Starting a business isn't easy — it takes a lot of hard work and can be a huge time commitment — but some ventures don't require as much funding, resources, or employees as others. Vending-machine ...

Jim Beck was excited when his family’s new business, Fresh Healthy Vending, got its first complaint. In May the Becks had installed their first vending machines at Montana State University, selling ...

Several leading snack-food makers have entered into a voluntary agreement to provide healthier options for school vending machines as part of an agreement with former President Clinton’s foundation ...

Vending machines aren't exactly known to have the healthiest options, but soon, they'll be stocking snacks that are better for people. The National Automatic Merchandising Association says starting in ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Ashley Nickelsen’s aspiration to reimagine typical vending machine snacks began with protein bars. Next up is a new spin on the classic peanut butter cup, formulated with functional ...

The MTA is rolling out vending machines at more than two dozen subway stations in the next year and a half, offering the hundreds of thousands of people who pass through them each day new snack and ...

BENSALEM, Pa. — Forget the clanging of coins. It’s more the sounds of silence at the vending machines in area schools these days. Many students aren’t buying the healthy snacks, fruit juices and water ...

A strange new spin on the vending machine has cropped up in the city of Grenoble: instead of dispensing soda and snacks, these sleek orange and black machines print out free short stories. Conceived ...

'The Shards' trailer: Ryan Murphy spins a tale of sex, murder, and the 1980s Instead of getting up to go to the snack machine, what if the snack machine came to you? Tortoise Mobile Smart Stores are ...