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Vending Solutions Tailored for Every Washroom Need
At Initial Washrooms, we understand that a truly exceptional washroom caters to every individual, providing convenience, comfort, and crucial hygiene solutions. Our comprehensive range of vending machines is designed to meet diverse needs, ensuring a positive experience for your employees and visitors.
Choose from our essential free-to-use options that promote dignity and inclusivity, or explore our convenient paid solutions for everyday necessities..
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Supporting Period Dignity: Our Free Vending Solutions
We firmly believe everyone is entitled to dignity in the washroom, regardless of age, gender, or need. Our free vending options are a testament to this commitment, providing essential products at the point of need and fostering a more inclusive and supportive environment. These vending options are all placed inside the cubicle, allowing products to be available at the time of need, without having to access the common washroom area. This option is particularly useful for accidents and emergencies and is a popular choice in schools and workplaces to support period positivity.
In our free vending range, we have both cubicle-specific and washroom access vending machines for greater convenience.
Signature In-Cubicle Dispenser:
Designed specifically for the cubicle, this dispenser allows free and discreet access to high-quality menstrual products, safeguarding users from stigma. It can hold up to two different period products, including standard and organic disposable tampons and towels, as well as reusable options like period pants, menstrual cups, and reusable pads. Biodegradable personal wipes and compostable bags are also available for enhanced dignity.
This option is also available in men's cubicles to provide safe and discreet incontinence products.
Benefits: Ensures menstrual product accessibility, provides a caring away-from-home washroom experience, promotes anonymity within the cubicle, and demonstrates care for users and the environment.
Recommended Product Location:Wall mounted within the toilet cubicle
FreeVend:
This large, coin-free vending machine is an excellent choice for high-demand, communal private sector washrooms. It offers a hygienic way to provide free sanitary or PPE products, with products being box-sealed for optimum hygiene standards.
Benefits:
Caters to high demand, promotes period dignity hygienically, and ensures products are dispensed.
Recommended Product Location:
Wall mounted within the communal washroom space
Period Poverty In-Cubicle Dispenser
The Initial Period Dignity Vending Dispenser helps to end period poverty by providing professional and discreet access to sanitary products. This slim, compact dispenser is ideal for washrooms with limited space as it can be located within the cubicle, allowing products to be accessed anonymously. It provides the reassurance of well-known brands like Kotex and Tampax. To support your business, Initial delivers refill packs directly to your premises, reducing the time you spend purchasing stock.
Benefits:
Ensures users have a discreet and pleasant-to-use facility. Helps individuals remain healthy, clean, and safe. Refill packs are delivered directly to your premises, helping you to reduce time spent on purchasing stock. Inspires confidence by using trusted, leading brands.
Recommended Product Location:
The dispenser is designed to be wall-mounted and should be placed within the toilet cubicle for maximum discretion and accessibility.
Initial Bulk FreeVend Flex
Specifically designed to hold 2 different products at a time, this option allows for some freedom in the product refill sizes. You can choose between bulk fill sleeves or loose bulk options, providing greater convenience. The hygienic flap also ensures the sanitary products are contained and remain clean and dry.
Benefits:
Contains a window so you can monitor stock levels. Interchangeable information cards provide the essential product information for the user as needed.
Recommended Product Location:
Wall mounted within the communal washroom space.
Why Choose Initial for Free Vending?
Our commitment to period dignity is strong; in partnership with Freedom4Girls, we make a donation for every dispenser installed and every packet of period product refills ordered. This supports educational projects around the UK and helps tackle period poverty.
Convenience at Your Fingertips: Our Paid Vending Machines
Life's little emergencies won't wait, and our paid vending machine solutions ensure your employees and visitors are always prepared. Offering a wide variety of essential products, these machines provide ultimate convenience and can also contribute to cost recovery for your business. All these vending services are placed outside the cubicle, allowing ease of access from within the common washroom areas.
Contactless Vending Machine:
Step into the modern world with our hassle-free, cashless vending machine. This secure, mains-operated unit accepts most major payment methods and allows for remote handling of pricing and stock management.
Available Configurations:
Female period dignity, male dignity, and standard male and female configurations are offered.
Refills Include:
Reusable period pants, female incontinence pants, reusable period pads, TENA Men protective shields, organic and standard towels and tampons, deodorants, painkillers, and more.
This is our standard Multi-Vending option for businesses who want flexibility in choice and convenience.
Customisation:
Available in ABS White Plastic, White Metal, or a choice of nine striking Signature colours to align with your brand image.
Coin Operated Vending Machine:
Offering maximum choice and convenience with the ability to dispense up to 9 products of your choice, but the machine accepts coins as payment rather than card or contactless payment methods. The traditional vending machine is still a popular choice in washrooms.
Available configurations:
Available in ABS White Plastic and our Signature Colours for maximum washroom individuality and design.
Refills include:
Over 40 well-known brand refills are available, including male and female options. Reusable period pants, female incontinence pants, reusable period pads, TENA Men protective shields, organic and standard towels and tampons, deodorants, painkillers, and more.
Dual Vending:
A versatile, coin-operated two-column vending machine suitable for all washrooms. It dispenses a choice of two products and is robust and resistant to vandalism.
Dynamic Servicing:
Service schedules are based on sales volume, ensuring visits are only when necessary and products are always stocked.
Recommended Product Location:
Wall mounted within the communal washroom space.
Nappy Vending:
For premises with infant visitors, our Nappy Vending product configuration is specially designed to hold everything a parent and young child could need, including nappies, wipes, and painkillers.
Recommended Product Location:
Wall mounted within the communal washroom space.
PPE Vending Machine
Businesses should provide access to certified PPE items in case of emergencies. Our range of PPE vending machines includes a coin operated Dual Vend as well as coin free Small and Large PPE Dispensers, that will help to keep people protected on the move.
Large PPE Dispenser
Our Large PPE Dispenser lets you provide your employees with two types of PPE product free of charge in a controlled fashion.
- Refills provide the reassurance of immediate access to PPE
- Holds two kinds of refills simultaneously for user convenience
- 1 Finish: White
Small PPE Dispenser
Our coinless small PPE dispenser will allow you to ensure compliance with legislation.
- Provides the reassurance of well-known PPE products
- Slim and compact
- 1 Finish: White
- Maximum Capacity: 8 Visitor packs or 11 packs of hand cleanser
Why Choose Initial for Paid Vending?
Our vending services are backed by a dynamic servicing approach, ensuring machines are always stocked and operational. We offer a comprehensive and expanding range of branded refills to meet evolving customer demands.
Initial's Vending Machine Service
- Offers complete peace of mind
- Initial will install, service and maintain the Dual, Nappy and Multi Vending Machines
- Our Large PPE, Small PPE, FreeVend and In Cubicle dispensers are available on an outright sale basis, without installation.
- Our national team of dedicated vending engineers are trained to carry out on-site services and repairs when required
- Product refills should be ordered on an outright sale basis when required
- Smart stock management system allows us to forecast demand based on prior usage
FAQs about Vending Machines
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What is a vending machine?
A vending machine is an automated device that dispenses products to customers after they insert money or select items through a digital interface. These machines can be found in various locations such as airports, malls, schools, and workplaces, offering a wide range of products including snacks, beverages, personal hygiene items, and more.
Initial's vending machines are catered specifically to washroom users and are designed to contribute to improved hygiene standards in public and private washroom facilities. These machines offer convenience by providing essential items such as personal hygiene products, sanitary items, condoms, pain relief medication, and other necessities that individuals may need while using the washroom.
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What is a sanitary vending machine?
A sanitary vending machine is a type of vending machine specifically designed to dispense personal hygiene products, typically found in washroom facilities or public restrooms. These machines offer a variety of sanitary items such as menstrual hygiene products (pads, tampons), condoms, and other related items. Sanitary vending machines provide convenience and accessibility to these essential products, ensuring that users have access to them when needed. They are often installed in locations where individuals may require these items urgently, such as workplaces, schools, shopping centres, airports, and transportation hubs.
Initial's sanitary vending machines include a range of eco-friendly sanitary towels and tampons that are available to those that menstruate in the comfort of the toilet cubicle, offering a discreet and convenient solution.
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What does a vending machine dispense?
Initial's washroom vending machines dispense a wide variety of products from trusted brands. From organic and reusable sanitary pads to organic tampons, PPE, incontinence products and pain relief medication to name a few.
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Where can I put my vending machine?
Most vending machines are wall mounted and will fit comfortably in the communal washroom area. Our Vending engineers have years of experience in choosing the best location for installation. Period Dignity Cubicle Dispensers should be fitted in the cubicle to ensure user dignity.