Social Media Ideas for Vending Machines

Vending machines replace former newsstand spots in NYC subway stations

Grasshoppers, flowers, ramen to umbrellas: Why Japan has vending machines for everything

Japan has an impressive count of more than 2.6 million vending machines, providing a vast array of products for all kinds of consumers. Each machine is powered by advanced embedded...

What do you wish you could buy in vending machines?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions commits the cash and presses the buttons on a vital consumer dilemmaRead this week’s replies: What is the t...

Busy Baby Vending machine launches in UK

Vending machines coming to 26 subway stations to help refresh riders with snacks and beverages on the go

Straphangers hankering for a salty snack or a cold beverage as they traverse the subways face ever-dwindling options as more and more retail stalls in the system have gone dark in...

Prepango scores with FIFA merchandise vending machines

Automated retailer Prepango used its airport network, remote monitoring and regional sales data to put official World Cup products within reach of travelers nationwide.

New Japanese vending machine at Shinkansen station sells cups of ice on platform

A new way to make your journey on Japan’s fastest trains even cooler. If you’re about to take a bullet train ride on a hot summer day, you’ll be happy to know that Central Japan Ra...

Cupcake vending machine keeps bakery open after hours

From milk to sausage rolls: how vending machines could help tackle UK ‘food deserts’

Selling direct to public helps squeezed farmers control prices and improves access to food in rural areasFizzy drinks, packets of crisps and bars of chocolate: for decades, vending...

Evolvending lands at another airport

Another Alaska town deploys a wellness vending machine

British railway invests $12.2M in ticket vending machines

Prepango scores with FIFA souvenir vending machines

Automated retailer Prepango used its airport network, remote monitoring and regional sales data to put official World Cup products within reach of travelers nationwide.

How AI Can Save Traditional Vending

Vending is a volume business with thin margins, and a large share of operating costs goes on visits to machines that did not require service. Convenience services revenue reached $...

California Pizza Kitchen pizza vending machine lands at Dayton airport

Japanese vending machine sells freshly squeezed lemon juice with a futuristic light show

We test the sourness of the juice but get distracted by a surprise performance. Five years ago, Japan’s vending machine scene was taken up a notch with the birth of “Feed Me Orange...

California Pizza Kitchen announces major expansion of vending machine program

The casual-dining pizza chain is building 1,000 automated retail machines across 30 major U.S. markets over the next three years.

2nd public health vending machine coming to Wisconsin county

Popular pizza chain to deploy vending machines nationwide

The machines being rolled out at airports, universities, hospitals and other high-traffic locations over the next three years can make pizza in 90 seconds.

WeVend offers payment platform for laundry operators

売れる自販機は「1台」で考えない　JR東日本の駅ナカで育った“商圏”のヒミツ

自販機市場が縮小する中でも、売り上げを伸ばす自販機がある。そのカギは、自販機を「1台」で考えない独自の“商圏”づくり。JR東日本の駅ナカで磨かれた、意外な売り場の発想を聞いた。

「スターバックス専用自販機」日本初登場・全国展開

スターバックス・コーポレーションとサントリービバレッジ&フードは、日本で初めてとなる「スターバックス専用自動販売機」を9月中旬から全国で順次展開する。

The battle for the breakroom: Which automated retail model wins?

Micro-markets, smart coolers, connected vending machines and specialty food systems are giving employers and property managers far more choices when providing food. Consumers can a...

This vending machine makes a California Pizza Kitchen pizza in 90 seconds. Now 1,000 could be coming

Tucked in America’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, a California Pizza Kitchen-branded kiosk whips up barbecue chicken pizza; macaroni and cheese; and spaghetti, ku...