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- BUSINESS, Page 51Business NotesMARKETINGPress Here For Samples
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- A new kind of vending machine is arriving in supermarkets,
- but don't bother bringing extra change on your next trip.
- Nabisco is testing devices that dispense free samples with the
- pull of a lever. The Nabisco Samplers hand out a small box of
- a new product like Graham Bites, along with a coupon toward the
- purchase of a full-size package and a thank-you from a
- synthesized voice.
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- The sampling devices may lack human warmth, but they never
- tire. Says Nabisco's Allan Falvey: "Most sampling programs last
- a couple of days and reach only 15% of a store's customers.
- These machines are in a store 24 hours a day." Nabisco says
- that when new products have been promoted by Samplers, sales
- doubled within a month.
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