Woman who quit job and bought £700 vending machine makes incredible amount per month
An entrepreneurial young woman who built a sizeable vending machine business after quitting her job has revealed the whopping amount of money she now makes per month.
Most of us are guilty of spending our weekdays dreaming about quitting the rat race and finding an alternate way to bring in the cash - although it's unlikely to become a reality anytime soon.
But for Megan Healey, she was able to make this dream a reality and now earns a pretty hefty salary while only working three days a week.
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Making the switch from the 9-5 grind to managing an empire of vending machines didn't come out of nowhere for Megan, with the former finance worker having a long history of getting in trouble at school for selling snacks to her classmates.
This means that owning vending machines is a natural progression for the 26-year-old. She also spent around nine months researching the business venture, making sure she knew everything there was to know about vending machines before purchasing her first one on eBay for £700 in 2022.
Megan now makes thousands a month from the venture - so how did she get there?
"I thought (it) would be a semi-passive income which would make me money while I worked another job," she explained.
"It also took me back to selling snacks and drinks at school. It was a full circle moment, but more professional, advanced and didn’t require me operating every single sale."
The first machine - which held 40 drinks and 250 snacks - was located outside a card shop in Barnsley ended up making just £30 a month, but Megan wasn't deterred and persevered with until more money began to roll in.
After selling the first machine for a profit she bought a second inside a care home in Manchester and investigated which products were the most popular among her customers, it turns out cans of Coca-Cola are in high-demand, and now makes a whopping £7,000 a month.
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This is a long way from the £27,000 a year she made working in finance.
"It took me a while to get to that; don’t get me wrong," Megan said, adding that the care home location can make up to £1,500 a month alone.
"But I like to think it’s a once-in-a-lifetime location because despite it being so small, it makes so much money, which just makes no sense."
She now spends two or three days a week restocking her machines, which gives her plenty of time to focus on a second business venture selling trainers as well as researching how she can grow it further.
"I’d like to grow so I can focus on the logistics side. If I could do that, then the sky’s the limit," Megan added.
Brenna Cooper