ALBANY Many of the breath mints, chocolate bars and sodas bought from vending machines won't be subject to sales tax under New York's new budget. Items purchased for less than $1.50 from automatic ...

Wall Street’s newest romance is with the automatic vending-machine industry, which is changing the eating and buying habits of America. Shares in vending companies have suddenly been tagged with the ...

If the portobello-and-goat-cheese sandwich doesn't drop at the Redbox vending machines that McDonald's has sprinkled around the Washington area, shaking the box isn't possible, and shooting it won't ...

Vending machines have certain advantages that make getting into the vending machine business attractive, particularly to beginning entrepreneurs with limited capital. However, there's also a lot of ...

Taiwan startup Yallvend is ready to promote its newly developed vending upgrade kits (VUK) designed to make vending machines smart and able to perform mobile payment functions, according to company ...

Thanks to the pandemic-era push toward contactless services, vending machines are no longer relegated to second-class status, tucked away in small, nondescript chambers next to an ice machine. Instead ...

On April 13, 1909, William Briggs patented the first automatic cigarette vending machine. Born in Maine, Briggs came to North Carolina by way of New York and New Jersey. Settling first in Fayetteville ...

Mikayla Walker was thinking outside the box when she moved to expand her beauty business of mink eyelashes and other cosmetics. For that, she actually took to a box − a large pink and black one that ...

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