We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Begging your parents for quarters so that you can purchase candy from the vending machine is a quintessential childhood experience. Candy has ...

Despite the fact that we are now well over the socially-acceptable age to trick or treat, Halloween candy still seems to mysteriously appear everywhere during the month of October. There are bowls of ...

Every adult remembers it fondly, every kid dreads it: the gross Halloween candy. This is the candy that you know you’re never going to eat, so it just sits at the bottom of your bag until your mom ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – When looking at a vending machine, you can usually see gum or candy, but a vending machine business in Portland is adding unusual items to the mix. The Venderia is a collection ...

Like many Americans, 21-year-old Jaime Ibanez is always looking for new ways to make money. In high school, he sold snacks to his friends, which netted him around $5,000 all told. After he graduated ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Not many people would draw a straight line to connect former international soccer star Dave Clements with the cotton-candy vending executive he is today. The ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --If you want to check out some high-tech vending machines, come on down to Peavey Plaza. The Gratitude Tour, sponsored by the National Automatic Merchandising Association, is ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — It's a familiar tableau: an overpriced vending-machine candy bar dangles on a spiral hook, tantalizingly out of reach and refusing to drop. For most of us, that mini-drama usually ...