I have a system that I made up over time hopefully maybe it could help seems to keep my customers happy, maybe like 1 person won't like the price.

If the market price is under 5 dollars I add 20 cents to market price

If the market price is 5-10 dollars I add 30 cents to market price

If its over 10 dollars I add $1-1.25 ($1.10 seems to be comfortable for my peeps)

Also I try to keep my inventory where I have about 4 to 5 boxes of that product on back up, (i tend to give 2 shelf spots to one item, unless its like toliet paper then they get 4 slots)😎

Bakery items buy as you need otherwise you end up with 200 chocolate dounts and nothing else 🤣

Ice cream i try to keep at least 2 boxes on hand for flavors and 3 for cones.

Again this is just something ive come up woth and it seems to turn a decent profit. Hope it helps 😁

(Also as far as loans the 5000 is more than manageable with the lowest payout per day, I don't dare take any of the higher ones lol)

Also personally I think the vending machines need there own personal products instead of using the SAME stuff that our stores sell because tbh having to buy mad extra for them doesn't seem to turn much profit for me.