Built for nightclubs, dive bars, and late-night venues. Your POS, your sale, 25% to your bar. We handle the machine, the inventory, and the compliance.
Book a 10-minute callFounding venue signed · Kitchener-Waterloo · Compliant under SFOA s.10(2)(b) · Reviewed by Toronto Public Health
How it actually works
Most venue equipment proposals get vague about who does what. Here it is in two columns. No fine print, no surprises.
Partnership terms
Your bar collects $30 from the customer through your own POS. You keep $7.50 (25%). Cho's gets the rest by e-transfer at month-end.
No purchase, no lease, no maintenance fees. We supply the machine and the inventory and handle every service visit.
One-year initial term with automatic renewal. Either side can exit with 30 days written notice. No early-termination penalty.
Installation, restocking, maintenance, compliance, and reporting handled entirely by Cho's. Your bartenders do nothing they don't already do.
Compliance
Every aspect of the operation is structured under federal and Ontario regulatory requirements. The venue is a designated agent under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act — Cho's is the licensed seller and carries the regulatory load.
Federally compliant products. Bilingual packaging. Excise-duty stamped. Single SKU. Product specifics shared with licensed venue operators on request.
Staff-operated only. The machine is inert without an RF unlock from venue staff. Compliant with Section 10(2)(b) of the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017.
Mint and tobacco flavours only. No fruit, no candy, no flavour-restricted SKUs.
19+ verified at the POS. Handled by venue staff using the AGCO age-check process already in place at every licensed Ontario establishment.
Registered Ontario corporation, HST-registered with the CRA, operating in good standing.
Public-health engagement. Cho's Vending operates under written guidance from Ontario public health authorities under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017. Every regulatory deliverable is on file.
Venue exposure: zero. Cho's is the licensed principal seller and the designated party on every regulatory filing and inspection. Under the SFOA agency model, the indemnity flows from Cho's to the venue — not the other way around. The venue's only role on the regulatory side is the same 19+ ID check the bar already performs at the POS for every other age-restricted product.
Questions every bar owner asks
No. Vapour-product sales fall under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, not the Liquor Licence and Control Act. AGCO does not regulate vapour-product retail. Our model has been reviewed by Toronto Public Health.
Cho's. The machine is set up under SFOA s.10(2)(b) agency designation — the venue acts as our designated agent for the sale, and Cho's is the licensed principal seller. The product-liability indemnity flows from Cho's, not from the venue.
That said, no machine ever dispenses without a venue-staff unlock. The same 19+ ID check your bartenders already perform at the bar covers the vape sale.
Yes. Either side can terminate with 30 days written notice. There is no early-termination penalty. After the initial 12-month term, the agreement auto-renews — and the same 30-day exit applies.
About 30 seconds of work per sale. The customer asks for a vape, the bartender does the 19+ ID check they already do, rings the $30 on your POS, presses the unlock button on a small remote, and hands the product over. Then they press lock. That's it.
No restocking. No inventory counting. No cash handling beyond what they already do for any other product on the bar.
Cho's owns the machine and the inventory and carries the insurance. If a unit is damaged in a normal venue context — accidental knock, equipment failure — that's on us. We replace it. Wilful destruction by the venue is the only exception in the agreement, and it's standard contract language.
Customer pays your bar $30 at the moment of sale, through your normal POS. The cash lives in your till like any other sale. At the end of each month, we reconcile the unit count with you, and your bar e-transfers Cho's our 75% share — within 7 business days of month-end. You keep your 25% the entire time without ever moving money.
No. Cho's handles every regulatory filing and is the named party in any compliance correspondence. The venue does not file with AGCO, with Public Health, or with the CRA in connection with the machine. The only thing on the venue's side is the existing 19+ check.
A single SKU at launch — keeping inventory clean and compliance airtight. Product specifics are shared with licensed venue operators on request. The range will expand over time, and venues will be consulted before any new SKU is added to a machine that's already installed.
Fair question. The machine sits behind the bar — staff-operated only, with no signage on the premises, no display advertising, and no proactive staff promotion. Patrons see it but can't operate it; sales happen when they ask the bartender. If your floor staff aren't comfortable with it, or if first-month volume tells us the venue isn't a fit, we take the unit out without drama. The 30-day exit clause covers that.
Get in touch
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Ryan Cho — Founder
About
Cho's Vending Inc. is an Ontario corporation founded in 2026 by Ryan Cho — the sole director and shareholder. We operate one product line in one province with one objective: deploy staff-operated vape vending into licensed bars and nightclubs the right way, with the regulatory paperwork in place from day one.
Your bar gets the revenue without inheriting the regulatory work. The staff-operated agency model under SFOA s.10(2)(b) is the structure that makes that possible — it puts every compliance obligation on Cho's, and the legal architecture is built before the machine arrives. Toronto Public Health reviewed our setup and confirmed the framework holds. Region of Waterloo Public Health is engaged ahead of our first install. That's the part the venue never has to think about.
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