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Bristol · first box live since June 2026

Space, time or capital — we turn it into a stocked fridge.

Sidobox runs smart fridges end to end: the hardware is HaHa, the stock and the site visits are ours, and the back office behind it is our own software, Maimava. Depending on what you bring, you can hand the whole thing to us or run it yourself on our rails.

Five ways to work with us — from lending us a corner for a revenue share, to owning a fleet with our systems behind it. Pick the one that matches what you have.

// Start here

Which one are you?

Four doors, one system behind them. If none of these quite fits, say so on WhatsApp and we'll work out which shape makes sense.

// What sits behind every box

One operation, five front doors.

Whichever way you come in, the same machinery is underneath — because we built it for our own round first, and it is what makes the smaller sites worth doing at all.

Site assessment Delivery & install Wholesale & range Restock rounds Offline alerting Cashless payments Food registration VAT records Host statements Per-box P&L
// The arrangement

Five ways to work with us, one system behind all of them.

The difference between them is only who owns the fridge, who restocks it, and who carries the trade. Everyone gets the same visibility over what their box is doing.

Arrangement You bring We bring You get Suits
Hostwe operate The corner, and a plug. Fridge, stock, restocking, payments, insurance, food registration — everything. 10% of net sales, minimum £30 a month guaranteed. Paid within 5 working days of month end. Gyms, offices, student halls, hotels, launderettes.
Co-operateyour team restocks The corner, and a pair of hands to refill it. Fridge, stock, systems, compliance, and a login for whoever restocks. A larger share than hosting, set per site against the work your team takes on. Sites with staff already on the floor and steady footfall.
Leaseyou operate Your time, and the sites you can win. The fridge on a monthly lease, wholesale access, training, and the full back office. The trade is yours. No capital tied up in hardware. Anyone who wants a round of their own without buying machines.
Buyyou own outright The capital, and the ambition. Machines supplied through HaHa's UK distributor, configured and installed, plus the software and training. You own the assets and every penny of the trade. Operators building a fleet.
Software onlyyour fridges HaHa fridges you already run. Maimava on top: sales, stock, FIFO costs, VAT records, host invoicing, P&L. Your operation unchanged, minus the spreadsheets. Existing HaHa operators anywhere in the UK.

Host

We operate
You bringThe corner
We bringEverything else
You get10% of net sales, £30/mo minimum
SuitsGyms, offices, halls, hotels

Co-operate

Your team restocks
You bringThe corner + a pair of hands
We bringFridge, stock, systems
You getA larger share, set per site
SuitsStaffed sites, steady footfall

Lease

You operate
You bringYour time and your sites
We bringFridge on lease, stock, back office
You getThe trade, no hardware capital
SuitsA round of your own

Buy

You own outright
You bringThe capital
We bringMachines, setup, software, training
You getThe assets and the whole trade
SuitsBuilding a fleet

Software only

Your fridges
You bringHaHa fridges you already run
We bringMaimava back office
You getThe same operation, minus spreadsheets
SuitsExisting HaHa operators

Lease rates, machine prices and software pricing depend on the number of boxes and where they go, so we quote them in a conversation rather than printing a headline number nobody's site matches. What we will not do is model your earnings for you before we've seen the footfall — tell us about the site and we'll work it out together.

// Why bring us in

Small sites only work if the admin is free.

The industry's own floor is around a hundred employees before a micro-market stacks up. Ours is far lower, because the paperwork that usually eats the margin is automated.

Local, not a national round

We're in Bristol and restocking is a short drive, not a route van from another county. That's what makes a single box at a modest site worth serving.

The back office is the product

Maimava tracks every sale to the item, costs it against the actual supplier invoice, keeps the VAT records, and produces the host's statement and self-billed invoice each month.

It's live software running our own fridge today — not a slide.

Proven hardware

The cabinets are made by HaHa, who report more than 150,000 units in service worldwide with over 13,000 operators. We buy through their UK distributor and can supply partners the same way.

Compliance handled

Food business registration, allergen and date-code discipline, VAT treatment per product, host self-billing. On the arrangements we operate it's simply ours; on the ones you operate we set it up with you.

We find the sites

Finding a good corner is the hard part of this business, so we built the tooling for it — venues scored on footfall, access and fit before anyone knocks on a door.

Honest about our size

One box, live since June 2026, and a second wave of sites in progress. We'd rather tell you that than claim a fleet — everything above is either running today or supplied by a partner who has done it 150,000 times.

// How it starts

A conversation, then a look at the site.

01Talk

Fifteen minutes.

What you have — a site, time, capital, or fridges already running — and which of the five arrangements fits it. WhatsApp is usually fastest.

02Assess

We look at the numbers.

Footfall, access, power, the range that suits the crowd. You get our read on whether it works, including when the answer is that it doesn't.

03Go

Install and trade.

One page of terms, an hour to install, and the box starts trading. Everyone with a stake in it gets a login showing exactly what it's doing.

// Straight answers

The questions we actually get.

Who is Sidobox?
Sidobox is the vending operation of WooSee Limited, a company registered in England and Wales (no. 14364528). We're based in Bristol; our first box has been trading at Clifton Rugby Club since 5 June 2026.
What does it cost to host a box?
Nothing. No rental, no deposit, no electricity charge, no staff time. You get 10% of net sales with £30 a month guaranteed, on a 12-month agreement that then runs monthly. The full host terms are here.
How much will a box earn?
It depends almost entirely on footfall and who walks past, so we won't quote you a figure for a site we haven't seen — the honest answer to "what would I make?" comes after the site assessment, and we'll show you the workings rather than a brochure number.
I want to run boxes but I don't have a site yet.
That's normal, and site-finding is the part we've invested most in. We score venues on footfall, access and fit, and we can point a new operator at the ones worth approaching.
Who handles food registration and VAT?
On the arrangements we operate (Host and Co-operate) it's ours — you don't register anything. On Lease and Buy you're the food business, and we set the registration and the VAT treatment up with you; the software then keeps the records and produces the paperwork. We're operators, not accountants, so anything that turns on your own tax position belongs with yours.
What is Maimava, and do I have to use it?
Maimava is the back office we built for this business — sales to the item, FIFO costing from your supplier invoices, VAT records, host statements and self-billed invoices, per-box P&L and offline alerts. It comes with every arrangement. It also stands alone on HaHa fridges you already own, which is the fifth way in the table above.
Do you only work around Bristol?
For boxes we stock ourselves, yes for now — the round has to stay short to be worth running. Lease, Buy and Software-only aren't limited that way: the systems work wherever you are in the UK.
What happens if a site turns out to be quiet?
On a box we operate we take it away at our cost and restore the corner — no exit fee and no argument. On an arrangement you operate, the assessment is where we're candid about that risk, and the numbers are visible from day one so nobody discovers it six months late.
// Talk to us

Tell us what you've got, and we'll tell you straight.

A site, an idea, a fleet, or just a question — this reaches the person who runs it, not a call centre. Usually answered the same day.

Start a conversation

Two minutes. We'll come back with what we think fits, even if that's "not this site".

What brings you here? *
Either email or phone — whichever you'd rather we used.

Or just message us.

Most of this is quicker said than typed. WhatsApp reaches the person who stocks the fridges.

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