Vend counter

A vend counter is a device to count the number of sales from a vending machine in order to thwart theft by employees servicing the machines. They are most common in full line vending machines, but are becoming increasingly common in bulk vending machines as well.

Some operators of vending machines that lack vend counters compensate for this deficiency by occasionally checking the amount of cash in a machine ahead of time and then sending an employee to service the machine. A discrepancy in the amount of money returned may reveal dishonesty on the part of the employee.