Vending Machines

13 Disastrous Vending Machine FAILS

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.14.2012

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Ah, vending machines. Is there anything more frustrating in the middle of the work day than watching a delicious Twix hang from its wrapper on E7? Or ...

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Candy For Everyone! Boy Crawls Inside Vending Machine, Distributes Items

Posted 02.08.2012

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Three-year-old Noah Jeffrey really wanted a toy, and he wasted no time trying to get it. The Australian boy climbed inside a vending machine in a ...

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WATCH: Vending Machine WIN

Posted 01.02.2012

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While waiting to catch the ferry at the British seaside town of Ryde, Isle of Wright, YouTuber JoannaEHarris91 and her friends noticed an incredible o...

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$7 Billion Vending Industry Goes Beyond Snacks And Sodas

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Small Business News and Trends, Vending Machine Innovation, Vending Business, Vending Machines, Retail Vending, Small Business News

With over 29,000 vending-related businesses in the U.S., the industry is experiencing a revival, thanks to new, fun technology that makes vending an i...

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District May Ease Junk Food Ban Amid Profit Loss

Posted 12.14.2011

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The Seattle School District is considering rewriting a policy enacted in 2004 that removed junk food from public schools, citing the ban's huge cut to...

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The Dorm Room Bar: Pumpkin Latte

Small Kitchen College | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Holidays, Latte, Kitchens, Vending Machines, Recipes, Soda, Starbucks, Pumpkins, Coffee, Vodka, College News

You know it's the holiday season when Starbucks unveils their red holiday cups and pumpkin lattes. Instead of running out to the nearest coffee shop, let's make this pick-me-up ourselves.

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Steak Vending Machine Dispenses Affordable And Convenient Meat

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 01.08.2012

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Meat lovers, forget the long wait at the butcher. Now you can buy everything from New York strip steaks to juicy pork chops out of a vending machine. ...

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Pizza Vending Machines: They Exist, But Would You Use Them?

Posted 12.06.2011

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There's nothing like a piping hot pizza (well, except when it's a piping hot pizza that burns the roof of your mouth). But somehow piping hot pizza th...

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11 Coolest Vending Machines Of The Future

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 11.19.2011

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Vending machines: They're not just for stale Cheetos anymore. The National Automatic Merchandising Association's Gratitude Tour, a traveling exhib...

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PHOTOS: Vintage Vending Machines

Posted 11.16.2011

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With all this talk about newfangled "social" vending machines, we find ourselves nostalgic for the vending machines of yore. Our friends at LIFE.com p...

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Schools, Businesses Opting For Healthy Vending Machines

Posted 09.14.2011

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Studies have consistently shown that when people eat healthy food, they increase productivity at work and get better test performance in students—wh...

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Pepsi's Social Vending Machine

Posted 07.06.2011

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Vending machines just got a whole lot more complicated, thanks to Pepsi's new Social Vending System. In addition to regular, old-fashioned soda vendin...

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Japanese Vending Machine Grows Vegetables, Without Sun

Nest | Posted 05.25.2011

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The machines went on sale last summer in Japan for around $90,0000. The lighting equipment, culture solution, and temperature can be controlled for ea...

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The Problem With Fruit Vending Machines

WSJ.com | By ILAN BRAT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bananas, Fruit, Vending Machines, Fruit Vending Machines, Food News

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...

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Live Crab Vending Machine

Eater.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Banana vending machines are cool and all, but in Nanjing they've got one that sells live crabs. One Shanghai Hairy Crab costs between the equivalent o...

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A Fruitful Answer to Obesity

James K. Glassman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Fruit, Vending Machines, Vegetables, Childhood Obesity, Obesity, Mcdonalds, Dole Foods, Food News

Companies like Dole and McDonald's are already showing the way, but they need help.

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7 Tips To Keep Your Children Healthy At School

Janice Taylor | Posted 11.17.2011

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We can't blame our children for wanting to hit the vending machines, but we can take action and help put and keep our children on the healthy path! Seven tips to keep your child healthy.

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Become a $5 Art Collector With the Art-o-mat

Thea Joselow | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the Luce Foundation Center, a room with free coffee, an eclectic group of sculptures and a strange glow, I found myself in front of an old cigarette vending machine with a new life.

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Standard Hotel Introduces Bathing Suit Vending Machines

refinery29.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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When we think of vending machines, we picture the slightly rusted, humming, and moody contraption that lived in our high-school snack bar, where the o...

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'Vending Machines' Book Shows CRAZY Vending Machines From Around The World

Boing Boing | Lisa Katayama | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vending Machines is a fun book by Christopher Salyers that shows vending machines from around the world....

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New Vending Machines Keep Drinks Cold Without Warming Planet

Mother Nature Network | Robynne Boyd | Posted 05.25.2011

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The kingpin of soda, the Coca-Cola Co., is changing the face, and footprint, of the refrigeration industry by replacing its conventional fleet of vend...

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Rachel Ray Goes To Capitol Hill To Lobby For Good Food

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Celebrity chef Rachael Ray says she has a big mouth. And she used it Tuesday to ask lawmakers for more money to improve school lunc...

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Farmers Use Vending Machines To Sell Produce

Mother Nature Network | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an effort to save money and labor, a farm in Germany has begun selling produce from vending machines. ...

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There's Gold in Them Hills...I Mean, Vending Machines

Reyne Haines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Currency, Gold, Antiques, Collecting, Coins, Vending Machines, Style News

A German firm, TG-Gold Supr Markt, installed vending machines in the Frankfurt Airport. What does it dispense? You guessed it: gold bars!

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Best Idea Ever? Flat Shoe Vending Machines

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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A great night out grooving on the dance floor can result in sore soles and a throbbing tumble out the door. Two British companies are capitalizing on ...

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