Vending Machine Facts & History

510,000 Refreshment vending machines in use in the uk.

Consumers spend 1.5 billion thru slots of refreshment vending machines annually.

8 Million Cups of coffee and 2 million cups of tea vended every day.

Vending Machines use 1.5 billion litres of water a year.

Vending started in 215 bc when greek mathemetician Hero invented holy water dispenser for Egyptian temples.

An average business with 50 staff could be spending more than £85,0000 of its annual wages bill in time spent by employees making their own tea or coffee. (NOP Research)