662: From Zero to $50k/mo in Vending Revenue in 16 months

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Vending machines are a classic passive income source that continues to be profitable today. We had Mr. Passive himself, Mike Hoffman, on the show before to talk about how to scale up his vending machine business. And one of his mentees is here today. 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. Tune in to Episode 662 of the Side Hustle Show to learn: how to land prime locations how to negotiate deals why he never says the word "vending" when pitching a property manager Want to go deeper? Check out Mike Hoffmann’s Vendingpreneur training program. (Side Hustle Show listeners get 10% off!) Full Show Notes: From Zero to $50k in Vending Revenue in 16 months New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Airbnb — Discover how much your home could be worth and find a professional co-host today! 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! OpenPhone — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! Shopify — Sign up for a $1 per month trial!

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0:00.0	from zero to 50 grand in monthly vending revenue in 16 months. What's up? What's up? Nick Loper here.
0:07.0	Welcome to The Side Hustle Show where we've been helping people make extra money since 2013. Today, we're
0:11.7	talking about the popular, quote-unquote, passive income business of vending machines and how my guest
0:16.8	was able to scale up his operation to 30 locations in over 50 grand in monthly revenue in
0:22.7	under a year and a half from H&H Vending, Anthony Koloje. Welcome to The Side Hustle Show.
0:29.7	Hey, Nick. Thanks for having me. You bet. Stick around in this one. We're going to learn how to
0:33.3	negotiate your first vending machine placements, the right locations that make the best fit there,
0:38.9	the startup costs involved, and just how passive and profitable the business really is if you're
0:43.5	constantly having to restock products. But Anthony, take me back to the beginning, not that long
0:48.4	ago, year and a half ago, and you're thinking, why I ought to get into this vending machine
0:53.2	business? I'm going to turn some snacks and drinks into some monthly cash flow.
0:57.2	I've been in the real estate industry since like 2009.
1:01.1	And I was like talking with my wife.
1:03.3	And I'm like, my kids were three and five at the time.
1:05.6	And I'm like, you know what?
1:06.6	I've had the real estate business.
1:08.1	You know, I've been doing this here for, you know, 15 years. I go, I really want to
1:13.6	do something for like the kids. And I want to teach them like entrepreneurship and like work ethic.
1:19.5	You know, now that I'm making this transition from this other real estate job I was doing, I go,
1:24.3	we should look for some type of business that I could, you know, put the same blood,
1:28.1	sweat and tears that I'm putting in on the real estate side, you know, and put it into
1:31.9	basically a business that could be like a recurring income stream. Because with real estate,
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