Are there any advantages of unmanned vending machines?

Cost does not directly determine the market price. In real life, the automatic vending machines we see are more expensive than the drinks in the supermarket, and high-priced goods are often sold at higher prices. It is formed by competition. If someone sets low costs at high prices, someone will inevitably imitate them. Intensified competition will eventually push up costs or reduce prices. One case, or both. When this mechanism encounters resistance, we can observe the deviation between the cost and the selling price. For example, the pricing of certain state-owned monopolies may be higher than the running cost of a roadside store or supermarket for a vending machine, but this is not the reason for its higher price. It is usually placed in some special places. . In these places, or the price elasticity of consumers will be relatively low, such as amusement parks, or there are no other competitors around, even if there is a business model that sells at higher prices, such as convenience stores. The same is Coke, supermarkets sell Coke, Vending machines selling Coke are essentially different. The difference in time and space makes vending machines unable to buy Coke in supermarkets for customers. This makes supermarkets and vending machines even when they sell the same goods, their monopoly power, demand price elasticity are completely different, and then different profit-maximizing price levels. Correspondingly, others with strong monopoly power Enterprises or consumers with lower price elasticity may also raise prices to a higher level. For example, selling Coke in an amusement park may be more expensive than selling vending machines. Therefore, the price of goods sold by vending machines depends on environmental issues.