And I want my vending machine to ONLY offer to dispense Crunchy Cheetos and Lay’s BBQ potato chips.
Where can I find a supplier who will make it possible for me to keep my vending machine stocked with ONLY those two items?
It would be best if I could accomplish this while retaining the potential for my vending machine to turn a profit (WITHOUT my having to emplace it before a captive market, and charge ten bucks a bag). A one-dollar price point is preferred.
ETA: TIA
If it is your vending machine, isn’t it your responsibility to stock it with whatever you want?
Where is this vending machine going to be located? Won’t that determine whether it is profitable or not? That, and the assumption that your limited selection will appeal to enough customers to make it profitable.
Right, buy a vending machine, put whatever you want in it and PROFIT!!! That is all there is to it. You may have to look around to get a vending machine that has the slots you want but there are plenty of different kinds. You may want to go used if you want to retire early. You just buy the cases of chips yourself wholesale online or from somewhere like Costco.
Here are one ounce packets of Crunchy Cheetos for around 35 cents per bag. They don’t seem to have Lay’s BBQ, but it illustrates my point that there are places to buy the snacks in bulk.
I volunteer at a concession stand. We buy cases and cases of individual size chips. I think you have to buy a certain $$ amount to get free delivery. OTOH vending machines are pretty expensive. And you would have to find a place where the proprietor would allow you to put the machine there. I think the giant company’s probably get the best locations. To be a money maker you’re gonna want to have a few machines and keep them in working condition.
Given that those are both made by the same company, I’m not seeing the difficulty. Just call up your local Frito-Lay distributor and ask them.
The bit about the vending machine was just to simplify getting to the point of what I’m looking to find. I go to Costco, and they have a case with 54 bags of snacks. But while a dozen will be the Cheetos, only four are BBQ potato chips. It seems kinda wasteful to have to burn through38 servings of snacks kaylasmom doesn’t want to get her sixteen servings of what she does. Also, the F-L fellows stubbornly refuse to mark their bags with Braille labels so she can find what she’s hankering for.
A couple of weeks ago, my local supermarket started carrying cases with fifty of a single type of snack. Unfortunately, they were Flaming Hot Cheetos, Nachos Cheese Doritos, and plain Lays potato chips. I asked the manager to try obtaining the types I wanted, but she never followed up. Then, one morning, I actually caught the F-L guy stocking his wares out on the floor, and asked him myself. He wasn’t much help; in fact he told me that those three varieties are the only ones cased that way.
In my area actual vending machines sell F-L snacks in TWO-ounce bags, not one-ounce, and although one-ounce servings would better suit my preferences, I’d be willing to get the larger bags if necessary. I figure the folks who own and stock vending machines must have access to large quantities of flavors that they can buy according to what they want to stock, rather than being forced to take some of everything.
I was also hoping some friendly Doper might be familiar with the industry, and able to clue me in on the supply network.
If your question was how to get the snacks you want in single-serving bags, why even mention the nonsense about a vending machine?
Missed the edit window: also, it is beginning to look like your bog-standard BBQ potato chip isn’t generally available in vending machines.
I thought made that clear with the first line of my second post.
OP word count: 94 words
Post 7 word count: 276 words.
How about an “Honor Box” of chips, instead of a machine? More profit or lower price point… and easier access to chippy/cheetoey goodness!
Whatever does the trick of getting only those two varieties in quantity. The box is just going into the pantry anyway.
Can you not buy single serving bags at Walmart? Our store has them 2/$1.00. Pretty much all the flavors offered.
My concession stand buys large boxes (144ct) of single serve chips through a vendor that serves lunch rooms and concessions. Don’t think they would sell to individuals, YMMV.
I assume you weren’t able to find these at Amazon, or perhaps you object to buying stuff there? Because from what I can see, both are available there in boxes containing forty one-ounce bags.
Although my ideal solution would have been to pick them up at the supermarket on my way home from work, I thank you sincerely for the lead! 
Missed the edit window AGAIN:
Also, a safer assumption is that I haven’t yet internalized that Amazon is a good first place to look for, ummm, idiosyncratic shopping missions.
I still think of Amazon as a bookstore.
I’ve run into this issue with the big bags of snack size ships for my kids. Just like Halloween candy, they always have 1 thing no one likes and/or a small amount of the thing everyone likes the best. My only solution for this has been to just buy big bags and then eat serving sizes as intended. Then you spend $3 for 14 servings or whatever it is, instead of $6-9 for 20-30 servings including things you don’t like. This is not really an inconvenience for me but I assume it must be for others.
Single serving Crunchy Cheetos.
Single serving Lay’s BBQ Chips.
They were the 2nd hit when I googled them. I’m really confused why the OP brought up all that vending machine non-sense? His second post didn’t make it any clearer.
The only things I buy from Amazon are all my groceries, pantry goods ( toilet paper and sandwich bags, etc), toiletries, clothing, tools, sports equipment, office supplies, computers , computer and phone accessories and gifts. And Kindle books. And other stuff I’m not thinking of right now. And I get 5% back with the store card.
I really like Amazon, they’ve freed up my weekends. I don’t have to shop and run errands anymore