We’ve shown you some crazy things on this blog come out of snack and drink vending machines. We’ve shown you drink vending machines that distribute entire bottles of wine. We’ve shown you snack vending machines that distribute different kinds of baby carrots. We’ve shown vending machines that provide camera film,
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The Many Cancelled Flavors of Mountain Dew
We’ve written on this blog before about some of the items you can no longer find in drink vending machines. From New Coke to Fruitopia, the list of sodas that have been discontinued is long and depressing for the fans of sugary carbonated good-ness. And while one of the most
Life Lessons: Don’t Cheat the Vending Machines
It’s bad enough getting caught doing something illegal, but it’s even worse when you get caught in a particularly compromising position, like, say with both your arms crammed into a drink and snack vending machine, like Homer here: Worse still, since you’re probably not a cartoon, calling for help will
The Conveniences of Vending Machines
Remember that episode of The Office where Jim put all of Dwight’s belongings in the snack vending machine? Well, it got me to thinking, Hey, that’s not a bad idea. Office supply vending machines! It’s a million-dollar idea! Naturally it’s already been thought up. There are vending machines that pop
Veggie Vending Machines
When it comes to who has the crazier snack vending machines, the heat is on. Literally. It’s on the heads of lettuce that Japanese vending machines have been churning out for the past few months. According to TreeHugger.com: “The portable fluorescent garden is on sale for $90,000, with the target
What’s In Your Vending Machine?
If you think wine in drink vending machines is crazy, get a load of what China has started vending. Yep, that’s right: Live crabs. They’re kept alive but sedated at 5°C (41°F) and sell for about $2 a pop. The machines have been installed at various underground rail stations in Nanjing.
Vending Machines For Sale Of Wine Now Available In Pennsylvannia
Just read this story from ABC Local in Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia: “A tiny revolution took place at 11:00 a.m. Saturday in Drexel Hill. For the first time ever in Southeastern Pennsylvania, a customer purchased wine from a vending machine at a supermarket. The wine kiosk that opened this morning, right next
OK Soda Was Just…. OK
Was it good? Eh. Was it bad? Eh. It was just…OK. Perhaps that’s why this former inhabitant of drink vending machines never made it: OK Soda Pop. I mean, I’m not one to judge-a-book-by-its-cover, but how did you expect this to work when the soda’s NAME is literally just OK?
Lost Drink Vending Machine Items: Mello Yello
This week we’re going to go back to one of your favorite features on this blog; taking a stroll down drink vending machines memory lane. This week’s featured snack vending machine item: Mello Yello. Remember a few months back when we discussed Surge, the Coca-Cola brand product created to compete
Soda Vending Machine: Soda History Trivia
Love your soda vending machine? Here’s some trivia about the origins of some of your favorite soda drinks. Coca Cola – Coca Cola was first sold way back in 1886 at Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia. It was marketed as a medicine because at the time, it was thought that
Healthy Options in Snack Vending Machines
Years ago, snack vending machines were filled with nothing but M&Ms, Skittles, Doritos, and Mars Bars. Today, there are healthier options as well, like nuts, granola bars, dried fruit, trail mix, baked chips and crackers, dark chocolate, and even carrots. Let’s take a look at a few of our favorite
Snack Vending Machines and Ice Cream
In the summer, there’s no better sight than the sight of ice cream snack vending machines when you’re wanting a treat. Why? Ice cream makes people happy, of course. It looks good, and tastes great. When I was a teen, I worked in an ice cream parlor every summer, tirelessly
Prescription Drug Vending Machines For Sale? Not Quite Yet…
With all of the innovation in snack vending machines and drink vending machines, we were bound to see someone come up with the idea of prescription drug vending machines. In England, two types of the prescription drug dispensing machines are proposed to be introduced. There is currently one model being
Drink Vending Machines Lost Items: Fruitopia
In keeping with the theme from our posts a few weeks ago, we’re going to take a stroll down drink vending machines memory lane. Let’s go back to 1994: a time when a pre-Monica Lewinsky Bill Clinton was in the Oval office, people everywhere were wearing unfortunate Doc Martins and
The Robotic Vending Machine
Think vending machines are stationary? Well, think again! Think vending machines can’t speak? Well, think again! Japan loves its vending machines. Vending virtually everything from cigarettes to live lobsters, they have it all. But when it comes to a true classic like a refreshing can of Coca-Cola, they’ve kept some
These Aren’t Your Average Snack Vending Machines…
Think that snack vending machines and drink vending machines are limited to potato chips and cokes? Think again! Here are 3 snack vending machines and drink vending machines that really push the envelope in terms of what’s inside… 1) Pizza Vending Machines (Italy) – With this strange snack vending machine,
Vending Machine Dreams
I always dreamed of having my own vending machines for sale. Meaning that I would sell the items of the vending machines to my friends and self, and then collect the profits when it was time to refill the machine. I thought it would be so cool to have my
Health Changes in Vending Machines
Last week Michelle Obama hosted a national live web chat designed to alert parents to childhood obesity, one of the country’s most serious health epidemics. San Francisco, arguably the most liberal city in the country, banned sodas and sugar sweetened drinks from public-property drink vending machines. They were replaced with
Slake Your Thirst
You’re sitting at your cubicle, working on some reports. It’s hot outside. It’s summertime. Work is dragging along and it’s still too long to start looking forward to the end of the day. You need a pick me up, an ice cold soda, and maybe a chocolate bar. That would
Wine Vending Machines Hit Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is the first American state to introduce wine drink vending machines. These kiosks are in grocery stores, and work after you insert your ID and your driver’s license photo is matched with a picture taken by the kiosk camera. The drink vending machines also have breathalyzers that require no