As our Catering Truck business grew, and opportunities presented themselves, we began offering vending machine services to our local industries.

It was an interesting time in the 60’s and 70’s.  There wasn’t a Tim’s on every corner, nor UberEATS, so we had coffee vendors, cold beverages, both canned, and cupped pop with ice, snacks, food and cigarettes (remember those).

In some of our scrolling pics, you will see a picture from the 70’s.  It is from MacMillian Bloedel – beautiful wood grain finish!

There was no potable water at the MacBlo, so our company would bring 20 gallons of city water to the Plant every day, and on the weekends so the coffee machines could make coffee for the staff non stop.

Through the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, we had 5 full-time staff in our kitchen making food for the Catering Trucks and the food vendors. Everything was homemade from scratch; we made our own burgers, roasted our own turkeys and chickens, we made our own donuts, cakes, and soups but we did get our Persians from Mario at Bennett’s Bakery (The Persian Man) – They were the best!

The staff started at 5AM, Monday to Friday. It was all “old school”, and the food was fast, and homemade. We served everyone working on most construction sites, the Grain Elevators, garages, repair shops, Can-Car, Abitibi sites either breakfast, coffee, lunch and sometimes all of them.

Today, it’s a different marketplace.  Our offering is limited to cold beverages and snacks; gone are the cigarette vendors and food machines. The coffee vendors have changed to be more countertop in style, with bean-to-cup configurations becoming very popular.

What is new – we are rolling out full credit card, tap acceptance on mostly all of our vending machines. With that technology, we will have visibility on everything happening in the machines on a row-by-row, column-by-column basis. This means we will be able to provide an even more attentive service, being there when it matters most and allowing us to be more proactive in our route scheduling.

Our product offering keeps expanding with more appetizing healthy alternatives, as well as products with more recyclable packaging.

We are the largest vending service provider in our region and are partnered into a network to service national accounts. Thus, if you see a fit for Vending Service at your place of work – give us a call or email us.  We would love to talk about the choices.