The Unattended Edge: How Better Merchandising and Route Optimization Can Transform a Vending Operation

  In the latest episode of The Unattended Edge, host Staci Thornton Ryan welcomed two operators with very different perspectives on unattended retail: John Leipheimer, President of Vista Vending, and Derrick Frailing of Continental Services. Together, they tackled a topic that impacts every operator's bottom line: merchandising and route scheduling optimization. While merchandising is often viewed as simply deciding which products go into a machine, the discussion revealed a much larger opportunity. By leveraging VMS data, operators can [read more]