Hazleton Area Business Citizen March 2014 | Page 8

Hazleton Area Business Citizen

For example we have “Third-Base
hoagie day” on Wednesdays at the
facilities which have our micro
markets.
HABC: The manufacturing
base in the Hazleton area
has changed. How do you see
this change in regard to what
had been an economy based
more on manufacturing to
one now where there is more
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distribution? Are these differences something that has
affected your business?
Dave DeLessio: I’m happy that
the distribution centers are here or
we would have nothing, but it’s not
the same. The people who worked
in the manufacturing companies
obviously had more expendable income than people who are working
in a distribution center. To a vending company that makes a big dif-

ference. If you don’t have expendable income, you’re brown bagging
it instead of buying a sandwich out
of the vending machine.
HABC: You mentioned that at
one time there were at least
12 locally owned vending
companies in the area. As one
of the few who remain in business and who are independent, what keeps you going?
HABC

March 1, 2014