Cashless Vending Machine: Does Card-Only Lose Customers?
Is a cashless vending machine right for your site? Bank of Canada 2025 payment data, who still pays cash, card-machine licence fees, and refunds.
Vending guides for businesses
Sourced vending guides for businesses and buildings in Canada and the US: where a machine fits, what it costs you, what to ask and how the terms work. Plus local data and rules from Metro Vancouver, our first market.
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Written by Mahdi Dialden from years of placing machines across the Lower Mainland. Every number carries its source and date.
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Energy Drink Vending Machine Ban: What Applies in Canada
England is banning energy drink sales from vending machines. Canada has no such ban: what Health Canada's caffeine rules and BC's PST do require instead.
Vending Machine Space and Power Checklist
Will a vending machine fit? Dimensions, weights and amp ratings from AMS and Crane spec sheets, walkway rules (BC as the example) and a 12-point check.
Free Vending Machine Service in Vancouver: How It Works
How free vending machine service works for businesses in Vancouver: no rental or hire fee, what the operator covers, and the outlet and power you provide.
Is My Business Right for a Vending Machine? A Fit Checklist
Staff count, traffic, hours, space and power: the criteria operators use to decide whether a site can support a vending machine, with sources.
Questions to Ask a Vending Company Before You Sign
A checklist for any business offered a vending machine: cost, commission, contract length, service, product choice, insurance and how to end it.
Vending Machine Commission in Canada: What's Normal in 2026
What Canadian and US sources report for host commission and flat rent, how the two models differ, and why many small sites get 0%.
Metro Vancouver: local data and rules
Who Pays for Vending Machine Electricity in a BC Building?
Who pays for vending machine electricity in a BC strata or rental building, what it costs on BC Hydro's common-area rate, and how to settle it in writing.
Do Apartments Have Vending Machines? A BC Portfolio Guide
Do apartments have vending machines? Larger BC buildings often can. A portfolio guide for property managers: which buildings qualify, approvals and power.
Vending Machine for a College: Vancouver's 237 Private Schools
A vending machine for college students in Vancouver: City licence data on 237 private schools and career colleges by size and area, and which ones qualify.
Car Dealership Waiting Room: Vending or Free Coffee?
Car dealership waiting room ideas for Richmond and North Vancouver: what Lead Finder data shows about dealer traffic, and how vending sits beside free coffee.
Vending Machine for a Hotel: Guests, Night Staff and BC Rules
A vending machine for hotel guests and night-shift staff in BC: where it goes, what to stock, the PST soda rule and how Vancouver and Richmond hotels size up.
Vancouver Hotels by Headcount: 102 Licences, 45 With 40+ Staff
Vancouver hotels by staff size from the City's 2026 licence data, with Richmond's airport hotels for comparison: 45 of 102 report 40+ staff, 37 Downtown.
Smart Cooler vs Vending Machine: Which Suits a Strata Lobby?
Smart cooler vs vending machine for a BC strata or rental lobby: height, width, amps, fresh-food permits, cash, the PST soda rule and who pays the power.
Metro Vancouver Rental Buildings by Size: CMHC 2025 Data
How big are rental buildings in Vancouver and Metro Vancouver? CMHC's October 2025 survey: 54% of rental apartment units sit in buildings of 50 or more.
Vending Machine for a Condo: What to Stock in a BC Building
Planning a vending machine for a condo or rental building in BC? What residents ask for, which medicines can legally go in, PST on essentials, and strata votes.
How Do Vending Machine Contracts Work? A BC Host's Guide
How vending machine contracts work for BC hosts: the clauses that matter, minimum-spend red flags, switching companies, and what to do if an operator vanishes.
Office Vending Machine Service in a Downtown Vancouver Tower
89% of Downtown Vancouver's larger offices share a building with other tenants. Who approves an office vending machine there, and what to ask the landlord.
New Gyms in Vancouver, 2024–2026: The Licence Data
New gyms in Vancouver by the City's own licence data: fitness centres up 18% since 2024, 49 new fitness licences so far in 2026, and where they're opening.
What to Put in a Gym Vending Machine: A BC Stocking Guide
What to put in a gym vending machine in BC: drinks, protein and caffeine rules, the PST soda trap, 24/7 unstaffed hours and what to keep for the front desk.
Micro Market vs Vending Machine for a Vancouver Office
Micro market vs vending machine for a Vancouver office: headcount, space, fresh-food permits, PST, theft and who restocks, compared with the BC rules.
Do Hospitals Have Vending Machines? Vancouver Clinic Data
Yes: BC hospitals run vending around the clock. Clinics differ: Vancouver's 6,225 health-care licences have a median staff of one, and 55 have 40+ staff.
Buy Your Own Vending Machine or Host One? A BC Comparison
Thinking of buying your own vending machine for your BC business? The licence, PST, GST, food and service jobs you take on, side by side with hosting one.
Vending in BC Care Homes and Assisted Living: The Numbers
BC has 301 long-term care homes and 28,869 subsidized beds, staffed around the clock. What that means for a staff and visitor vending machine, from public data.
Google Reviews vs Foot Traffic in Burnaby and Richmond
Warehouses have a median of 8–11 Google reviews; clinics 74–124. Our count of 2,024 Burnaby and Richmond listings shows why reviews mislead on vending fit.
What Metro Vancouver Vending Companies Publish for Hosts
We read the websites of four Metro Vancouver vending companies and compared what each publishes on cost, commission, contract, service, payment and area. 2026.
New Workplaces in Metro Vancouver: Summer 2026 in Numbers
232 new licences and permits for offices, clinics, warehouses and housing in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey, July–September 2026, counted from city open data.
PST and GST on Food and Drinks in BC: Vending Machine Rules
Is PST charged on food in BC? Food, candy and chips no; pop yes, and one soda puts PST on every drink in a vending machine. Plus GST, and who collects it.
Warehouse Vending for Shift Work in BC: A Setup Guide
How to set up vending for a BC warehouse or plant that runs shifts: what BC's meal-break rules mean, what to stock, where it goes, and restocking around shifts.
Vending Machine Licence Fees in Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey
What Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey charge per vending machine in 2026, from each city's bylaw: who's responsible, and the one duty that falls on the host.
How Long Burnaby Gyms and Warehouses Stay Open (133 Sites)
We mapped posted opening hours for 47 gyms and 86 industrial sites in Burnaby. Gyms run a median 88.5 hours a week; warehouses post 42.5. Here's why it matters.
Vancouver Workplaces by Headcount: 2026 Licence Data
Which Vancouver workplaces have 40+ staff? Our count of 54,090 business licences issued in 2026, by type and neighbourhood, and what it means for vending.
Vending Machine Service in Burnaby and Richmond, BC
How Burnaby and Richmond, British Columbia businesses can host a vending machine at $0 to them (you provide the outlet), which sites fit, and local rules.
Vending Machines for Apartment Buildings and Strata in BC
How vending placement works in BC rental and strata buildings: unit thresholds, who approves, what the Strata Property Act says, and contract terms to check.
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