Published 2025-12-09
Keywords
- vending machines,
- food habits,
- artificial intelligence,
- sustainable consumption
How to Cite
Copyright (c) 2025 Alberto Bertossi, Stefania Troiano, Francesco Marangon
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Abstract
This paper aims to offer the academic community a historical perspective of how the vending industry has evolved from socio-cultural and economic perspectives. Specifically, the main topic concerns the impact that vending machines have had and are still having on our food consumption habits. In addition, three topical and fundamental issues that will determine further evolution of the sector are addressed, namely sustainable development, artificial intelligence and micromarkets. The aim of this work is to shed light on some aspects of the sector known only to insiders and addressed in a fragmentary manner by a few authors in the literature.