Vending machines vary from country to country and in different countries vending machines dispense different things. In Australia  some vending machines dispense gem stones. In Japan which has the highest number of vending machines per capita, one for every 23 people there seems almost no limit to what can be sold by vending machines including: liquor, cans of beer, fried food, underwear, iPods, live lobsters, fresh meat, eggs and potted plants.

A common type of snack bar in the Netherlands is called automatiek and is similar to an automat. It has a wall lined with coin-operated machines. Each has a vertical row of little windows, with a (usually hot) snack behind each, e.g. a croquette, a frikandel or a hamburger.

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Safety

Modern vending machines have been extensively tested to prevent theft. They in effect act as a kind of large safe. Every year there a few incidents of accidents where vending machines fall on top of people. This is usually caused by people trying to break into the vending machine or from people hitting or shaking the machine.

People most commonly become angry with vending machines if they put money into the machine but they do not receive the goods they have paid for.

Vending machines are relatively easy to knock over because they tend to be weighted at the top with heavy can drinks for example, this means that many machines only need to be tipped by twenty degrees in order to fall over.

This can potentially cause accidents if the machine falls on a person. A fully loaded drinks machine can weigh over 400kg. A machine of this weight falling on a person can cause serious injuries and even death.

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Here are some key questions you should think about when you are choosing a drinks vending machine:

• How many people are going to be using the drinks vending machine?

• What types of drinks would you like to provide?

• Would you like people to pay for the drinks or provide them free of charge?

• Would you like to buy the drinks vending machine or rent it from a supplier?

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What size of drinks vending machines do I require?

The first factor to decide when choosing drinks vending machines is how many people are going to use the machine. The number of users of the drinks vending machines will most likely decide the size of the machine that is required.

A large drinks vending machine may be used to serve an entire office floor whereas a smaller drinks vending machine may be used to serve only a meeting or conference room.

In order to decide the size of machine you require you need to establish what level of capacity you need. If your drinks vending machine is constantly running out then you are likely to leave your customers, clients or employees disappointed and not look very professional.

However if you buy a too big machine with too much capacity you are likely to have wasted money buying an unnecessarily large machine.

The capacity of a machine is the number of cups it can produce when the machine is full. You need calculate how many people you think will use the machine every day and how many cups on average you think they will drink a day.

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