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Article
How Can You Expand Your Vending Business and Boost Sales with Smart Stores?

Smart Stores can transform your vending business by offering more products and a smooth customer experience. Discover how these advanced machines can boost your sales and expand your business into new locations.

Business Management​, Smart Stores, Vending
4 minute read
Laptop with Seed Analytics routes and machine visits dashboard.
Article
Seven Seed Analytics Functionalities to Boost Your Business

Discover how Seed Analytics can revolutionize your retail operation with seven powerful functionalities that offer real-time insights and actionable data. These tools are designed to boost efficiency, reduce waste, and drive your business forward.

Business Management​, Seed Pro
6 minute read
Case Study
Canteen of Northern California Sees Its Sales Explode With Smart Stores

Canteen of Northern California’s work with a local college is a testament to the transformative power of cutting-edge retail solutions. The outcomes are impressive: substantial sales growth, more efficient inventory control, and heightened customer satisfaction. By embracing innovative technology, traditional vending operations were revolutionized, yielding exceptional results.

Business Management​, Smart Stores
Article
How to Start a Vending Business with Little Money

Discover how to launch a vending business with minimal upfront costs. Learn about Cantaloupe Capital’s flexible line of credit and Cantaloupe One’s no upfront cost subscription plans, plus essential budgeting tips and software tools.

Business Management​, Micro Market, Vending
4 minute read
Article
Is Cashless Gaming Worth It? The Benefits of Card Readers

Adopting cashless payment systems in the amusement and gaming industry offers several advantages. Cashless transactions, averaging $6.13 per transaction compared to $0.81 for cash, can significantly boost revenue. The initial investment in card readers, which includes hardware, software, training, and marketing, is quickly offset by a short payback period.

Business Management​, Card Readers
4 minute read
Case Study
Barrett Vending Eliminates Theft & Elevates Customer Experience with a Smart Store

The well established vending operator placed their first Smart Store in a car dealership in Sugarland, TX. The results were explosive sales growth, minimized shrink, and excitement around the flexible, modern solution.

Smart Stores
Case Study
Modern Vend Enhances Access to Necessities for Senior Living Facility

Modern Vend introduced the Smart Store solution to 200 residents of a senior living facility and saw immediately promising results. They hope to improve the quality of life and ease of access to essential products right at their doorstep.

Smart Stores
Video
How Smart Are Smart Stores? An Overview of Cantaloupe Smart Stores

Prepare for the next generation of retail with Cantaloupe’s groundbreaking Smart Stores! Watch now to learn how Smart Stores are tackling theft, elevating the customer journey, and opening up new revenue channels. Through the lens of real-world success stories, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the technology that is reshaping the retail landscape. Don’t let this chance slip by to lead the pack and embrace the future of retail.

Self-Service Trends, Smart Stores, Vending
eBook
Your Guide to Micro Markets

You want a sandwich, would love a cup of coffee, or simply want something to cure your sweet tooth. You could run to the local convenience store, or maybe there’s a better solution.

Business Management​, Micro Market
Customer reaches for door handle of Smart Store cooler packed with drinks and snacks.
Article
Turn Shrink into Sales with the Smart Store

The Cantaloupe Smart Store is a revolutionary new way to sell food, beverages, consumer goods, and anything in between. Eliminate shrink with weighted shelf technology and built-in cameras. You’ll maximize sales by accepting any cashless payment method, including mobile wallets.

Self-Service Trends, Smart Stores
3 minute read
Operator sits in front of computer looking at statistics and graphs of sales data.
Article
Optimize Your Operations and Increase Revenue with Data

Using data from vending machines helps businesses. By using solutions like card readers and kiosks, companies can select top products, enhance efficiency, and make smart choices to boost profits and lower costs.

Business Management​, Micro Market, Vending
3 minute read
Maple City Dispensing
Case Study
Maple City Dispensing Transforms their Warehouse with Seed Pick Easy

Maple City Dispensing improved its warehouse with Seed Pick Easy, cutting picking time in half, increasing inventory accuracy, and reducing delivery routes. This made their operations faster and more efficient, saving both time and money.

Seed Pro
Woman taps to pay at claw machine card reader
Article
Understanding Exact Authorization: A Guide for Operators

Exact authorization for vending machines uses G10 or G11 card readers to hold the exact purchase amount, reducing confusion and improving customer experience. It requires single-vend mode, allowing only one item per transaction.

Business Management​, Payments, Vending
4 minute read
Woman taps to pay at a micro market kiosk
Article
How to (Successfully) Launch and Test New Micro Market Products

To launch and test new micro market products, partner with suppliers, use eye-catching signs, hold customer events, and analyze sales data. These steps help make your market exciting, boost sales, and keep customers happy.

Business Management​, Micro Market
5 minute read
Video
Payments at Cantaloupe: 3 Minor Tweaks That Bring Major Benefits

Learn how to make small changes that can have a big impact on your business. In this webinar, we’ll discuss Exact Authorization, a new setting that reduces consumer confusion and increases revenue by authorizing the exact amount of each purchase. We’ll also cover the benefits of our Cash Flow Advantage program, which offers daily deposits and increased revenue opportunities. Don’t miss this opportunity to optimize your operations and simplify your business.

Business Management​, Payments
A micro market operated by Feel Good Market
Article
Feel Good Market: Pioneering Micro Markets in Panama

Feel Good Market, led by Aldo Tejada, is transforming shopping in Panama with staffless, cashless micro markets. They aim to expand into homes and hotels, prioritizing customer trust and convenience.

Business Management​, Micro Market
4 minute read
Woman pays with credit card at a Go Max kiosk
Article
Why Accessibility is Good for Business

Making businesses accessible helps everyone, including people with disabilities, shop easily. Features like voice prompts and big touchscreens let customers buy things on their own. This makes shopping faster and happier, bringing more people and sales to the store.

Business Management​, Micro Market
2 minute read
Video
Lessons from the Trenches — Overcoming Challenges in Vending

In this insightful and informative discussion, industry experts Chris Constantino, Jace Gatmaitan, and Russ Russell come together to share their experiences and strategies for overcoming common vending machine challenges. They delve into crucial topics such as employment challenges, price increases, and effective strategies for managing these obstacles. Packed with valuable insights and real-world examples, this video is a must-watch for vending machine operators and business owners looking to stay ahead in the industry. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and actionable tips from these seasoned professionals.

Business Management​, Vending
Two people sit eating snacks and working at a table in front of a micro market where two other people converse over snack items.
Article
Five Strategies to Increase Your Micro Market Sales in 2024

To boost micro market sales in 2024, understand customer needs, expand to new locations, use reward programs, adjust prices, and highlight high-margin products. Cashless payments, self-service kiosks, and smart coolers make shopping faster, easier, and more fun.

Business Management​, Micro Market
5 minute read
Infographc
2024 Amusement Trends
Payments, Self-Service Trends
A panel discussion with audience at NAMA 2024.
Article
Business Transformation: Modernize Your Operation

Modernizing business operations helps solve high costs and labor shortages. It involves using technology to improve customer and employee experiences, being flexible, and engaging employees in technological changes for successful transformation.

Business Management​, Micro Market, Vending
5 minute read
Infographc
2024 Micro Market Trends
Micro Market, Payments, Self-Service Trends
Customer looks at product at a small micro market laid out with snacks and beverages.
Article
Driving Micro Market Success

Micro markets are expanding rapidly, with a 36% increase in locations in 2023. Nearly all payments are cashless, accounting for 96% of transactions. Consumers spend more at micro markets compared to vending machines, and sales are projected to grow by 20% in 2024.

Business Management​, Micro Market, Self-Service Trends
3 minute read
Infographc
2024 Vending Trends
Self-Service Trends, Vending
Vending machine with Engage card reader.
Article
Micropayment Trends in Self-Service Retail 2024

In 2024, self-service retail is shifting towards cashless payments, with vending machines and micro markets expanding. Cashless options increase spending, and card readers enhance profits. Software streamlines micropayments, simplifying shopping and enhancing convenience.

Micro Market, Self-Service Trends, Vending
2 minute read
A fully stocked market with coolers and snack racks by Monumental Markets.
Article
Revolutionizing Operations: Monumental Markets Streamlines Growing Business

Monumental Markets collaborated with Cantaloupe to enhance services across 500 locations, implementing new software for easier billing and improved scheduling. This upgrade speeds up service and prepares for future technological advancements.

Business Management​, Micro Market
4 minute read
Report
2024 Micropayment Trends Report

Micropayments — any transaction less than $10 — have been following that same trend. In this report, we’re excited to share our analysis of these micropayment trends in self-service retail (including food & beverage vending machines and micro markets) and gaming & amusement machines. We also predict how they’ll evolve into the future.

Payments, Self-Service Trends
A woman sits on a laptop in a chair with her luggage while a man looks through snacks at a micro market.
Article
Thinking Outside the Office: Exploring Locations for Micro Markets

Micro markets are spreading to hotels, luxury apartments, and gyms, offering convenience and a variety of products. This expansion increases accessibility to snacks and essentials, enhancing customer satisfaction and sales.

Business Management​, Micro Market, Self-Service Trends
4 minute read
Video
Expert Insights: How to Use Seed Analytics Like a Pro

Take a deep dive into the world of efficient vending operations with our new video series! Watch as our experts Jason and Derek walk through the power of Seed Pro’s new Seed Analytics feature. Learn how comprehensive dashboards and data visualizations can transform your vending business. Reduce stop costs, minimize machine visits, and maximize efficiency with insights into lead machine triggers, scheduling criteria, and more.

Business Management​, Seed Pro
Driver restocks a cooler with soda.
Article
Seed Markets: New Enhancements for Improved Efficiency

Seed Markets introduces new tools for better micro market management. Features include one-click market setup uploads, easy inventory tracking, and shortage analysis. These enhancements simplify shrinkage management and support efficient business expansion.

Business Management​, Seed Cashless+, Seed Pro
4 minute read