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Page 6 • The Battalion
Campus
Thursday • April
Vending machines prove good busines
By Michelle Lyons
The Battalion
Whether walking across cam
pus, sitting in class or taking a
break outside on a bench, many
students have with them drinks
and snacks from one of Texas
A&M’s 407 vending machines.
The vending machines are
spread throughout campus
buildings and residence halls
and placed outside for the conve
nience of passers-by who want a
quick snack.
Mike Huddleston, A&M vice
president of finance, said the
machines generated $897,300
from September 1994 to August
1995. They accumulated
$546,400 from September 1995
to February 1996.
The Coca-Cola Co. was award
ed a 10-year exclusive contract to
stock vending machines on cam
pus, Huddleston said, with the
agreement that Dr Pepper would
be offered from the machines.
After the contract with Coca-
Cola was signed, Huddleston
said, Coca-Cola gave the Uni
versity a $5-million advance
payment, which was used to es
tablish scholarships. A portion
of the money went to the ath
letic department, Sterling C.
Evans Library, the George
Bush Presidential Library
Complex and to fund visual and
performing arts.
Every two weeks, the Uni
versity writes Coca-Cola a
check for Aggie Buck purchas
es, and at the end of the month,
Coca-Cola writes a check back
to the University for A&M’s
sales commission.
Depending on how many
days the University is open,
the commission varies from
month to month. For the month
of February, the commission
was $106,000.
The money the University re
ceives goes into a special presi
dent’s account. Dr. Ray Bowen,
A&M president, then chooses how
the money will be used.
Russell Hanna, vice presi-
Dave House, The Bath
Students stock up on goodies before class at Blocker on Wednesday.
dent of the Bryan Coca-Cola
Bottling Co., said drinks and
snacks are chosen for the vend
ing machines based on their
overall sales records.
Hanna said that although
some items sell well in certain
parts of the country, they may not
sell as well in other regions. She
said the products offered in the
machines reflect people’s chang
ing preferences.
“We try to adjust to whatever
the demands are,” Hanna said.
“We try to give a little variety.”
Hanna said the trend is low-
fat snacks.
Last year, a graduate student
did a research project evaluating
the nutritional content, includ
ing the number of calories and
fat grams, of all items offered in
the machines.
The results have been posted
on many machines around cam
pus, giving consumers to see if
the snacks they have chosen
are healthy.
Each month, Hanna receives
a report showing how many
each item has been sold, Fra
this report, the machines are^
stocked. Sometimes the conpi
receives personal requests!®
items, which Hanna saidittria
to honor.
Every day, Hanna receivesi
report of the items purchasri
from vending machines with Ap
gie Bucks.
Dale Witenhafer, debited
administrator, said that sii
Aggie Bucks program was mp!(
mented, vending machine
have increased.
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guess,” Witenhafer said. “Ifi
easier to swipe your card tl
is to put in coins or mess v
dollar bill.
“I would guess pretty
anywhere there are Aggie]
their sales go up.”
Witenhafer said a Coca-Coil
representative told him c
vending sales increased 35 toil
percent after the Aggie Buckssys
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