diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Cargo/cargo_food.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Cargo/cargo_food.yml
index 890d64589e..059c983402 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Cargo/cargo_food.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Cargo/cargo_food.yml
@@ -97,3 +97,13 @@
   cost: 2000
   category: cargoproduct-category-name-food
   group: market
+
+- type: cargoProduct
+  id: CrateFoodSustenance
+  icon:
+    sprite: Objects/Consumable/Food/mre.rsi
+    state: mre-closed
+  product: VendingMachineRestockSustenanceVendor
+  cost: 800
+  category: cargoproduct-category-name-food
+  group: market
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Cargo/cargo_vending.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Cargo/cargo_vending.yml
index 393120430c..40c4adb2e4 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Cargo/cargo_vending.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Catalog/Cargo/cargo_vending.yml
@@ -323,3 +323,17 @@
   cost: 600
   category: cargoproduct-category-name-service
   group: market
+
+- type: cargoProduct
+  id: CrateVendingMachineRestockSustenance
+  icon:
+    sprite: Objects/Specific/Service/vending_machine_restock.rsi
+    state: base
+  product: VendingMachineRestockSustenanceVendor
+  container:
+    entity: WrappedParcel
+    containerId: contents
+  cost: 800
+  category: cargoproduct-category-name-service
+  group: market
+  
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Specific/Service/vending_machine_restock.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Specific/Service/vending_machine_restock.yml
index 727d1f2e2e..e7f1439ed7 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Specific/Service/vending_machine_restock.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Specific/Service/vending_machine_restock.yml
@@ -494,3 +494,20 @@
     - state: green_bit
       shader: unshaded
     - state: refill_medical
+
+# starcup: added sustenance vendor restock
+- type: entity
+  parent: BaseVendingMachineRestock
+  id: VendingMachineRestockSustenanceVendor
+  name: Sustenance Vendor restock box
+  description: A box loaded with the worst of the worst in terms of... "sustenance." They couldn't even bother to paint anything unique on the box. Load it into a Sustenance Vendor to begin.
+  components:
+  - type: VendingMachineRestock
+    canRestock:
+    - SustenanceInventory
+  - type: Sprite
+    layers:
+    - state: base
+    - state: green_bit
+      shader: unshaded
+    - state: refill_snack
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Machines/vending_machines.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Machines/vending_machines.yml
index e5ecb07ede..ffcb5b0f7c 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Machines/vending_machines.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Machines/vending_machines.yml
@@ -1140,6 +1140,7 @@
     normalState: normal-unshaded
     ejectState: eject-unshaded
     denyState: deny-unshaded
+    initialStockQuality: 0.8
   - type: Sprite
     sprite: Structures/Machines/VendingMachines/sustenance.rsi
     layers: