New Vending Machine Regulation: Taiwan

Many vending machines in Taiwan will now be subject to a new law following recent regulation changes made by the government.  The new regulation comes in to affect this month and states that all public drinks vending machines in Taiwan will now be required to have a recycle-bin situated within 50m of the machine. As [...]

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! We hope you all had a good Christmas, and we would like to thank our customers for their support throughout 2010. There is a great deal in store for the New Year, here at Intelligent Vending. With a new website in development and many exciting new products to be added to [...]

Crab Vending Machines: Part 2

In our last post, we spoke about the recently reported live crab vending machines in China. Now another crab vending machine has been brought to our attention; this vending machine is from – you guessed it – Japan. A video of this vending machine can be seen at the following link: Crab Vending Machine in [...]

Live Crab Vending Machines

A vending machine selling live crabs has been installed in a shopping centre in Nanjing, China. The Chinese Mitten Crab – also known as the Shanghai Hairy Crab – is considered a delicacy in the region and needs to be served fresh. In an attempt to take advantage of its high demand, one unnamed businessman [...]

Vending Machine Swallows Boy

Last Sunday, fire-fighters had to rescue a 9 year old boy from a vending machine in Wisconsin, USA. The vending machine was a typical claw machine, commonly found in amusement arcades. For those who are unfamiliar with the machines, the aim is to try and manipulate a grabbing arm to pick up prizes and drop [...]

Free Vending Machines

If you are looking for a no-hassle free drinks vending machine solution for a UK mainland site, our full service package might be just what you need. If your site or business location is busy enough, you may qualify for our fully managed, free drinks vending service. This service comes at absolutely no cost and [...]

Wine Vending Machines en France

The French are well known for their love of wine. Back in 2008, wine enthusiast Astrid Terzian developed the idea of wine vending machines (or ‘distributeurs automatiques de vin’) for use in French supermarkets. The vending machines store a large quantity of wine (up to 1000 litres), which can be dispensed – or pumped – [...]