Chicago’s Garvey Food Court has a McDonald’s, a Dunkin Donuts and a vending machine that sells kale. At the Garvey Food Court in downtown Chicago–a somewhat bleak place that Yelp reviewers call ...

Taken together, the vending stories of 2025, and the outlook for 2026, suggest an industry that is steadily redefining its ...

Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. The vending machine is not our most cutting-edge technology. But it’s one that we can’t seem to quit ...

If you think vending machines are only stocked with chips, candy, and soda, think again. These days, vending machines distribute all sorts of goods from cupcakes to crabs, burritos to caviar, and ...

Likely targeting a more affluent clientele than the makers of the pizza vending machine or the Twitter-activated iced tea vending machine, a company called Beverly Hills Caviar has developed and ...