Classic vending or a smart fridge

Snack machine
in the office

On an office floor, a vending machine gets found out faster than anywhere else: everyone walks past it daily and sees straight away whether it is stocked, whether there is anything they want, and whether it is all sugar. Below: what works in an office and where the classic snack machine gets stuck. Still comparing fruit bowl, snack drawer and fridge? Read office snacks first.

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The office pattern

Two moments
in an office day

In an office there are only two moments when someone stands in front of a vending machine. The first is around lunchtime, for whoever left their lunch at home and does not want to lose half an hour going to the shop. The second is the afternoon dip, somewhere between three and four. If you want to sort lunch out for good, the options are compared side by side in food for employees.

A classic snack machine only serves the second moment, and usually with products people regret afterwards. The lunchtime moment, which matters most, it cannot handle, because that needs chilling. A chilled fridge fills exactly that gap. What a spiral cannot do technically is covered in healthy vending.

Lunchtime Afternoon dip Meeting that overruns

What offices ask us

Something substantial for whoever forgot their lunch
Healthy options without turning it into a diet fridge
No sugar-filled machine in the corridor
Something for visitors and late meetings
Clear agreements on restocking, so it does not land on the office manager
Halal, kosher, vegetarian and vegan covered

In practice

What does and does not
work on an office floor

Offices are alike, and so are their mistakes. These come up every time. What works:

Next to the coffee corner or by the lift, in plain sight
A range that can replace a meal
Healthy options next to the classics, not instead of them
Paying by card or app, no coin jar
Restocking at fixed times, not when someone notices

What does not work

A machine in a room nobody goes into
Only dry snacks on a floor without a canteen
Restocking that a colleague does “on the side”
A range that stays identical for months
Six products for a hundred and fifty people

The range

What goes into
the office fridge

For lunchtime

Fresh meals, salads and sandwiches, kept chilled. That way the machine covers lunchtime too, not just the afternoon dip.

For the dip

High-protein meal preps, yoghurt and fruit next to the classic snacks and drinks. Anyone who still wants a bar can find one.

For everyone

Vegetarian, vegan, halal and kosher in the same machine, depending on the producers, labelled on the pack, so a mixed team all find something.

Is there still a team working after five (support, warehouse, evening work)? Then also look at the shop-floor page: there, hours weigh more than the range. What a fridge costs in an office depends mostly on the number of people; the other factors are in what a smart fridge costs.

Frequently asked questions

About vending
in the office

Where is the best place for a snack machine in the office?

Somewhere people pass anyway: next to the coffee corner, by the lift, or between the open-plan area and the meeting rooms. A machine in a closed room or on a floor nobody visits stays untouched, however good the range. In an office, visibility counts for more than on a production site.

Our people bring their own lunch. Is this still worthwhile?

Partly. Someone who brings a lunchbox every day will rarely open the fridge, but that is never everyone and never every day. Forgetting, staying late, a meeting that overruns, a new colleague who does not know the area: those are the moments it makes a difference. So count on it as a safety net next to packed lunches.

Will we not just end up with crisps and bars in the office?

Many offices skip a vending machine for exactly that reason: nobody wants a sugar cabinet in the corridor. With a chilled fridge you do not have to make that trade-off: salads, fresh meals and high-protein meal preps sit next to the classic snacks, and you decide what that balance looks like.

From how many employees is this worthwhile in an office?

In an office that only runs during office hours, it usually becomes interesting from around fifty people on site, and clearly from a hundred. Below that, it depends on what is nearby: an office on a business park with no shops pays back faster than the same office on a high street.

Can visitors and meeting guests use it too?

Yes. Payment is by bank card or app, so access does not have to be tied to a staff badge. Offices with many external meetings often use the fridge instead of catering platters for short sessions.

Does it work in your office?

Eight short questions about your floor: how many people, which hours, what is there now. Then we call you with a proposal that fits how people have lunch at your place.

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Snack machinein the office

Two momentsin an office day

What does and does notwork on an office floor

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