Newsletter: Entering the Golden Age of Vending Machines
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DiGiorno Debuts Pizza Vending Machine, and It Looks a Whole Lot Like Basil Street Pizza
This week, Nestlé frozen pizza brand DiGiorno debuted its first-ever pizza vending machine, the DiGiorno To Go. When I looked at the machine and watched the video of the DiGiorno […]
Watch This Video of RoboBurger, a Robot Burger Vending Machine, Cooking Up Burgers
Over the past couple of years, there’s been no shortage of robotic vending machines cooking up everything from salads to bowl food to ramen to pizza. But, what we haven’t […]
Yo-Kai’s Self-Driving Ramen Vending Robot is Heading to the Super Bowl
Yo-Kai Express, a maker of robotic vending machines, debuted its autonomous mobile ramen vending robot this week. Named the Yatai, the robot made its appearance at Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, […]
Civic Technologies Powers Age Verification Tech in New Vending Machine
Something we’ve pondered here at The Spoon is how age verification might work for vending machines that sell beer or booze. We’ve seen other automated alcohol dispensers like Hop Robotics […]
Corona Vending Machine Only Dispenses a Drink if You Properly Order in Spanish
When it comes to automated alcohol vending, we’ve covered different ways machines could verify a person’s age, but we’ve never written about a machine that checks your Spanish pronunciation to […]
EBar Raises £670,000 for its Mobile, Automated Beer Vending System
EBar, the Aberdeen, U.K.-based beer vending machine company, announced today that it has raised a £670,000 (~$916,000 USD) equity round of funding. In an email to The Spoon, EBar Managing […]
Farmer’s Fridge Expands Outside the Vending Machine and Into Jewel-Osco
Farmer’s Fridge announced this week that its jars of salad are now on sale at Jewel-Osco stores in the Chicago, Illinois area. The news caught my eye because Farmer’s Fridge […]
Which Smart Vending Startup Will Be Acquired Next?
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Is the College Market Back in Session? Yo-Kai Express Installs Machines at U. of Arizona
Yo-Kai Express is heading off to college to feed hot ramen to hungry students. Over the weekend, company founder and CEO Andy Lin posted a picture on Linkedin of Yo-Kai’s […]
Exclusive: Yo-Kai Express to Launch Autonomous Mobile Vending Machine and Countertop Cooking Device
Yo-Kai Express, which started out as a robotic ramen vending machine, is expanding its offerings with the addition of a mobile, self-driving version of its vending machine as well as […]
VEAT Raises €0.5M Pre-Seed Round, Launches Vending Machine for Plant-Based Foods
Swedish startup VEAT, which makes vending machines that dispense plant-based grab-and-go food, announced today that it has raised a €0.5 million (~$.7 million USD) pre-Seed round of funding. Investors in […]
