Ray Kroc pledged his house against a milkshake mixer at an age when most men were planning retirement, then spent three more ...

Touchscreen kiosks, self-checkout machines and QR-code menus were only here to help. The dream was that these self-service technologies would recommend food we’d like at McDonald’s and speed up CVS ...

Beer vending machines will be available outside section 130 at Empower Field during the upcoming Broncos season. (Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Gazette) The food and beverage experience for Broncos ...

Selling direct to public helps squeezed farmers control prices and improves access to food in rural areas Fizzy drinks, packets of crisps and bars of chocolate: for decades, vending machines were ...

White Castle is coming to a major gas station chain across the United States. Murphy USA, a gasoline company headquartered in Arkansas, recently announced that it has partnered with White Castle to ...

Look around next time you’re in a public space, you might see a pizza vending machine. California Pizza Kitchen, a chain often credited with popularizing BBQ chicken pizza, announced this week that it ...

Part of an occasional series that looks at farm-to-table dining in Iowa. On a Sunday morning at the Machine Shed in Urbandale, the air smelled like butter before the door even opened. Servers carried ...

A Chicago-based company that provides fresh meals through vending-machine-style smart fridges is expanding its presence in eastern Pennsylvania with plans to enter the Lehigh Valley market. Farmer’s ...

A robot is a machine that can carry out complex tasks automatically, helping people with work that is repetitive, detailed or potentially hazardous. From factory floors and hospitals to disaster zones ...