The Ice Cube Ice Vending Machines: The perfect business opportunity!

The Ice Cube Ice Vending Machine

Location, location, location!

  1. Look for a busy non-divided highway.
  2. Corner lots of two highways are always best.
  3. Look for convenience stores in the same area and count how many ice merchandisers they have in front of their store. Stores with more than 4-5 ice merchandisers in front is a dead give away of large ice sales. Look at stores within a 3 mile radius of prospective site. Multiply number of stores by number of merchandisers, then multiply that number by 150 (usual capacity of an ice merchandiser) this should give you a close estimate of number of bags sold weekly in that area.
  4. Where is the traffic going on the side of the road you are selecting (work, home, lake, etc). Home-bound lane is usually best .
  5. Look for existing water lines and power poles. Look at the way you would position the machine on the lot and remember that it is easier to have the power pole on the door side of the machine. This isn’t required; just easier.
  6. Driveways should be wide with easy access to the front of the machine. The ideal location allows for the customer to circle the machine as this benefits customers pulling RVs or boats.
  7. Now that you have a site in mind you will need to speak with the land owner. We recommend offering the owner the annual amount for lease as so this will get their attention. Example if you offer $300.00 per month it may not sound as appealing as $3,600.00 per year.
  8. We do not recommend paying over $500.00 per month to place the large ICE CUBE or over $400.00 to place the MINI.
  9. If the owner agrees to the terms verbally then ask them for a plat of the property because your next move will be to get your permits. You will need to draw the machine to scale on the property to present to the City or County Department that you will be dealing with. The owner may be able to help you with this.
  10. You will need to have your down payment paid to The Ice Cube at this point in order to obtain drawings and specs of the machine you will be installing. These drawings will also be required most times to obtain the permit. Call with any questions, 770.826.8806. Engineered drawings of either machine are free unless customized plans signed by the engineer are required.
  11. Pull the permits.
  12. Once you have your permits pulled you are ready to prepare the site for delivery.