Vend counter
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A vend counter is a device to count the number of sales from a vending machine
in order to thwart theft by employees servicing the machines. They are most common in full line vending
machines, but are becoming increasingly common in bulk vending
machines as well.
Some operators of vending machines that lack vend counters compensate for this deficiency by occasionally checking the amount of cash in a machine ahead of time and then sending an employee to service the machine. A discrepancy in the amount of money returned may reveal dishonesty on the part of the employee.
Vending machine
A vending machine is a machine which dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, alcohol, cigarettes, lottery tickets, consumer products and even gold and gems to customers automatically, after the customer inserts currency or credit into the machine....
in order to thwart theft by employees servicing the machines. They are most common in full line vending
Full line vending
A Full-line vending business uses vending machines to sell cans or bottles of soft drink and individual packages of snacks. Soda sold is usually 12 fl. oz. and 20 oz. in North America, or 330ml and 500ml in Europe. Snacks, bags of chips and similar edibles are usually about 1-3 oz.-Trends:In the...
machines, but are becoming increasingly common in bulk vending
Bulk vending
Bulk vending is the sale of unsorted confections, nuts, gumballs, toys and novelties selected at random and dispensed generally through non-electrically operated vending machines. Bulk vending is a separate segment of the vending industry from full line vending — i.e., the snack and soda vending...
machines as well.
Some operators of vending machines that lack vend counters compensate for this deficiency by occasionally checking the amount of cash in a machine ahead of time and then sending an employee to service the machine. A discrepancy in the amount of money returned may reveal dishonesty on the part of the employee.