The Pot Shop appeared on Mansfield Road in Nottingham at the beginning of the month, joining other vending machines serving customers 24/7 in a refurbished shopfront in the city centre run by City Vend.
Read PostShop 24 is an exciting new vending concept, allowing a wide range of goods to be sold in a huge variety of locations, 24 hours a day, every single day, through a hybrid vending machine/convenience shop.
Read PostSay “Hello” to the Luce X2 Touch TV vending machine. Or, more accurately, let the Luce X2 say “Hello” to you. Developed by Rhea Vendors and supplied by Smart Vend Solutions, the Luce X2 is the world’s first machine to introduce facial recognition technology.
Read PostIn 1883, after our friend Simeon Denham had patented the first fully-automatic stamp machine, a fellow innovator named Percival Everitt decided to one up his compatriot by creating the first modern coin-operated vending machine. For a shilling or two, the machine would dispense postcards, notepaper and envelopes.
Read PostBelieve it or not, the earliest reference to a vending machine was in the First Century AD. Yes, you read that correct. Vending machines have such a lengthy history that their origin begins even before the peak of the Roman Empire.
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