Odenville, Ala. Butcher Installs Meat Vending Machine
Nov. 2, 2011
A butcher in Odenville, Ala. installed a vending machine where shoppers can buy steak or sausages using cash or credit card and pay $2.49 for pork steaks, $3.99 for an 8-ounce sirloin or $5.99 for a 12-ounce ribeye steak.
A butcher in Odenville, Ala. installed a vending machine where shoppers can buy steak or sausages using cash or credit card and pay $2.49 for pork steaks, $3.99 for an 8-ounce sirloin or $5.99 for a 12-ounce ribeye steak, according to The Birmingham News in Birmingham, Ala. For the full story, click here.
Editor’s Insight: Here is another non-traditional use for vending machines: fresh meat for home preparation.
The photo in this story shows a carousel type fresh food machine equipped with a cashless card reader.
No doubt, the ability to monitor sales remotely played a role in this merchant’s decision to offer expensive, perishable food in a vending machine.
Technology has given a host of new uses for vending machines. 11-01-11
