just like other types of equipment. The vending operator who believes in the traditional benefits of an in-house commissary has various expansion opportunities.(SPECIAL REPORT)

Automatic Merchandiser,  April, 2005  by Duguid, Bruce

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The world of the vending operator is constantly changing. The industry has gone through hundreds of changes since its inception. One of the early innovations was the in-house commissary, which continues to offer operators growth opportunities.

Some operators think the commissary has outlived its usefulness. On the contrary, however, changes in packaging equipment have created a new set of opportunities that some operators may not be aware of.

In order to understand how these opportunities have evolved, it helps to first understand the history of the in-house commissary in ...

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