Yuanyin Machinery | Zhangliang Malatang Jianbo L1-4F Cola Dispenser Implementation Case
Ⅰ. Store Profile
Zhangliang Malatang is a leading chain brand in China’s Chinese fast food sector. Founded in Harbin in 2008, it has more than 6,000 stores worldwide after over a decade of development, covering 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China and over 20 countries and regions overseas.
This cooperative store is a standard franchised outlet located in a core business district. It mainly operates self-selected weighed malatang with a variety of soup bases including classic bone broth, tomato soup and tom yum soup. Its daily customers are mainly young office workers, students and family diners, with peak dining hours concentrated at lunch and dinner, achieving an extremely high daily table turnover rate.
Malatang features rich and spicy hot flavors, creating strong consumer demand for icy, spicy-relief beverages. Drinks have become an indispensable supporting service for the store. The outlet sets high requirements for diversified flavor options, beverage dispensing efficiency, cost control and equipment stability.
Ⅱ. Core Pain Points Before Cooperation
1. High beverage costs eroding profits
The store previously provided bottled cola and bottled soda as complimentary drinks. The per-bottle procurement cost remained high. Given the already low customer unit price of malatang business, selling bottled drinks at retail prices was unattractive to customers; offering them as set-meal gifts left almost no profit in the beverage sector, even resulting in losses on every drink served.
2. Limited flavors failing to meet spicy & greasy relief demand
Bottled beverages come in fixed flavors with only a few options such as cola, unable to satisfy diverse taste preferences. Malatang’s spicy and stimulating taste naturally drives customer demand for refreshing flavors like lemon and passion fruit. The limited choices of bottled drinks caused the store to miss massive beverage consumption opportunities.
3. Low dispensing efficiency during peak hours & heavy operational burden
During lunch and dinner rushes, customers with hot freshly served malatang were eager to get drinks to relieve spiciness. Bottled drinks required uncapping, pouring and ice adding. Staff were overwhelmed by order serving, cashiering and restocking. Beverage service became an operational bottleneck and led to poor customer waiting experience.
4. Prominent warehousing & loss issues
Bottled beverages occupied the store’s already limited storage space. Frequent restocking increased workload, and loss of near-expiry drinks brought additional operating costs. For chain brands, inconsistent beverage specifications and tastes across stores also hindered standardized management.
Ⅲ. Solution Selection & Project Implementation
After in-depth communication between the store manager and Yuanyin’s technical team, considering the store’s passenger flow, counter space and beverage supply demands, the Jianbo L1-4F Four-Valve Tabletop Post-Mix Cola Dispenser was finally selected to fully match the store’s all-round operational needs.
1. Flavor Configuration
As a four-valve model, the Jianbo L1-4F is customized with four flavors targeting customers’ core demand for relieving spiciness and greasiness in malatang scenarios: Cola, Lemon Soda, Orange Soda, Passion Fruit. It balances classic popular tastes and refreshing featured flavors, fully covering diverse customer preferences.
2. Standardized Rapid Installation
Yuanyin’s after-sales team completed full-process standardized installation in accordance with the official installation guide for the Jianbo L1-4F. The equipment supports dual water source mode (tap water / barreled water) with no need for additional pipeline renovation. Installation and commissioning were finished within only 30 minutes, and the equipment was officially put into operation the same day without disrupting normal business.
3. Scenario Adaptation
The Jianbo L1-4F features simple one-touch dispensing with no complicated training required; staff can operate it proficiently right away. It supports continuous stable beverage output during peak hours, perfectly meeting concentrated drink demand at lunch and dinner rushes for malatang stores. Equipped with an integrated electric pump, it delivers efficient cooling recovery and a steady supply of icy cold beverages.
Ⅳ. Operation Effect & Feedback
1. Sharp cost reduction and remarkable profit growth
The cost per cup of cola dropped from 3 RMB per bottle to about 0.8 RMB per cup, driving a gross profit increase of over 70% for beverages. The store can match drinks with set meals or offer self-service unlimited refills. The cost-effective post-mix model has turned beverages from a cost burden into a new profit growth point.
2. Diversified flavors & higher customer satisfaction
The four flavor options fully meet core demands in malatang dining scenarios: classic cola for rigid demand, versatile orange soda, refreshing lemon soda for spiciness relief, and sweet-sour passion fruit for greasiness relief to create differentiated experience. Post-mix beverages maintain constant low-temperature cooling, allowing customers to enjoy icy carbonated drinks anytime — a perfect match for hot and spicy malatang. Both store reputation and repurchase rate have increased significantly.
3. Optimized dispensing efficiency & smoother peak operation
Four independent valves with one-touch operation eliminate tedious steps of uncapping, pouring and ice adding. Customers can self-serve drinks during peak hours without waiting for staff assistance, completely solving the efficiency bottleneck of beverage supply and further lifting the store’s table turnover rate.
4. Greatly reduced operational pressure
No need for large-scale stockpiling of bottled drinks, freeing up valuable in-store storage space and completely eliminating losses from near-expiry products. Daily cleaning and maintenance of the equipment are simple and convenient. Yuanyin provides lifelong technical support with no extra operational burden for the store. For consumables, the store only needs to purchase syrup regularly, and Yuanyin offers door-to-door service for syrup and CO₂ cylinder replacement.
Ⅴ. Customer Testimonial
Store Manager of Zhangliang Malatang:“When customers finish malatang, they feel hot and spicy and badly need an icy drink to cool down. We used bottled cola before — costly and with very few flavors; customers couldn’t even get lemon drinks. After switching to Yuanyin’s four-valve cola dispenser, we have cola, lemon, orange and passion fruit all available. Customers can serve themselves, and we never panic during peak hours anymore.
The cost has dropped from 3 yuan per bottle to just a few cents per cup, saving us a large sum every month on beverages. The machine takes up little space, and the installer finished everything in half an hour on-site. It’s really worry-free!”
Relevant Guidelines
Applicable Product: Jianbo L1-4F Four-Valve Tabletop Post-Mix Cola DispenserListed Price: 3300 RMBView 〖Equipment Installation Guide〗 on the official website of Yuanyin Machinery
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Issued by: Xiamen Yuanyin Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd.Release Date: May 2026
