Snack-in-the-Box began delivering top branded snacks to the workplace almost 20 years ago and while the business has grown into a 80 strong franchised outfit, the principles remain that made our snack vending business profitable back in 1997, and continue on today!
The way it works is simple. With an 'honesty' box there is no personal contact with a vendor at the time of purchase. Customers are trusted to leave the correct change in exchange of the delicious snacks!
Snack-in-the-box franchisees deliver boxes packed full of the UK’s favourite branded snacks. An array of options cater to small to medium sized businesses, but our snack boxes are perfect for less than 20 employees. Franchisees will return a week later with a fresh packed box and take away the cash takings. There are no contracts or cost to the work-place or business, the staff only pay for the snacks they eat! It’s a straight forward method that works great.
The professionals at Snack-in-the-Box help franchisees source their initial customer base which is a great help. Franchisees are then able to build up rapport between customers that ensures each site remains profitable.
Snack-in-the-Box Sales Director, Sean Cleveland, explains:
Sometimes people ask whether customers actually do put the money in the box. They seem surprised that an honesty system works in this day and age. Most customers will be decent and honest enough to leave the exact amount in a fair exchange for the snacks they take away.
When in reality, newsagents and food retailers suffer far greater losses than our franchisees. We even have lots of ex-newsagents and shop owners within our network who can vouch for that too!
Sean Cleveland goes on to explain:
“This is a very simple cash business that relies on trust. The businesses we deliver to love our service because we keep their employees on site. They prefer that than seeing their employees wander off for mid-morning and afternoon snacks. Those same employees love our service because we make it convenient for them to buy the best chocolate, confectionery and crisps. And because they love the service we provide, they want it to work. In the smaller work place if someone abuses the system generally everyone knows who it is. So the collective honesty of the group often prevails. They tend to govern any 'would be' light fingered abusers as the rest of the staff don’t want to lose the service. In the smaller work place it really works. Put very simply, we are vending from a self-service Box.”
“This is a very simple cash business that relies on trust. The businesses we deliver to love our service because we keep their employees on site, and they prefer that than seeing their employees wander off for mid-morning and afternoon snacks."