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Anyone who has ever started their own business, or struck out on their own after an unsuccessful attempt at the nine-to-five world knows how difficult, complicated and honestly terrifying entrepreneurship can be. Even when you go into self-employment with the best of intentions, and the most careful of plans, it more often than not seems as though you are less in control of your financial fate than you were plucking along in the rat race.

The problem may come from the fact that you have not carefully considered what type of business venture to launch. Often, the best way to be in charge of your own fate is to simplify the venture, and make it a party of one. You need to start a sole proprietor business. Believe it or not, the answer is something you have likely overlooked – candy vending machines.

More and more, in these tough economic times, people are finding financial security and personal satisfaction by owning and operating their own vending machine business. It is actually a surprisingly simple business model to follow. You contract with a vending service company that will supply you with the machines, you find places to put the machines, and you line up a supplier and a distributor to stock the candy vending machines. Then all you do is collect the money. That is it. That is pretty much the extent of your involvement in the process.

The best part is, there are few, if any, drawbacks. Even in a tough economy, people are willing to spend the spare change in their pockets for a soda or a candy bar to help get them through the afternoon. In fact, in the face of double-digit declines in nearly every sector of the retail economy, one of the few segments that has seen increased growth is the automated self-service food delivery market. In layman’s terms, that means candy vending machines. People will always have a sweet tooth, and seek to gratify it with easy to acquire candy bars and prepackaged chips and granola.

When contracting for a candy vending machine business, it is best to see what types of candy bars and treats are popular in your area. You do not want to stock up on brands of candy that are not well known or well liked in your geographic region, as you do not make money if no one buys the snacks.

These days, more and more people are striving to lead healthier lives. They are working out regularly and trying to eat better, too. For many people, this means bringing lunch and snacks from home when they work, go to the gym, or hang out at the mall. Some people, though, will want to eat healthy without the inconvenience of having to pack their own foods, and these people will be looking for healthy snacks from vending machines.

Candy vending machines were once one of the most popular types of vending machines. Whether you’re talking about the small machine with two or three types of small candies and a cranking knob or a large machine that dispenses fifteen or twenty different choices of packaged candies, these machines can still be found everywhere. Now, though, there are more machines designed for healthy snacks to feed the health-conscious masses.

Now, if you’re in the business of setting up, stocking, and servicing candy vending machines, you should probably offer at least some healthy options. The variety and amount of these options that you offer will depend largely on the location of your machine.

For instance, in a mall, you might offer half healthy snacks – or snacks that are at least perceived to be healthy – and half more traditional sugary and sour snacks. Near a gym, though, or in a park, you might want to offer more healthy snacks than you do candies. The same thing goes for a business where healthy professionals use your machine to find something to munch on between meetings and conference calls.

The balance between healthy and unhealthy will probably shift from time to time, so you will want to keep track of what sells best in each of your machines. Careful record keeping will help you stay on top of the latest trends and make even more money.