Project Fi subscribers get free travel goodies. If you’re traveling through San José International Airport, you should stop by the new Project Fi vending machine. The Project Fi Travel Trolley (as it’s called) is located across from gate 25, and is handing out free travel goodies to Fi subscribers, including eye masks, socks, and charging… Read more »
Category: Automated Retail in the Media
“No debate: Doritos is latest to tie promotion to election” by Chris Woodyard, USA Today
If they get their way, the big winners in the presidential debate Monday night won’t be be Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. It will be advertisers who are theming promotions or ads around the election. The latest is Frito-Lay’s Doritos brand, which is announcing that it is teaming with Rock the Vote for a promotion… Read more »
“Bud Light Toasts Broncos Fans With Twitter Vending Machine Experience” from Vending Market Watch
Bud Light, the official beer sponsor of the National Football League, is kicking off the 2016 season by celebrating Denver Broncos fans with a series of prizes, including a Twitter vending machine. Sports Authority Field at Mile High has produced two Bud Light rooftop lounges on the structure’s fifth level, open free of charge to… Read more »
“Pizza ATMs? Art-o-mats? Vending machines deliver more than snacks, soda” by Allison Ward, The Columbus Dispatch
Last month, an upscale marketplace in San Francisco announced that it had begun selling baguettes in a vending machine, offering fresh and toasty bread at the push of a few buttons. More recently, the nation’s first “pizza ATM” arrived at Xavier University, setting off a flurry of news coverage and social-media buzz. Indeed, hot “artisan”… Read more »
“D-Backs add Twitter vending machine during select games at Chase Field” by Alexa D’Angelo, Phoenix Business Journal
If you’re looking to win prizes at the next Diamondback’s game, it’s now as simple as sending a tweet. The Arizona Diamondbacks have added a Twitter vending machine, sponsored by Manzanita Sol, that will give D-backs fans a chance to win themed prizes by tweeting a specific hashtag. The vending machine will be set up… Read more »
“JetBlue Adds Detroit as the Next Destination for Its ‘Soar with Reading’ Free Book Vending Machine Initiative” from Business Wire
Free Book Vending Machine Also Returns to Washington, D.C. Area In Partnership With Random House Children’s Books Soar with Reading Welcomes Celebrity Ambassadors Actress Victoria Justice and Athlete Justin Upton Public Can Choose the Next City to Receive Books in Online #BookBattle NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–JetBlue’s (Nasdaq:JBLU) award-winning Soar with Reading program launched today… Read more »
“Current And Future Trends In Vending Machines” by Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes
Current trends are likely to make future vending machines quite different. For example, the ‘TWEET FOR TREATS’ vending machine dispenses products based on Tweets. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for PEOPLE) Vending machines have long been a convenient and relatively low cost method of delivering food and drink. They have also been a source of… Read more »
“Teams giving gifts in exchange for 140 characters through Twitter Vending Machines” by Devin Beahm, Sporting News
At more and more sports venues across the country, all that stands between fans and free team swag is 140 characters and the send button. Over the past year, sports teams and organizations have taken the technology space by storm by trotting out Twitter Vending Machines to not only engage fans, but to allow for… Read more »