Snack Stop

What Snack Stop does

Snack Stop is a German retail brand operating a network of indoor, 24/7 vending-machine stores in the Freyung-Grafenau district of Lower Bavaria. It is a trade name of Aigner's Regio Shop GmbH, a private limited liability company registered in Passau (HRB 12541) and headquartered in Grainet, with Stefan Aigner as managing director. The company currently operates three locations — Waldkirchen (Schmiedgasse 10), Freyung (Stadtplatz 18), and Röhrnbach (Marktplatz 6) — each positioned centrally on a Marktplatz or Stadtplatz near schools, transit, and youth activity hubs. The vending machines carry over 500 articles spanning sweet and savory snacks, soft drinks, vapes, Snuz, CBD products, and international specialty items.

The core technology is conventional automated vending hardware housed in weather-protected indoor sites, supplemented by digital display screens. There is no proprietary software platform; purchasing is anonymous and cashless via standard vending interfaces, with no mobile app or e-commerce channel. Snack Stop's primary go-to-market is direct-to-consumer walk-in traffic, targeted at students, apprentices, and young professionals seeking late-evening and after-hours refreshment in towns with limited traditional retail hours.

The business operates two revenue streams. The dominant stream is transactional vending product sales at three sites. The secondary, smaller stream is a B2B subscription service that sells advertising space on the in-store digital screens: local employers (skilled trades, hospitality) purchase job postings at €99–€199 per month across 3- or 6-month terms, and local non-profits and community organizations submit event listings at no charge. Pricing is publicly disclosed for advertising tiers but not for consumer product pricing. Total headcount is six employees.

Name

Snack Stop

Legal name

Aigner's Regio Shop GmbH

Website

https://snack-stop.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Snack Stop is a German retail brand operating three indoor, 24/7 vending-machine stores in Lower Bavaria (Waldkirchen, Freyung, Röhrnbach), selling 500+ snack, drink, vape, and specialty SKUs to students and young consumers, with a secondary B2B subscription revenue stream from on-screen local job advertising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vending Machine Retail

NAICS

Vending Machine Operators (445132), Convenience Retailers and Vending Machine Operators (44513)

SIC

Retail-Convenience Stores (5412), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRAHABAE

Urban/Transit Convenience Stores (Station/Airport/Metro)

Consumer Products & Retail/Grocery & Food Retail/Convenience Stores & Forecourt Retail

SECONDARYTHAIALAK

Station Retail, Food & Concessions

Travel & Hospitality/Rail, Bus & Ground Passenger Transport/Passenger Transport Stations, Terminals & Interchanges

Keywords

• Vending machine retail
• Automated snack shops
• Convenience vending services
• Snack and beverage retail
• Unattended retail stores

Headquarters

HQ city

Grainet

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Revenue from direct sales of snacks, drinks, vapes, and specialty products (Snuz, CBD products, international snacks) through vending machines at three locations.
2. Advertising Space Rental: Local businesses purchase job advertising space on digital screens at Snack Stop locations. Three tiered packages (Starter, Premium, Maxi-Paket) with 3-6 month terms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Snack Stop operates indoor 24/7 vending machine stores at three central Bavarian locations (Waldkirchen, Freyung, Röhrnbach), selling snacks, drinks, vapes, CBD products, and international specialty items directly to walk-in consumers with no waiting or opening-hour constraints. The machines are placed in weather-protected, central urban locations near schools, transit, and shopping, and offer a curated assortment of 500+ products. The locations also feature digital display screens used for paid job advertising and community event listings sold to local businesses and organizations.

Product overview

Snack Stop operates a network of indoor vending machines across three locations (Waldkirchen, Freyung, and Ruhrnbach) in Germany. The core product is the Snack Stop vending machine, which offers over 500 articles including sweet and savory snacks, beverages, vapes in various flavors, Snuz products, CBD products, and international specialty items. Snack Stop also provides a job advertising service through its locations, allowing local businesses to post vacancy advertisements on screens at each vending machine site. The company is a brand of Aigner's Regio Shop GmbH, headquartered in Grainet, Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Snack Stop Vending Machines Indoor 24/7 vending machines dispensing snacks, drinks, vapes, Snuz products, CBD products, and international specialty items across three locations (Waldkirchen, Freyung, Röhrnbach) in the Freyung-Grafenau district of Bavaria. Targeted at young consumers — students, apprentices, and young professionals — for quick, queue-free, weather-protected purchases at any hour.
• Job Advertising Packages (Stellenanzeigen) Subscription-based job advertising space on Snack Stop's in-store digital screens, sold to local employers (skilled trades, hospitality, small businesses) seeking to reach young job seekers in the Freyung-Grafenau district. Three publicly disclosed tiers: Starter (€99/month, one location, 3-month term), Premium (€149/month, all three locations), and Maxi-Paket (€199/month, maximum reach with social media support, 6-month term).
• Community Events Platform (Digital Screens) On-screen event listings offered to local community organizations (sports clubs, fire brigade, charitable groups) at Snack Stop vending locations, enabling event promotion to the same local foot traffic targeted by Snack Stop's consumer product range.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Valora (k kiosk): Valora operates the k kiosk small-format convenience network across Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. Comparable as a small-format snack/beverage/tobacco retailer in central locations, though Valora uses staffed kiosks rather than unattended vending.
• Lekkerland (REWE Group): Lekkerland is Germany's leading convenience wholesale and distribution company, supplying kiosks, tankstellen, and small-format retail across the country. Comparable as the upstream supplier and adjacent operator to Snack Stop's vending category, with far larger scale and B2B orientation.
• Eurest (Compass Group): Eurest operates food and vending services across workplaces, hospitals, and travel locations in Germany. Comparable in unattended food/beverage retail mechanics but oriented toward institutional B2B contracts rather than walk-in consumer stores.
• Tank & Rast: Tank & Rast operates Germany's highway rest-stop and travel-center convenience network. Comparable in 24/7 unattended snack/beverage retail, though in a very different location type (highway vs. inner-city Marktplatz).
• HAVI Group: HAVI is a global logistics and vending operator running unattended retail at scale for foodservice and convenience customers. Broader incumbent with similar vending mechanics but B2B and supply-chain orientation rather than Snack Stop's consumer-store positioning.

Direct peers

• Recma Automaten: Recma is a German regional vending machine operator running snack, beverage, and tobacco vending in Bavaria and southern Germany. Comparable in geography and product mix to Snack Stop, including vape/tobacco offerings, and operates unattended machines in central locations.
• JACOBS Douwe Egberts Vending (JDE): JACOBS operates branded coffee and beverage vending machines across European retail and workplace locations. Direct competitor in unattended food/beverage retail, particularly relevant given Snack Stop's beverage-heavy assortment.
• Dallmayr Automaten-Service: Dallmayr operates automated coffee and snack vending across Germany alongside its foodservice brand. Comparable in product mix (snacks, drinks) and German market focus, though with more weight on workplace coffee vending than consumer-facing 24/7 snack stores.
• Selecta: Selecta is Europe's largest vending and automated retail operator, running unattended snack, beverage, and food machines across workplaces, transit, and public spaces. Most direct peer to Snack Stop in operating vending stores, though at vastly larger scale and with B2B/workplace focus rather than young-consumer positioning.

Emerging players

• Kontiki / SB-Automaten (regional German vending operators): SB-Automaten and similar regional German vending operators run small networks of unattended snack/drink machines in inner-city and small-town locations. Closest emerging-player analogue to Snack Stop's local three-machine model and target demographic.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/snackstop.snackshop
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/snack-stop

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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