Farmers start selling fresh milk from 24-hour vending machines

Business is booming for dairy farmers who are adapting to the Covid pandemic by bottling up their profits in vending machines.  As supermarkets struggle to meet the demand for dairy, two family-run farms are serving their communities by selling milk fresh from the cow in self-serve dispensing machines.   Will Lambourne runs Townsend Farm in Marsh … Read more

Farmers cash in on Covid dairy drought with 24-hour vending machines

Business is booming for dairy farmers who are adapting to the Covid pandemic by bottling up their profits in vending machines.  As supermarkets struggle to meet the demand for dairy, two family-run farms have taken to selling milk fresh from the cow in self-serve dispensing machines.   Will Lambourne runs Townsend Farm in Marsh Gibbon, near Bicester … Read more

Restaurant installs Britain’s first ever pizza vending machine

Business owner unveils pizza vending machine that bakes fresh dishes in just THREE minutes in an effort to keep his restaurant afloat during lockdown Sina Kiaei, from Bristol, had to close restaurant for two months in first lockdown Said he tried to think of ways to adapt business for changing times in the crisis  Shipped … Read more

Mother buys a vending machine and makes her kids use their pocket money to pay

Mother buys a £100 second-hand vending machine and makes her four children use pocket money earned through chores to pay for their snacks in a bid to cut down on junk food Sarah Balsdon, 29, from Northumberland, paid £100 for an old vending machine  Mother-of-four makes her children use their pocket money for their snacks … Read more

Pizza vending machine says to rivals high-end pizzerias and can make a 10-inch pie in three minutes

Pizza vending machine that claims to rival high-end brick oven pizzerias can make a 10-inch pie in just three minutes Basil Street is piloting several pizza making vending machines in the US  The systems make a 10-inch pie in just three minutes using fresh ingredients Pizzas are flash-frozen in the machines and use a non-microwave speed … Read more

Lucozade launches vending machine with edible liquid-filled capsules instead of plastic bottles

Of 30 billion plastic bottles used by UK households each year, only 57 per cent are currently recycled. With half of these going to landfill, half of all plastic bottles that are recycled go to waste. Around 700,000 plastic bottles a day end up as litter. This is largely due to plastic wrapping around bottles … Read more