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Why Would You Use Drinks Vending Machines?

17th January, 2012 - Posted by health news - No Comments

Drinks vending machines are useful in the modern world. They provide hot or cold drinks, at any hour of the day, seven days a week.

Consuming enough liquid is very important. If we don’t get enough, we dehydrate and this can cause very serious problems. In an office environment, it could mean that concentration levels are reduced and so staff become less efficient. In survival situations it can mean the difference between surviving or dying.

For the average person, the worst that will ever happen to them is slight dehydration, but that still isn’t good. It can be remedied though by having a drink.

In truth, at the stage that you feel thirst, you are already dehydrated, so keeping up fluid levels throughout the day is important.

Business owners will be particularly concerned if fluid levels are not kept up and staff output falls but a great way to try to stop this happening is to install drinks vending machines and/or water coolers.

These machines are also useful when installed in public buildings such as leisure centres where people attend at various hours to exercise, and they then need fluid afterwards to replenish lost moisture. By having a vending machine, people can easily obtain a drink without the leisure centre having to have catering staff.

Vending machines make it easy to keep your fluid levels at an optimum level.

They are also useful for keeping up morale. If a free-vend machine is installed in an office, staff feel valued and this actually helps make them feel more loyal and work harder. This is obviously a desirable thing for a business.

Coffee vending machines are also good for energising staff. Coffee gives a caffeine boost that aids short term memory and staves off tiredness. Drinks are quick to make because they are ready at the touch of a button.

Another thing they can do is to help make money. If free-vend is not something that is possible to offer, the machines can help generate revenue. In the case of the leisure centre they can make thousands of pounds a year which can go towards upkeep of the building, wages or improving facilities.

For consumers, the benefits of using drinks vending machines are the health benefits of keeping up fluid levels, the availability of drinks at all hours of the day, and the ease of use – no need to faff around with kettles.

For businesses, the benefits are that they can help keep staff on-the-ball and in free-vend situations, help keep them happy too.

Businesses can also generate revenue too, providing useful income.

In today’s hectic world, drinks vending machines are very useful and for this reason they look set to stay.