The introduction of vending machine

A vending machine is a machine that can automatically pay for goods based on the amount of money invested. Vending machines are commonly used equipment in commercial automation, which are not limited by time and location, and can save manpower and facilitate transactions. It is a new form of commercial retail, also known as a 24-hour mini supermarket. There are four common types of vending machines: beverage vending machines, food vending machines, comprehensive vending machines, and cosmetics vending machines.

Vending machines are a new form of commercial retail that developed in Japan and Europe and America in the 1970s. It is also known as a 24-hour mini supermarket. In Japan, 70% of canned beverages are sold through vending machines. The world-renowned beverage company Coca Cola has 500000 vending machines worldwide.

Across Japan, there are a total of 5.5 million vending machines (according to 1998 statistics), with sales reaching 689.69 billion yen and 48.87 million yen, ranking first in the world. Operate on the display screen of the vending machine, input the commodity number and purchase quantity, and put in the coin, the commodity will come out of the pickup port, and even hot noodles and rice balls can be bought from the food vending machine.