The Problem With Fruit In Vending Machines

WSJ.com:

The big push for vending machines to sell healthier snacks has overlooked something: It isn't easy for a machine to deliver an unbruised banana.

The Wittern Group Inc., one of the biggest makers of vending machines, and fruit and vegetable marketer Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. say they are tackling this problem with a new machine specifically designed to dispense whole bananas and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables.

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Comments

[KIVPossum]

09:57 AM on 10/22/2010

Hops are a fruit, right? Barley's a fruit, isn't it? I get my fruits out of vending machine with no problem

[BebeLush]

12:22 PM on 10/22/2010

Homer Simpson: "Purple is a fruit."

[DavidMG]

09:55 PM on 10/21/2010

Wonderful idea
David Goldbeck
coauthor
"The ABC's of Fruits & Vegetables and Beyond"

[Blues02]

09:41 PM on 10/21/2010

I would still eat it if it were bruised but I mean...fruit in a vending machine? Sounds unsanitary.