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In The News

Who’d Love a Giant Vending Machine?

Thanks to F Stop Press for allowing me to use their images.

Image Credit:  F Stop Press

Image Credit: F Stop Press

 

I just had to comment after spotting the story on the news yesterday about the Giant Vending Machine that engineer Peter Fox invented for himself because he couldn’t get a manufacturer to make one.    It’s classed in the line of Automatic Shops, whereby people can get goods where there are no shops.

What’s not to love?  Peter Fox also gets automatic notifications when stock is running low and needs to be replaced, so I imagine he is also the stockist.

Yes, someone would need to take responsibility for the stocking and ordering, and I’d be really interested to find out just how that works for smaller quantities, but I really do like the idea.

It really is a whole new wee store in itself, and it seems to have rocked up in two Ashbourne areas.  One in Clifton, a wee village in Derbyshire, and from the website, I can see there is also one in Mayfield Road, Ashbourne.  The automatic shops are selling product ranges from 7-up, to milk, gravy granules, beans, ketchup, breakfast cereal, toilet roll and even a brolly in Clifton.

I do have to admit to sometimes using the self serve tills at shops if I only one or two things to put through.  Quite often, my face goes red as either the food won’t scan, or the machine won’t take my notes, or the weighting bagged area doesn’t recognise the item I just placed into it.

I’ve also written about my experiences with some supermarket converyor belts which drive me crazy, but tech blips aside, having a local giant vending machine on hand seems a great idea to me.

I think what impressed me the most is the ability to sell eggs as well as milk, bread and other necessities.  With the demise of local shops in outlying areas, getting hold of the daily basics can often mean that it’s just a chore to go the distance of any of the larger supermarkets.

It takes cards as well as cash and Peter has designed the shop so that eggs don’t get broken on the way down.

Rod Kirkpatrick. F Stop Press

Image Credit: Rod Kirkpatrick. F Stop Press

 

I can think of a few problems that might come up, like a stuck machine, card being swallowed, vandalism or something mechanically going wrong, but on the whole, I think the downsides are massively overshadowed by the benefits these can bring to smaller communities without a dedicated shop.

Being a total Internet geek, it made a lot of sense for me to read that Mr Fox also lets customers see what stock is in the automatic shop before they head out.  How fabulous would that be for the busy mum needing to dress toddlers to pick up some milk, or making sure that you don’t have to step out in the rain to get some much needed bread for school lunches the next morning?

I love the idea.  What do others think?

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  1. Looking for Blue Sky says

    April 4, 2014 at 10:01 pm

    I think they would be very useful, but I would still prefer an actual shop!

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  2. Susan Mann says

    March 24, 2014 at 4:38 pm

    I saw this article the other day and when I saw your post I had to stop by to see what others thought. Now I know it’s going to take away jobs, etc from people serving in shops, but it looks great. How can go any time you need it and see what’s available. I love the idea.

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    • Scottish Mum says

      March 24, 2014 at 6:34 pm

      I think the intention of these seems to be to give people an option if they live where the shops have shut down because of the big supermarkets a few miles away. I know when our local shop closed for refurb, it was a right thought to head to the nearest Tesco if we ran out of milk, so I can see it being handy where there is no shop locally at all.

      I doubt they’d be popular in areas where there is a local shop though as being served by a person is always the nicer touch. I guess only time will tell.

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  3. Scottish Mum says

    March 24, 2014 at 2:25 pm

    I’d love it. There should be one of these at the end of every street lol (wishful thinking)

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  4. Claire says

    March 24, 2014 at 2:21 pm

    love it!!

    the speed and ease would be a godsend!!

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  5. Beth @plasticrosaries says

    March 24, 2014 at 12:10 am

    I’d love one but I’d also like an ATM attached for purely selfish reasons that we have neither facility near enough!

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    • Scottish Mum says

      March 24, 2014 at 9:40 am

      The ATM attached would be a great idea I think. The one here is in a pub car park, so there probably is some way nearby to get dosh from.

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