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Vending machines are the ultimate time saver when it comes to buying and selling food, drink and pretty much any other product. There's no need for the vending machine owner to pay staff to sell products and there's no need for consumers to be restricted to shop opening hours. In India, the newest product to be sold in them is gold coins and medallions which are bought as tokens to observe traditions on auspicious days. The machines are also available in China and interest is growing in them. It's food and drink though that is perhaps the most common thing to be sold in vending machines in the UK. They can be found in cinemas, leisure centres, schools, offices, hospitals and more. The technology has come along a lot from the days when only food and drink that is long-life and designed to be served at room temperature could be vended. Pizza machines which bake in 90 seconds are being trialled in New York and baguette vending machines are now selling bread in France. The technology for payment has also moved on a long way. Firstly, machines were able to offer change, removing the need for exact coinage, and then they were able to accept credit cards to take payment. Now, you can even pay by mobile phone - you get a special code texted to you and the charge for the item is then added to your phone bill. There are plenty of bizarre things to be found in modern vending machines. You can even hire hair straighteners that heat up for two minutes - perfect for making adjustments on a night out. The Dutch can borrow a bike from their Bikedispenser, which is ideal for a flat country obsessed by bicycles. You can even buy clothes from vending machines. Underwear, trainers and more are no problem even if the shops are shut. In the USA, it's also possible to get your prescription medication without intervention from a human. The solution is called InstyMeds and it allows you to cut out the queues at the pharmacy. Even live animals can be vended! In China, it's possible to buy live crabs. The crustaceans are kept chilled to put them into a less active state and they are packed into plastic boxes (with air holes). It is easy to see that modern vending machines have come a long way from the simple offerings of only a few years ago. With the current pace of technological advancement, who knows where they will be in the future! If you are looking for food and drink vending machines, try Revive Vending - a vending machine supplier in the South of England.
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