About us

Simply Drinks is a specialist vending solutions provider. We offer vending machines to customers based in London, the South, South East and Wales. Our large range of vending machines means that we can offer vending solutions to workplaces no matter what the size or location. Machines on offer include snack and confectionery vending machines and coffee vending machines which also serve specialist coffees such as mocha, cappuccino, latte and macchiatos as well as teas and hot chocolate. We have also chilled drink vending machines which vend cans and bottles, and combination vending machines which can offer snacks and chilled drinks in one space-saving machine. Finally, we offer water coolers too. Our machines are offered on lease, purchase and free on loan options (free on loan available depending on the exact vending machine model). We also offer servicing options to regularly fill your machine, technical maintenance to ensure your machine operates smoothly at all times and hygiene options for hot drinks and water cooler machines to ensure there is no contamination or health issues.

History

Simply Drinks is based in Earlsfield, London, and was established in 1988 to provide a vending service across London. It is now part of the SnackTime group, which is the UK's fourth largest vending machine company.

Simply Drinks has rapidly become a specialist vending machine supplier servicing premium sites around London. Its niche market was to initially provide hot drinks solutions in corporate head offices, financial and legal institutions and high profile locations in the city. Simply Drinks became part of the Vendia UK group, and in Sept 2010 was acquired by SnackTime Plc. Now as part of the UK’s fourth largest vending operator, SnackTime Simply Drinks is now the operating company for the SnackTime vending group across London, the south of England and Wales, providing a wide range of vending solutions for hot drinks, snacks, chilled drinks and water coolers.

SnackTime Simply Drinks' continuing ethos is to provide a premium vending solution service. SnackTime Simply Drinks' key expertise is having a wide range of vending machines and ensuring that every customer has the most suitable vending machine for their individual requirements - whether this is drinks, snacks, coffee, chilled cans and bottles, or water. We also regard our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with the utmost importance. We have our own premium, ethically traded Fairtrade coffee brand Cafe Joe, we give a percentage of all our coffee purchases to La Rayuela project in a coffee growing region of Colombia, and more locally ensure that we are as environmentally friendly, carbon-neutral as possible while we are installing and servicing vending machines. Where possible, our installation and operations teams use motorbikes or public transport, all our staff are encouraged to cycle to work, we source the most environmentally friendly vending machines, and we have developed the 'Eco-miser' unit to monitor the exact power usage of your vending machine.

As part of the SnackTime group, we work in partnership with Mars confectionery, Walkers crisps, Britvic drinks and Kenco coffee.  Simply Drinks’s vending machines are stocked with the most popular confectionery, crisps, coffee and soft drink brands. Our typical customers include offices, public sector, leisure centres, HoReCa, warehouses and distribution, and NHS and hospitals. With SnackTime Simply Drinks depots across the country -  London, South and South East, and Wales. SnackTime Simply Drinks can therefore supply and service vending machines across all major towns and cities across London, the south and Wales, providing concentrated coverage at a local level. Simply Drinks offers vending solutions via several options - leasing, purchasing or our free on loan option depending on the vending machine and a customer's exact requirements. Our specialist sales consultants are able to advise customers on the most suitable vending machine solution for them under the most suitable financial arrangement.

The SnackTime Plc vending group now has over 20,000 customer sites, including many household names, and around 350 staff. SnackTime floated on the London stock exchange in 2007 and SnackTime's shares are now actively traded on the AIM market under the ticker code SNAK.

Following several recent vending acquisitions of Snack in the Box and the Vendia UK group, the SnackTime Plc vending group now consists of the following companies:

• SnackTime (Vending) UK Ltd
• VMI - Operating company for SnackTime in the North
• Simply Drinks - Operating company for SnackTime in the South
• Snack in the Box - Franchise Division
• Drinkmaster - In-cup hot drinks and coffee vending machine manufacturer

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