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Automatic Vending Market Report Plus 2010
Key Note Publications Ltd, Jan 2010
The authors estimate that the UK market for products sold via automatic vending machines fell in value by 4% in 2009 to £1.94bn. The number of refreshment vending machines in operation in the UK is estimated at 468,000 in 2009 with the number of cigarette machines put at around 69,000. In 2009, retail sales of refreshment vended products accounted for an estimated 1.9% of household expenditure on food and non-alcoholic beverages. Cigarettes purchased through vending machines in 2009 are estimated to have accounted for around 0.8% of the overall UK cigarette retail market by volume.
The three main sectors of the automatic vending machine market are: refreshment machines; cigarette and tobacco machines; and other vending machines. The refreshment machines sector includes sales of hot and cold drinks, snacks, confectionery, sandwiches and meals and is the largest segment of the market. The cigarette vending machine market has been affected by a number of adverse factors in recent years including: the UK ban on smoking in enclosed places; reductions in the number of public houses in the UK; and falls in the numbers of people smoking. The category of other vending machines covers a wide range of non-food and non-beverage items, such as personal care products and condoms, DVDs, photos, stationery and computer accessories, etc.
2009 was a difficult year for many automatic vending companies. The recession affected demand for services in important sectors for vending such as manufacturing, banks and financial institutions, all of which were affected by staff redundancies and company closures. There has also been a steady reduction in the numbers of refreshment vending machines installed in the UK since 2005, that has affected the potential for sales growth and the poor image which vending has among some consumer groups has further hampered the scope for market expansion.
The Government's Health Bill 2009, which became law in November 2009, contains provisions which ban the sale of cigarettes from vending machines. The ban will come into place in October 2011 and will have a serious impact on companies which supply the cigarette vending market. Company closures and redundancies are expected. The ban on cigarette vending machines has been introduced because it gave under-aged smokers access to cigarettes and was viewed as being a loophole in the UK's safeguards against tobacco smokers.
The UK economy is forecast to return to growth in 2010 and the automatic vending markets for refreshments and other vended products are expected to benefit from this. On the downside, the projected rise in unemployment in the UK, a still generally weak economic environment, poor image and the absence of any major market growth segments within the vending sector suggest that the rate of growth for these sectors in 2010 will only be modest.
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