Fresh food vending machine manufacturers introduced that vending machines are a brand-new form of commercial retail, which developed from Japan, Europe and the United States in the 1970s. It is also known as a 24-hour micro supermarket. In Japan, 70% of canned drinks are sold through vending machines. The world-renowned beverage company Coca-Cola has 500,000 beverage vending machines around the world.
Fresh vending machine manufacturers tell that there are 5.5 million vending machines (according to statistics in 1998) all over Japan, with sales of 689,948.87 million yen, ranking first in the world. Operate on the display screen of the vending machine, enter the product number and purchase quantity, and put in coins, the product will come out of the pick-up port, and even hot noodles and rice balls can be bought from the food vending machine. Although the total number of vending machines in Japan is lower than that in the United States (according to statistics in 1997, it was 6.89 million), it is the highest in the world in terms of population. The United States has an average of 35 people with one, while Japan has 23. One person has one.
In the 17th century, vending machines for cigarettes were installed in small British bars. In the long history of vending machines, Japan developed practical vending machines after entering this century. The first automatic vending machine in Japan was the "postage and postcard automatic vending machine" that came out in 1904. It is a machine that integrates the sale of postage stamps and postcards and the post-box letter delivery. The real popularity of vending machines was after World War II. In the 1950s, the "spray-type juice vending machine" became popular, and the juice was poured into paper cups for sale. Later, as major American beverage companies entered the Japanese market, in 1962, there was a revolution in the circulation field with vending machines as the mainstay. In 1967, all currencies below 100 yen were changed to coins, which promoted the development of the vending machine industry.