The average vending machine snack costs $1. If a person purchases a snack every day at work, they would pay $260.00/year on vending machine snacks. Research has shown that it is relatively easy to save the cost of these expenditures. Professor Marsh did his own study comparing the cost of 7-11 (comparable to vending machine mark-ups) with purchasing snack items in bulk at Costco. The markups were as high as 215%. If a 20 year old could save just half of the $260.00/year he/she was spending on vending snacks, this could be worth nearly $235,000 at retirement. Use the links below to learn more about this savings possibility