A new direction in our production
We're happy to announce that our specialists have developed a flower vending machine: a vending unit with glass doors and refrigeration equipment, designed for selling flowers. Up until this point, our company had focused mainly on storage lockers and pickup points, so the flower category turned out to be a new technological challenge for us: it wasn't enough just to place the product in cells, we had to give it the right storage conditions right inside the vending unit itself.
How the flower vending machine is built and how it looks
It's a convenient, straightforward unit, and through its doors the customer can see the flowers right away and pay for their purchase using whatever method suits them. The glass doors here aren't just for looks: the buyer sees the whole bouquet and can judge its freshness and condition before paying, instead of choosing blind from a photo on a screen, the way it often works with ordinary vending machines.
Taking on a new area for us
Our specialists hadn't worked with this category before, so they threw twice the effort into the job. The result: extremely reliable flower vending machines.
Key advantages of the equipment
- operates without a salesperson, 24/7. This cuts costs on staff and increases profit through overnight sales. This matters especially for the flower business, since evening and nighttime hours, along with early morning, used to be closed hours for a sales point, even though demand for flowers during those hours, say, before a date or a holiday, never actually disappears;
- longer-lasting product. The flower vending machine lets flowers stay fresh for much longer thanks to a suitable microclimate, which means fewer bouquets get written off as wilted waste, directly cutting the owner's losses;
- compact size. The unit is small, which makes it possible to place it almost anywhere: by a shopping mall entrance, in a residential neighborhood, or on gas station grounds, in spots where a full flower shop simply wouldn't fit;
- the ability to add software and apps, as well as integrate with CRM systems.
