703: Vending Machine Q&A

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Anthony Kolodziej from H&H Vending scaled his vending operation from zero to over $50k per month in just 16 months. That’s 30+ locations, thousands of transactions, and a strategy that turns vending into something way beyond the old-school snack machine in the corner of a breakroom. Anthony hosted a Q&A session with the Side Hustle Nation community last month. Tune in to hear Anthony tell us: his “parking lot test” for scouting locations, why the raw dollar profit matters more than the margin percentage, answers to listener questions and tons more Full Show Notes: Vending Machine Q&A New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mint Mobile⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indeed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Quo (formerly OpenPhone)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shopify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Sign up for a $1 per month trial! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Policygenius⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Compare free life insurance quotes from top companies and see how much you could save. About The Side Hustle Show This is the entrepreneurship podcast you can actually apply! The award-winning small business show covers the best side hustles and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠side hustle ideas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We share how to start a business and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠make money online⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and offline, including online business, side gigs, freelancing, marketing, sales funnels, investing, and much more. Join 100,000+ listeners and get legit business ideas and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠passive income⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ strategies straight to your earbuds. No BS, just actionable tips on how to start and grow your side hustle. Hosted by Nick Loper of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Side Hustle Nation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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0:00.0	Earlier this year, you met Anthony Koloje, who took his vending machine business from
0:05.1	zero to over $50,000 a month in revenue in under two years. That episode, which was number
0:11.1	662, if you missed it, got a lot of attention. In fact, some friends of mine said it was their
0:16.0	favorite side hustle show episode ever, which is saying a lot, which I loved to hear.
0:21.2	The last month, Anthony volunteered to do a little live Q&A session for side hustle nation
0:25.7	subscribers to answer your vending machine questions, see if it makes sense for you to pursue
0:30.5	in your area. But I thought the session went really well. People were dropping smart questions
0:35.1	into the chat. So I want to replay it for you today
0:37.7	in case you missed it or weren't able to jump in live. And if you do have questions of your own that weren't answered, I invite you to book a call with the Vendingpreneurs team at Sidehustle Nation.com slash vending call. These are the folks, Anthony credits with helping him get his start. You'll hear him reference Mike on the call. This is Mike Hoffman. He's the owner of vendingpreneurs. He was a guest on the show
0:58.7	last year in episode 599. All that to say, it's not your typical side hustle show format,
1:04.5	but I think it's a winner nonetheless, and Mike gets you excited about selling some snacks and drinks
1:09.3	on autopilot. We're covering his parking lot test for scouting locations, why the raw dollar profit
1:16.0	matters more than the margin percentage, and tons more.
1:18.7	The first question was actually about bulk bending, the kind where you'd see these
1:22.0	mechanical dispensers of M&Ms or gumballs.
1:25.1	Is that still a thing?
1:26.3	Let's find out.
1:27.1	I don't see those as many as I used to. The new things now is like with the vending and
1:32.5	unattended retail, you go to the airport. Me and my wife were in Vegas in May for a vending
1:38.6	trade show and there's a Kylie Jenner cosmetic vending machine, like in the airport.
1:44.6	There's a stuffed animal thing where kids can take it.
1:48.6	Even at the jewel by me, there's like a Pokemon thing.
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