Traditional office pantry
- Stock runs out and nobody notices until someone complains.
- Cash boxes and honesty trays are hard to reconcile.
- Late shifts and weekends have no service at all.
Offices and Workplaces
Smart vending solutions built for real-world operations.
Our clients
Organisations whose sites host Wendor machines
What workplace teams feel
Pantry gaps cost time and goodwill.
Staff leave the building for a drink or a snack, pantries run out mid-afternoon and facilities teams chase refills by hand. A smart machine closes those gaps.
Wendor workplace layer
- Snacks, drinks and essentials on the floor, around the clock.
- Cashless checkout by card, wallet or QR in a few seconds.
- Live stock and sales data so refills are planned, not guessed.
Why Wendor fits offices
Built for modern workplace convenience.
Machines that look right in a lobby or breakout area, take the payments your people already use and report every sale.
Premium presence for workplaces
Formats that look intentional in lobbies, breakout areas, meeting floors and shared amenity spaces.
Cashless-first employee flow
Checkout that matches how employees already pay: fast, contactless and with no cash to handle.
- Cards, mobile wallets and QR payments on one screen.
- No petty cash or honesty boxes to reconcile.
Operational visibility
Sales and stock data replace pantry guesswork, so the same service rhythm works across floors and sites.
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Smart capabilities
Features for workplace vending.
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Deployments
Workplace vending in action.
Machines in busy shared spaces: lobbies, breakout areas and office floors.
Vending in United Arab Emirates
Running vending machines in the United Arab Emirates
Dubai sets the pace for vending in the UAE: machines sit in office towers, free zones, malls, clinics and metro-linked sites where shoppers expect to tap a phone and go. Operators also have to pick the right licence (mainland or free zone) and meet municipality food-safety rules in each emirate, from Dubai to Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ajman.
How people pay in the United Arab Emirates
Cash is now the exception in UAE retail. Contactless cards and phone wallets are the default, and QR payments are growing.
- Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay
- The most common way to pay at a machine in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
- Visa, Mastercard and local debit
- Tap-to-pay cards from UAE banks.
- QR payments
- Useful for visitors and for campaign or sampling machines.
Licences and rules
- Trade licence
- A mainland licence from the emirate’s economic department (e.g. Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism) or a free-zone licence with a vending or trading activity. Annual licensing is often planned around AED 10,000–15,000.
- Municipality food safety
- Food and drink vending needs approval from the relevant municipality (Dubai Municipality, Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, and so on), including product and placement rules.
- VAT
- Standard VAT is 5%, registered with the Federal Tax Authority once you pass the threshold.
- Product conformity
- Electrical equipment imported into the UAE is subject to the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology’s conformity scheme.
Pricing and tax
UAE projects are typically planned from about AED 5,000 to AED 50,000 per machine.
- Branded and white-label machines (custom wraps, logo, colours) are a common request for UAE brand activations.
- Quotes include shipping to the UAE; import duty and 5% VAT are shown separately.
- Leasing and operator partnerships are options for multi-site rollouts.
On the ground
- Heat
- Outdoor and semi-outdoor sites see extreme summer heat, so most machines are placed indoors or in shaded, ventilated spots.
- Power and language
- 230 V, 50 Hz with UK-style plugs. Arabic and English on-screen text and labels are recommended.
- Sales and support from Dubai
- Gulf projects are handled by our Dubai sales team (WhatsApp +971 52 2674620). Machines report stock, sales and faults in real time, so most issues are diagnosed remotely before anyone is sent to site.
Where first machines usually go
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Malls and towers
Brand activations and 24/7 convenience in residential and office towers.
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Clinics and hospitals
Healthy snacks and essentials outside cafeteria hours.
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Metro-linked and transit sites
Fast tap-to-pay for commuters.
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Staff accommodation and industrial areas
Affordable daily essentials close to workers.
This is a planning guide, not legal or tax advice. Rules and rates change, so confirm current requirements with the authority named before you launch. Which payment methods a machine accepts depends on the payment terminal and gateway chosen for your sites.
FAQ
Office vending machines: common questions
Most offices start with packaged snacks, cold drinks, water and coffee-style products. Add breakfast items, healthier packs or a small non-food range such as chargers and tissues where demand shows up.
