Micro Markets
An unattended mini-store for your break room: open shelves, coolers, and a self-checkout kiosk with fresh food, snacks, and drinks.
Vending that works after hours
Micro markets, smart coolers, and modern vending for facilities across Northern New Jersey. Locally operated, obsessively stocked.
24/7 Convenience
100% Cashless Capable
Real-Time Inventory Visibility
Local Owner-Operated Service
Solutions
Three ways to feed your space
Smart Coolers
Grab-and-go coolers that unlock with a tap of a card and charge automatically. Zero friction, full visibility on what sells.
Traditional Vending
Reliable snack, beverage, and collectible card machines with cashless payment, remote monitoring, and product mixes tuned to your crowd.
Why Dark Star?
Premium service, quietly running in the background
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Customized
Product mix built around your members, staff, and traffic — reviewed and adjusted with real sales data.
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Reliable
Scheduled restocking, fast service calls, and machines kept clean and full. No empty rows, no out-of-order signs.
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Tech-driven
Cashless and tap-to-pay, remote inventory telemetry, and alerts that get us there before something sells out.
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Locally operated
You deal with the owner, not a call center. Same-day answers from someone who lives down the road.
Locations
Where you'll find us
Florham Park Sport Dome
Drinks and recovery snacks for athletes, coaches, and families between games.
JT's Barber Shop
A trading card vending stop for kids — Pokémon, sports packs, and collectibles while they wait for a fresh cut.
Judo Kai
Hydration and protein options for students after training.
Want your facility on this list? Let's talk.
Testimonials
What our partners say
“Between tournaments and training sessions, families and athletes need quick, easy access to drinks and snacks. The Waypoint Market keeps our lobby moving, adds real value for our guests, and runs so smoothly that we never have to think about it.”
“Having drinks and protein snacks right in the dojo has been a game changer. Students grab what they need after a hard class, parents don't have to make extra stops, and it all runs itself. Dark Star handles everything so I can focus on teaching.”
“The response has been incredible. Kids come in for a haircut and light up when they see the card machine. We've even had people stop in off the street just to grab packs. It's brought extra foot traffic through the shop and given parents something easy while they wait.”
About
A note from the Founder
I started Dark Star Vending because I kept running into the same thing: a machine in the corner of a great business, half empty, card reader broken, nobody to call. That's a small detail — and small details are exactly what people remember about your space.
So we built the opposite. Every location gets a product mix chosen for its actual crowd, machines that take a tap of a phone, and a real person who shows up. When something runs low, we already know. When you need a change, you text me.
We're local, we're small on purpose, and we treat your break room, lobby, or dojo like it's part of our own storefront. If that sounds like the partner you've been looking for, I'd love to hear about your space.
Aaron ZablowFounder, Dark Star Vending
aaron@darkstarvending.comContact
Tell us about your space
Free consultation and site walkthrough. Installation is at no cost to you.
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