When Tori Dunlap was just nine years old, her dad bought her a three-slot gumball vending machine — with the expectation that she would turn it into a “business” and pay him back over time. Little did ...

A gumball machine business can be a profitable venture for small business owners. The key is finding the best locations for your gumball business. Most gumball machine owners will start a gumball ...

Ah, the gumball machine. That tempting, rainbow-hued orb of treats that lurks outside every supermarket, dry cleaner and amusement park in America. Just a quarter gets you a sweet treat to bubble and ...

The next time you’re in line at Nifty Nut House in downtown Wichita, look up. Above you is an unofficial museum of gum, candy and nut vending machines. Some might call it Steve Jahn’s nutty obsession.

A proof-of-concept vending machine shows how we can dispense with cash for everyday purchases, skipping credit and debit cards altogether and going straight to electronic transfer. The vending machine ...

Vending machines debuted in the United States in 1888 when the Thomas Adams Gum Company installed machines in subway platforms in New York City. These machines dispensed stick or block shaped gum. It ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Who among us would imagine that chewing gum has ancient origins? Many cultures around the word used various substances as chewing gum. In the ...

If you've ever wanted fresh ink but been unsure of a design, now there's an app for that. Just kidding — but there is a tattoo vending machine available at Elm Street Tattoo Parlor in Dallas, Texas as ...

Have you ever thought about how the process of satisfying your hunger or meeting your nutritional needs sometimes become a victim of circumstances? Most of the time, we can prepare ahead, as in taking ...

ROCHESTER, NH (KRON) — Police are trying to figure out how prescription drugs ended up in a gumball vending machine. A child found pills inside of a prize that came out of a gumball vending machine at ...

Elm Street Tattoos in Dallas now has a vending machine for people who know they want a tattoo but are not quite sure what they want to get. See the video below -- Elm Street Tattoos in Dallas now has ...