A vending machine is a machine that dispenses items such as snacks, drinks, cigarettes and lottery tickets to consumers after money, a credit card, or a specially designed card is inserted into the machine. The first modern vending machines were developed in England in the early 1880s and were used to sell tobacco and cigarettes. Vending machines soon spread to other countries, and by... https://www.globalinsightservices.com/reports/vending-machine-market