Pennsylvania’s Liquor Control Board recently introduced “wine kiosks” in two Harrisburg grocery stores. In order to purchase wine from the machines, customers must swipe their ID, blow into a breathalyzer, and then look into the security camera. A state employee in Harrisburg then remotely verifies that the buyer isn’t drunk and matches the photo ID. If everything checks out, the customer is approved to buy wine. Continue Reading »
According to a directive issued by Mayor Gavin Newsom, all calorically sweetened beverages are banned from being sold in any vending machine on city property in the entire city of San Francisco. The directive includes non-diet sodas, sports drinks and artificially sweetened water. Juice must contain 100 percent fruit or vegetable juice with no added sweeteners. Even diet sodas are not completely safe from the ban. According to the directive, diet-sodas must not exceed 25 percent of the items offered in the machines. Continue Reading »
This is the magical Coke machine. It brings joy to the children through free soda, balloon animals, and pizzas emerging from it’s mighty belly. Things get concerning when a phallic hoagie emerges from the mighty soda machine, but the kids are into it, so it’s all good.
The recession has clearly had an impact on America’s youth, with a “magical” Coca-Cola machine at a school bringing laughter and joy to a whole gaggle of kids. This is just the beginning though. Just wait people, after 2012 hits, kids are going to get this excited over free speech and tap water. The end is near…
Let’s be honest, it’s everyone’s dream to own their own soda machine. This much we know, and this premise has yet again been substantiated with an almost religious fervor by a man who was simply following his most basic human instinct to seek out his own soda machine. Continue Reading »
