Question 1

What types of smart cooler or micromarket solutions does Brown Bear offer?

Accepted Answer

Brown Bear provides a range of upscale smart market / vending solutions, including AI-powered smart coolers, micromarkets, and beverage stations featuring cold brew, kombucha, and sodas on tap.   These amenities are designed to enhance convenience and align with our partners goals for residence, customers, employees, athletes or parents based on the type of location.

Question 2

Is there any cost to have Brown Bear installed at our property?

Accepted Answer

No, there is not upfront cost for installation, equipment, or service. Brown Bear handles the setup, restocking, and maintenance at no charge to the partner.

Question 3

How does the revenue-sharing model work?

Accepted Answer

Brown Bear partners with qualifying locations that meet our minimum foot-traffic criteria.  For these partners, we share a percentage of net sales on a performance-based schedule.

Question 4

What types of locations are suitable for Brown Bears' services?

Accepted Answer

There are various options for optimal partnerships; luxury apartments, apartment lobbies, office break-rooms, student housing, medical campuses, sports facilities, youth performance facilities, and any other high-traffic areas seeking to enhance amenities for residents and/or employees

Question 5

Who is responsible for restocking and maintaining the smart machines

Accepted Answer

Brown Bear and our local staff handle all the stocking & maintaining for machines.  Smart machines allow us to know real time inventory tracking to machines never run low.

Question 6

Where is Brown Bear based?

Accepted Answer

We're proudly from Central New York and have deep connections to many towns & communities in the area.

Question 7

What providers do you use for smart coolers and micromarkets?

Accepted Answer

We've done a lot of research and have a lot of confidence with our preferred vendors.

Micromart (https://www.micromart.com/)

365 Markets (https://365retailmarkets.com/stockwell?_gl=1*rbghjo*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=CjwKCAjw9uPCBhATEiwABHN9K40xXZ7TX0gsRIQYAXAh3lXbnM3t3rLAYLH15ZNoKZUA9GU_SJ8Y7hoCHWsQAvD_BwE&gbraid=0AAAAADoWcBGHHBvLG7-xktqbccggnJke8)

Haha Smart Vending (https://hahavending.com/)

Question 8

Can you help with videos of how the machines operate?

Accepted Answer

Here are some links that will help with how the machines operate.

How they open & operate? (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1MGYWztpybM)

How can the digital display work? (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8iWRxJen-ks)

How to purchase items? (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/USwysq7qKz4)

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