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last updated 2026-07-14
WE ARE ALIVE: A LONG AWAITED UPDATE
WE ARE ALIVE: A LONG AWAITED UPDATE
Date Posted: 2026-09-17
Hello, I missed you all!
It's the founder, Hunter Griffioen. I need to update everybody on some news for us here at Vend-Sense Solution. I will touch on our machines, our marquee and sticker designs, and potential placements.
First our machines. We received our two machines late august, one is directly for our sticker sales to dip our toes into that, the second one is for my girlfriend who will be using it to sell her Lino-print art. My machine is locked at $2 per sticker, so our goal is to create our stickers for under that $1 cost for that 100% margin. I'll explain in the next paragraph our machines will impact our profit.
We finally have our first wave of designs (as you can see in the image on the left). We are very proud to have our 5 initial, video game themed vinyl stickers. For this wave our profits will be slimmer since I could only print 250 stickers total. For the next wave we will be printing minimum 500 stickers from Alberta, and ordering cheaper cardboard sleeves from China. With these cost reduction solutions each sticker will cost $0.65Cad per!! Right now our cost per sticker is $0.97. The only reasons for this are the 250 order, the more I order the cheaper it gets and that goes for stickers and sleeves. We have our plan in order to increase our profits over time as we already know how to cut our costs!
The final thing I want to touch on is low-key the most important, placement. We are looking to trial run our first machine at a local dispensary. If we are allowed that is. If we cannot get permission from the local dispensary we will try for our local game store. If we can't get that, then we will branch out and ask whoever we can to see if we can get a trial placement. If placements don't work out at all, we will start investing into doing the market scene.....and we will rule the sticker shops.
Thank you for keeping in touch with our journey. We will be posting a stinger for our machines soon ;)
From the founder of Vend-Sense Solutions,
Hunter Griffioen
MAJOR UPDATE: NEW LOGOS AND BRANDING
MAJOR UPDATE: NEW LOGOS AND BRANDING
Date Posted: 2026-07-14
Hello!!!!!!!
Today, July 23rd, I am proud to announce the new and improve logo and branding image for us here at Vend-Sense Solutions. Some might think that this was a minor step in the day and age of artificial intelligence, but I am very proud to say NO AI WAS USED IN THE MAKING! We hired a very talented ( and patient) artist we found from Overwatch!
Take your time to appreciate the beauty of our new logo. Did you notice the slight sticker motif and inspiration of a very popular soda brand? It took a week of discussion to figure out exactly how our logo should look. I am a firm believer of us developing a very proper logo for our upcoming empire.
Special shoutout to the amazing artist: apparipai . Thank you so much for all your hard work!!!!!!!!
From today on expect to see our new branding on all our machines and any event we will be at.
From the founder of Vend-Sense Solutions,
Hunter Griffioen
Featured Content: An example of what our single slot sticker machines are going to look like, and a few photos of the owners!
You're Still Here? Good! >:) Update Time
You're Still Here? Good! >:) Update Time
Date Posted: 2026-07-14
Hello, Hello, Hello! Welcome back to the blog of Vend-Sense Solutions!
Yes, don't worry, It's still Hunter the founder. I got some good news, some updates and a little bonus section about the owners today, and I am going to start with the news.
It's official, we have ordered our first 2 "vending" machines from a manufacturer out in China! It's the first time my partner and I have ever done this, and my god was it kind of annoying with the 12 hour difference between us. But we got it all done. We are expecting to receive our first 2 single slot sticker machines sometime in August!!!! We couldn't be anymore excited to see what creative things we can do with these awesome machines. Starting off our path with the lower cost of entry form of vending leaves us with more money in our pockets and a larger potential to grow.
Now it is time for the updates section! There aren't too many updates so hold tight!
There aren't too many major updates I have to inform you guys with but one of the big things in the works right now is getting a more professional logo to use. Yes I enjoy the logo we have developed for Vend-Sense Solutions, but I need it to have that final professional touch (for marketing purposes).
We are also obviously still updating the website as it will always be growing alongside us, so always keep an eye peeled for that.
Here is my favourite section, just letting you know about the owners.
This week in our city hosted Sunfest, a multicultural celebration of food and music in the heart of downtown London, Ontario.
We went for fun, but left with a lot of business insight into what we can do to help improve peoples booths, and how we can operate a booth successfully for the festival season. One crucial thing I noticed and a thing that is amazing for us, is that no booths had anything self-vending related whatsoever meaning we can make a way bigger SPLASH once we are ready to finally operate a booth.
On top of the extreme brainstorming we were doing, we also had a lot of genuine wholesome fun. Kaitlyn and I walked throughout the whole place with our peach lemonade looking at all the food options before trying, and after a lot of steps. I think we picked out the best option from all that were available.
We picked hot dogs. oh, but they were no regular hot dogs. These were cracked out, suited up hot dogs, and oh my lord, the one we picked was amazing. Imagine a juicy hotdog laid in a bun fitted with thick bacon and then topped with cheese, maple bbq seasoned bacon, pineapples, and a creamy sauce. They insist on calling it the "Americano", but we ending up calling it the best damn hot dog ever! I just wish we got a picture of it before we devoured it.
Thank you again for coming back and checking my blog for the updates and news about our company.
From the founder of Vend-Sense Solutions,
Hunter Griffioen
Featured Content: Photos from a nice celebratory business meeting with my life partner.
First Blog Post and Introductions
First Blog Post and Introductions
Date Posted: 2026-07-08
Hello and welcome to the first blog post from the owner and founder of Vend-Sense Solutions!
I am Hunter Griffioen, the founder of this wonderful company and creator of the blog you are reading right now. I am thrilled to be having you explore my very simple website and to discover everything we have to offer here at Vend-Sense Solutions!
This is just an intro post so there isn't any business updates featured in here, but expect some business related updates and postings in the future. We plan on opening a dedicated Facebook page for an interactive space where I can converse with the community and let the masses know of what's upcoming.
I had a wonderful "business meeting" with my future wife, Kaitlyn. I need to let everyone know that A&W might be the best fast food restaurant in Canada to dine in at.
The atmosphere was very family friendly, but in a holistic sort of way (if that makes sense). When we went to order our food for our meeting, the lady behind the counter asked if we wanted our root beer in a frozen glass mug. As you can see, we obviously went with the offer and by god were we satisfied with that decision. The drinks INSTANTLY turned ice cold and slushy, they paired perfectly with their super fresh fries and hand-battered onion rings.........this is starting to sound like an ad..... I SWEAR IT'S NOT!!!!!!!!! Another thing that is great that they have to offer is A&W root beer zero, it's a perfect alternative and I guarantee would make floats more palatable with the overall less sugar involved.
Comparing it to dining in experience at a Wendy's or a Taco Bell (our favourite places for take-out) the service and experience at A&W blows it out the water, and I think every 25-30 y/o needs to take their partner out for some nice food and a root beer.
Thank you for reading my introduction to the blog page. And make sure contact Vend-Sense Solutions for any of your Vending/Vendor needs.
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