It seems the new coalition government may be considering revoking the ban on cigarette Vending Machines due to come into force in October 2011. Vending provides a number of significant end user advantages, including accessibility, availability, usually a good range of product choices as well as the potential to control access to the products being [...]
THE VENDING MACHINE AND THE SKUNK WHISPERER!
August 27th, 2010A Tulsa resident in the USA had quite a shock when she went to use her local Pepsi Vending Machine and found a furry paw reaching out to her. Two young raccoons had decided to make the vending machine their home and the local “Skunk Whisperer” was called in to coax them out with the [...]
VENDING MACHINES SPOT FAKE £1 COINS.
August 23rd, 2010Following Richard’s recent blog commenting on the decision by the Royal Mint to introduce new 5p and 10p coins in 2011 which involves work on literally millions of coin mechanisms for every thing from Hot Drinks Vending Machines through to parking meters and ticketing machines it appears the Mint may have a more pressing problem [...]
VENDING MACHINES FOR BOOKS NOT CIGARETTES.
August 17th, 2010As tens of thousands of cigarette Vending Machines become obsolete with their gradual banning across Europe at least one enterprising book publisher has found an interesting alternative use for some. A while back I blogged about an artist in the USA who was using a converted cigarette vending machine to sell small works of art [...]
NEW 5p AND 10p COINS ARE COMING SOON!
July 27th, 2010In their wisdom the HM Treasury have recently approved the proposal to introduce new 5p and 10p coins scheduled for release into circulation in January 2011.
To you and I the coins will look very similar as they will be the same size and shape, but to an electronic coin mechanism they will appear to be [...]
VENDING MACHINE THAT IS BOUND TO BE GRAFFITIED!!!!
July 15th, 2010One of the most unusual Vending Machine uses I have come across to date is the Graffomat which may or may not be a spoof idea. They claim to offer spray paint, marker pens and even gloves, hats and ski masks to ensure the budding graffiti artist remains anonymous!
At KSV our Vending Machines are far [...]
VENDING MACHINE INSPIRED THE BANK ATM.
July 8th, 2010In recent weeks we saw the sad passing of John Shepherd-Barron, a man most of us will never have heard of despite the equipment he invented becoming an integral part of our lives over the past forty years. Shepherd-Barron worked for De La Rue, famous for producing Bank Notes and other forms of security printing [...]
VENDING MACHINES AND THE “NANNY STATE”.
June 30th, 2010A cup of hot sweet tea has for years been the traditional support for people suffering from stress or some form of upset. How many times will you have heard someone say “don’t worry, sit down and have a nice cup of tea”. Although not recommended for people actually suffering from shock a sweet hot [...]
BUDGET BLUES? TRY THE SMILE ACTIVATED VENDING MACHINE
June 22nd, 2010Well, maybe today’s Budget was not as bad as many of us feared with VAT not increasing until next year and with the scope for it remaining the same. That should mean your favourite hot drink from KSV will still be vat-free!
Quite how well a new ice cream Vending machine unveiled yesterday by Unilever will [...]
