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Yes, you can simply
buy a smart fridge

Many businesses assume a smart fridge only comes through an operator who installs and stocks it. You can also buy the fridge and run it yourself, with your own prices and your own margin. The question is who from: the manufacturer, a platform or a reseller. Here they are side by side. What you get from us is on buy a smart fridge.

Direct from the manufacturer Your prices, your margin Software and support
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Why buy

Whoever owns the fridge
decides what goes in

With an operator, the operator sets the prices and keeps the takings. When you buy, that is you. You choose what goes in and what it costs, whether to take a margin or subsidise the food, and you see per product what sells.

Buying makes sense if you resell, like a hotel to its guests or a gym to its members, or if the logistics are already in-house: a kitchen, a caterer, a facilities team. And anyone who makes meal preps or wants to place units with clients as an operator buys.

Ownership Own prices Own margin
What you get when you buy from us
  • The smart fridge itself, built by us
  • Delivery and commissioning on site
  • Instruction: loading the range, setting prices, following sales
  • Payment by bank card or app, optionally with a company badge
  • Software and support
Side by side

Five ways to
buy a fridge

What you buy is a fridge every time. What comes with it, and what you pay on top every month, differs.

TE VENDINGBuy from the manufacturer PlatformFridge plus subscription ResellerMiddleman Classic machineSpiral machine Plain fridgeWith an honesty box
Who builds it Strength: We do It depends: Often bought in It depends: A manufacturer; the seller is a middleman A machine maker A domestic fridge
Fresh meals Strength: Yes, chilled and recorded per product Strength: Yes Strength: Yes Weakness: No: spirals are for dry products It depends: Yes, but no control over who takes what
Payment Strength: The fridge records what is taken Strength: Through the platform It depends: Depends on the model It depends: Per slot, coins or card Weakness: On trust, or a separate terminal
Monthly on top It depends: Depends on what you add Weakness: A software and platform subscription It depends: Ask It depends: Maintenance It depends: Nothing, but no records either
Commissioning and instruction Strength: On site It depends: Often remote It depends: Varies It depends: Delivery Weakness: None
Rent first, buy later Strength: Can be agreed Weakness: Rarely Weakness: Rarely Weakness: No Weakness: No
StrengthIt dependsWeakness

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The price of a unit depends on size, configuration and number of units; see what a smart fridge costs. A neutral checklist for any purchase: buying a vending machine.

Technicians moving a smart fridge into place
Where the difference lies

Buy from the maker,
not a middleman

One party for the fridge

With a platform or reseller, the fridge comes from one company and the support from another. With us, the company that built the fridge also commissions and supports it.

Real meals instead of spirals

A classic machine costs less per unit, but no fresh meal fits in a spiral. Anyone who wants meals for the night shift needs a chilled fridge that records each product.

Control instead of trust

A plain fridge with an honesty box is cheap, until you see what disappears. A smart fridge only opens after payment and knows exactly what was taken.

Buying is for you if

Sound familiar?

Rather not invest? The same fridge can be rented or leased: rent or lease compared.

What you can choose
01
Buy the fridge
What you get when you buy, and how commissioning works.
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02
Rent or lease
No purchase price, a predictable fee.
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03
Healthy food at work
What to put in it so it keeps selling.
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Further reading
01
Suppliers compared
Six models in the market next to ours.
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Become an operator
Buy several units and place them with your clients.
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Maintenance and service
What comes with ownership.
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Frequently asked questions

About buying a smart fridge

Can I really just buy a fridge from you?

Yes. Buying is a full option. You get the unit, commissioning on site and instruction to run it. After that you decide the range, the prices and what happens with the takings.

Who stocks it?

You do, or a caterer or local operator of your choice. Outside Belgium and the Netherlands we do not stock fridges ourselves.

What does a smart fridge cost to buy?

That depends on size, configuration and number of units. After the site check you get a price that fits your site.

Can I buy several fridges for my own clients?

Yes. Operators and meal-prep producers buy units and place them with their own clients, stocked with their own range.

Buy a fridge?

Answer eight short questions about your site and choose "Buy a smart fridge". We call you back with a proposal for the unit.

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