One of the first vending machines most of us ever encountered involved a penny, a knob, and a colorful piece of gum. At one time, gumball machines could be found almost everywhere, from grocery stores ...

The ubiquitous vending machine has long sold snacks to office workers and people on the move. Now they're selling bigger consumer goods in "robotic stores." These are machines that sell items such as ...

Buying a vending machine business can mean buying an existing business in operation or buying the rights to open a franchise, where you still need to establish distribution locations. Lots of enticing ...

Forget a swim-up snack bar. This summer, Airheads is bringing its candy poolside with a completely submerged underwater vending machine. The candy company is debuting what it calls a ...