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Do you need to obtain school board or
administration approval? |
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Are other beverage vending or sales contracts in place that prohibit a milk
vending machine? |
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Is it best for your school to lease or buy a machine or use a third party
vending operator to place and manage the machine? |
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Which department will receive the profits from the machine sales? How will
profits be used and distributed in the school system? |
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Will school foodservice personnel arrange for the delivery and storage of milk
in single-serve plastic bottles? |
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Determine a location for the machine that is easily accessible to students
before and after school. |
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Do you need a vending machine that can vend string cheese, yogurt or snack
items in addition to milk? Do you plan to vend milk exclusively or to include
other beverages such as 100 percent fruit juice and bottled water? |
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Who will be responsible for the repair and maintenance of the machine? |
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Who will be responsible for filling the machine and collecting
and accounting for the cash each day? |
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Set the price for each milk unit based on your purchase price,
potential profit and comparison to other beverages being vended at school.
Determine flavors, sizes and quantities of milk to order each week for machine.
Take student enrollment numbers into consideration and set a sales goal for
each school for the year to define machine's profitability.
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