A warehouse is rarely where the shops are. Anyone starting at six passes nothing that is open on the way in; anyone on a break at three chooses between what they packed that morning and the machine by the locker room. In work where people lift and walk all day, you see the difference in the pace towards the end of the shift.
On an industrial or logistics estate there is rarely anything within walking distance. Leaving the site means taking the car, and a thirty-minute break is gone straight away. In practice a warehouse shift eats what it brought that morning, or whatever is in the corridor.
That usually works, until an unexpected overtime shift comes up, an agency worker has their first day or the early shift starts in winter. For those moments, a chilled cabinet on the walking route covers it. The rest of the time it is a second option alongside people’s own sandwiches.
The more of these apply, the faster a cabinet pays for itself. If two or fewer apply, a well-stocked snack vending machine is probably enough for you, and we will tell you so. For smaller businesses that trade-off is covered separately.
Who starts when, when they change over, and at what times there is nothing now. That determines the range.
On the walking route between locker room, time clock and floor. A socket is enough, away from forklift traffic.
Hearty portions for the shift that lifts, lighter food for the rest, with halal, kosher, vegetarian and vegan included.
Your own team, your caterer or a local supplier restocks, guided by sales per product, so the range follows what actually sells.
Yes, that is exactly what the cabinet is for. A canteen, sandwich service or shop on the estate rarely opens before eight, and by then the early shift has been working for two hours. The chilled cabinet is stocked when the shift arrives and still is when it leaves, without anyone having to stand by it.
On the walking route between locker rooms, time clock and floor. Everyone passes there anyway, whereas a cabinet in a separate room means a detour. It needs an ordinary socket and a spot away from forklift traffic. Choose that spot on site, before anything is delivered.
Yes. That group often benefits most: someone working here for three weeks does not know where the shop is and rarely has anything with them. You do not need to arrange a badge or registration. Anyone on the floor can buy something from the cabinet.
To buy, yes, but it does a different job. A spiral machine sells dry products and does not replace a meal; in physical work you notice that in the second half of the shift. So first decide whether you want to provide a snack or a meal. The comparison is set out on our page about snack vending machines.
It becomes interesting from around fifty people a day, and with shift work it tips sooner because the cabinet is used at more moments. If you run one shift of twenty people with a sandwich van at the gate, we advise against it, and you will hear that in the first conversation.
Eight short questions about your warehouse: how many people, which shifts, what is there now. We call you back with a proposal, or with the advice that a cabinet does not pay off for you yet.
Takes about 90 seconds · no obligation · no contact details until the last step