Make sure you join candymachines.com at the 2010 International Pizza Expo! We look forward to seeing everyone at the Las Vegas Convention Center (March 2 – 4, 2010). We will have two booths there (687-786) with all sorts of goodies :-), so stop by and say hello!
March 2 – 4, 2010
Booth Numbers: 687-786 – side by side end cap, so we are visible on 3 sides!
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas, Nevada
If you’re a pizzeria operator looking to improve your business or if your business provides equipment or services to the pizza industry, you’ve come to the right pl
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Some History Of The Vending Machine
Nov 10, 2009
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Here is some of the brief history of the vending machine that is quite interesting.
In 215 BC, the ancient Greeks invented an urn and placed it in an Egyptian temple, which dispensed a certain amount of holy water. It is considered as the first vending machine in recorded history.
In the early 1880s, the first coin operated vending machines were invented in London and they were vending machines that dispensed postcards.
Coin acceptor mechanisms that can distinguish real coins from fake ones, has made th
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History of Bulk Vending
Oct 15, 2009
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Bulk vending dates back to as early as the late 19th century. Vending machines were used widely in Europe before they became very popular in the US. In the early 1880’s, the first commercial coin operated vender came out in London stocked with postcards. In 1888, the Thomas Adams Gum Company introduced bulk venders to the US, using the machines to sell Tutti Frutti gum on elevated subway platforms in New York City. In 1897, the Pulver Mfg. Company added animated figures to its gum machines. In 1907, the round gumball, a staple product in modern vendin
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