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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ALBANY Many of the breath mints, chocolate bars and sodas bought from vending machines won't be subject to sales tax under New York's new budget. Items purchased for less than $1.50 from automatic ...

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 ...

Few U.S. businessmen have more ostensible cause for self-congratulation than the men who run the automatic vending industry. Though an infant among U.S. industries, vending has already spawned 30 ...

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 ...