The short answer: almost anything that belongs in a cooler or on a shelf. Our smart coolers are engineered to handle products of any shape, size or category, and there’s no need to change trays, compartments or layouts when you change what you sell.
Just stock, scan, and sell.
That flexibility is the biggest difference from a traditional coil machine, where every product has to fit a spiral. Here’s how to think about filling the shelves.
Beverages
Drinks are the anchor of most coolers. Because products sit on open shelves, bottles, cans and cartons of different sizes can share space without slot sizes getting in the way. Water, sparkling water, sports drinks, juice and iced coffee can all sit together.
Snacks
Chips, bars, nuts, crackers and candy still sell, and they don’t need to be uniform. Bags, tubes and boxes of different shapes sit side by side on the same shelf.
Packaged meals
This is where a smart cooler pulls ahead. Salads, sandwiches, wraps and other grab-and-go meals turn a snack stop into a real lunch option. Our machines support fresh, frozen and mixed merchandise, following FDA food code, and cloud alerts flag temperature issues so they can be dealt with quickly.
Personal care items
The items people forget are the ones they’re glad to find: travel-size toiletries, hand sanitizer, lip balm, sunscreen. In a gym, hotel or office, a small personal care section can be one of the most useful parts of the cooler.
Premium and specialty items
Mixed product categories and premium items lead to higher sales per visit. A glass-door cooler displays products the way a store would, so higher-end drinks, specialty snacks and local favorites get seen.
Let the data shape the mix
You don’t have to guess for long. Real-time inventory tracking and remote management from any device show what’s selling and what isn’t, and cloud alerts flag low stock. A few habits help:
- Start with what people at your location already ask for.
- Mix categories so one visit can cover a drink, a snack and a meal.
- Swap slow sellers for something new; there are no trays to rearrange.
- Rotate seasonal items, such as more cold drinks in summer.
Thinking about what you’d stock at your location? Request a machine and tell us who’ll be using it.
