VendStar

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Investment Requirements:

Business Type: Opportunity

Minimum Investment: $5495

Financing Assistance:

No

Training and Support:

Yes

Vendstar Vending Machine Business Opportunity Information:

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Change is good. Join Vendstar and find out how good...

Vendstar offers you the freedom of being your own boss, with the financial security you've always wanted. Start small and expand as you earn. Better still, the potential profits are virtually unlimited.

Consider the Vendstar Benefits:

* Vending machines are a 100% cash business

* Vending machines do their own advertising

* Earn up to an 80% profit margin

* Work part-time with a full-time potential profits

* Vending requires no overhead and no employees

* A vending business requires no office, rent or utilities

* Gain the tax advantages of self-employment

* Vendstar offers you a 24-hour help line

It's Time to Be Your Own Boss

Create a successful cash business that lets you choose your own hours!

Start off as small as you desire, and expand YOUR business at your own pace. Work full- or part-time. Your income starts as soon as your machines are on location, and your profit is only limited by the number of machines you want to service. With this cash business there are no bad checks or collections problems to worry about. Over the years, the vending business has shown itself to be recession-proof. Plus, by owning your own business you can realize many additional tax deductions such as a percentage of home mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, utilities, car expenses, and retirement contributions.

Your Vendstar machines are always on the job, displaying nationally advertised products 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Vendstar 3000 does all of the selling for you, allowing you to work smarter instead of harder. And best of all you can involve your whole family in this honest, practical business!

YOU CAN DO IT!

A Vendstar Business is suited for anyone!

* Families: Raising a family today often requires both parents to work. Small children often spend many of their waking hours in daycare, while older children come home from school to an empty house. A Vendstar business can help you devote more time to your children and still be able pay the bills.

* College Students: The price of a formal education can cause financial hardship. Many students try to offset the cost with part-time jobs. However, very few jobs provide the opportunity to earn a livable income and still allow time for study.

* Retired: More and more people retire from the workforce without sufficient funds set aside to maintain their lifestyle, much less do the things they dreamed of doing in retirement. Just a few hours a month can make those dreams come true!

* Retired: More and more people retire from the workforce without sufficient funds set aside to maintain their lifestyle, much less do the things they dreamed of doing in retirement. Just a few hours a month can make those dreams come true!

* Disabled: Attempting to live on a disability check or SSI check is virtually impossible. This income certainly makes all the little extras that most people enjoy simply out of reach. A Vendstar business may be your ticket to financial success.

* Caregivers: With people living longer, many people are now providing long-term care for loved ones. This can be very time-consuming and expensive! Just a few hours a month servicing your Vendstar machines could provide that much-needed extra income.

INDUSTRY FACTS

INCOME OPPORTUNITIES (a monthly publication) reports: "Vending route... the best business opportunities of the 1990's."

* "Fifty machines that have already been well located are worth at least triple the cash value of the machines themselves."

* "Any business broker can sell a vending route for two to three times the annual gross profit of the route."

Candy sales continue to climb. From 1985 to 1995 candy sales have increased by:

* 41.7% (in billions of pounds)

* 131% (in billions of dollars)

* 28.6% (in per capita consumption)

A Few More Sweet Facts:

* No seasonal fluctuations, candy sells in almost equal amounts, in any season of the year.

* Name brand candy, nuts & gum appeal to all ages, have a long shelf life and are highly advertised.

* High profit margins, 400-500% return on product cost

* The United States Department of Labor states that the average hourly income of a vender operator is $70.58!

* Vending has proven to be as recession-proof as grocery sales!