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How the formats, the visit and the service work.

Side by side: a smart vending cabinet, a pair of glass-door smart coolers, and an open micro market wall.Micro market vs smart cooler vs vending machineA plain comparison of a locked smart cabinet, a smart cooler with a display, and an open micro market, including the space each one takes.A compact smart cooler and snack shelf in a sunny apartment amenity room.What a micro market costs a propertyNo upfront equipment cost. What the property does pay for is space and power, and how profit share is set.Two glass-door smart coolers stocked with snacks and drinks in a bright apartment lobby lounge.Adding a 24/7 resident amenity without adding staffA resident amenity that stays open overnight without a new hire. Who restocks it, and what the on-site team does not have to do.A hand taps a phone on a smart cooler's reader to unlock the door in an open office.How a smart cooler checks out without a cashierHow a smart cooler takes payment and completes the sale with no cashier at the machine.A hotel guest with a rolling suitcase opens a glass-door smart cooler of drinks in a warmly lit hotel lobby at evening.Hotel lobby grab and go: market, pantry or machineA lobby market versus a staffed pantry versus a locked cooler, for hotels that do not want a night counter.A nurse in scrubs opens a smart cooler of drinks and snacks in a hospital break room at night.Feeding night shifts when the cafeteria is closedWhat hospital staff can get from a self-serve market after the cafeteria closes, and which format fits a hospital floor.A single smart cooler of snacks and water in a bright, white medical office break room.Snacks in a medical or dental officeA locked cooler for a medical or dental office, what belongs in a waiting room, and when a small practice is not a fit.A hand signs an agreement on a light oak desk beside glasses and a plant.Questions to ask before you signWhat to ask a vending or micro market provider about cost, service, reports and liability. Answered only with what we know.Hands run a tape measure along a white wall toward a standard outlet during a site walk.What happens at a free site visit and renderingWhat we check on a site visit, what the free rendering shows, and what power and signal the formats need.A property manager looks at a map of several sites on a laptop with apartment buildings outside the window.One vendor across your portfolioHow one agreement can cover several properties, what reports a manager can ask for, and why each building is still judged alone.