On December 16, 1884, 134 years ago today, William Henry Fruen, of Minneapolis, patented his "Automatic Liquid-Drawing Device." Designed to look like a building, Fruen's device dispensed mineral water ...

Wall Street’s newest romance is with the automatic vending-machine industry, which is changing the eating and buying habits of America. Shares in vending companies have suddenly been tagged with the ...

These are not your parents’ vending machines. Forget the image of feeding your cash into a machine and pulling out chips, cookies, pretzels or gummy bears. Two Long Island companies that manufacture ...

Would you like a total lack of human interaction with your takeout salad? Orlando-based company EnjoyRise has got you covered. According to a recent piece in the Orlando Sentinel (hat tip to Vending ...

Taiwan startup Yallvend is ready to promote its newly developed vending upgrade kits (VUK) designed to make vending machines smart and able to perform mobile payment functions, according to company ...

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If the portobello-and-goat-cheese sandwich doesn't drop at the Redbox vending machines that McDonald's has sprinkled around the Washington area, shaking the box isn't possible, and shooting it won't ...

Vending machines have certain advantages that make getting into the vending machine business attractive, particularly to beginning entrepreneurs with limited capital. However, there's also a lot of ...

In the beginning, archaeologists believe, the first breads were created using some of the most rudimentary technologies in human history: fire and stone. In the region that now encompasses Jordan, one ...

The idea of a pizza vending machine doesn’t sound half bad, but setting up one in Italy, where they practically invented pizza? Now that’s a recipe for disaster. One of Rome’s first automatic pizza ...

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Sun Vending Technology PCL engages in selling automatic vending machines. It operates through the Selling Products in the Vending Machines and Selling Vending Machines segments. It also provides ...