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