Vending Future – More Green With Fountain of the Future
In the future of vending machines, we could see some more "green" devices. The coolers on the new Coca-Cola machine, the "fountain of the future" or the new "Coca-Cola freestyle" as some call it, will use more Eco-friendly materials. They will try to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions on their future products. Overall, Coca-Cola has spent over $50 million dollars on research and development, searching for new and "greener" ways to improve their vending machines. They have already deployed some of these machines in test markets, to see how well they do. Coca-Cola has around 10 million vending machines with coolers world-wide Essentially what this could do is improve the marketability of vending machines. If you can get into a newer market, like offering "greener" machines, this might improve your vending profits. People like the appeal of something new and "greener." What Coca-Cola is giving them then is what they want--Eco-friendly vending machines. Just on the horizon, vending machines with future technology look to be a good buy. Touchscreen interfaces on the vending machines seem to be one of the most important newer features in the upcoming trends of vending machines.
by Carl Drummond
