Smarter vending, one story at a time
Plain-language stories about the machines that keep offices, stations and hospitals fed — with demos you can play with, short videos and practical guides.
The most expensive vending machine is the one nobody is watching
A machine that breaks loudly gets fixed. A machine that breaks quietly can lose money for weeks. Work out what silence costs your fleet.
CleaVend in 30 seconds
A short film of everything CleaVend does, from the first live machine to the last invoice. Jump straight to the part you care about.
Your restock schedule is your biggest hidden cost
A fixed round sends the van to full machines and past empty ones. Restocking by what actually sold changes both. Run the two rounds side by side.
One screen for the whole fleet
Forty machines or four thousand: you should see what's selling, what's empty and what's broken without opening a single spreadsheet. Try the board yourself.
Plan tomorrow's tour in minutes
Which machines need a visit, in what order, and what goes in the van. Drag one slider and watch tomorrow's tour draw itself.
Four alerts that pay for themselves
You don't need a hundred notifications. You need four — sent to the right person at the right time. Trigger them yourself and see who gets what.
Pay by QR: how a snack gets bought with a phone, step by step
No card, no coins, no app to install. Here is what actually happens when someone scans the code on a vending machine — and why operators like it as much as shoppers do.
Ask your fleet a question — and get a straight answer
Not every question deserves a report. Sometimes you just want to ask "which machines need a visit today?" and hear the answer. Try the assistant.
The refill run, step by step
Standing in front of an open machine with a phone in one hand and a box of crisps in the other. Here's how the guided refill keeps that simple — tap through it yourself.
Your machines are already talking. Are you listening?
A modern vending machine sends a steady stream of messages about every sale, fault and door opening. Watch that noise turn into plain-language news you can act on.
From a blind fleet to full visibility
Same machines, same Monday morning — one view built on memory and a clipboard, the other on what the machines are reporting right now. Drag the slider and compare.
Maintenance, finished in front of the machine
A technician fixes the fault, takes a photo and taps done — and the office sees it before they've packed their tools. Walk through a job yourself.
Load the van once, and load it right
Too much in the van means wasted space and spoiled stock. Too little means a second trip. Tick today's machines and watch the warehouse list add itself up.
How to spot a tired fridge before it fails
Cooling units rarely die overnight. They get tired, and their power use gives them away days in advance. Scrub through two weeks and see the warning appear.
Cashless didn't just empty the coin box. It handed you the data.
Every tap and every scan says when people buy, what they buy and how they like to pay. Play with a day of sales and see what the patterns tell you.
Every sale accounted for: lining up the machine, the card reader and the bank
A sale is recorded three times — by the machine, by the payment terminal and by the payout to your bank. When those three agree, you can stop worrying. When they don't, you want to know which one.
One group, many operators: running a vending network from head office
Distributors and franchise groups need two views at once: the whole network from head office, and each member's own business on its own. Click through a group and see both.
Labels and groups: see only your part of the fleet
A simple guide to organising machines with your own labels — and to making sure every person sees exactly the machines they look after.
Vending in plain words: a glossary for everyone else
Planograms, MDB, filling proposals, uptime — the words vending people use without thinking, explained for everyone who doesn't. Search for the one you just heard.
Change a price once, from the office
Changing prices used to mean a visit to every machine. Now it's one change, sent to the whole fleet. Try sending one yourself.
Where unattended retail goes next — and how to be ready
Coins are fading, fresh food is arriving and the van is getting smarter. Six honest trends for the next few years of vending, and what each one asks of you.
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