Brussels, 13 October 2015 – the newly published report provides the latest in-depth look into the European vending and Office Coffee Service (OCS) industry and reveals the current trends observed across Europe.
The number of vending machines in western European markets has slightly decreased in 2014, a growth in newer markets such as Russia and Poland has managed to keep the overall European fieldbase broadly stable.
According to the report, the following are observed:
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While the overall machine fieldbase in Europe has decreased slightly to 3.74 million machines, the total turnover has increased to 11.8 billion euro.
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The big 6 countries (Italy, France, Germany, UK, Spain and the Netherlands) account for 77% of the total machine fieldbase.
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- 60% of European vending machines are hot drinks machines.