More Americans are picking up side hustles, and vending machines are being touted on social media as a simple way to generate “passive” income. With roughly 3 million vending machines across the U.S., ...

Candy and soda vending machines have become an unexpectedly popular investment. The U.S. already has seven million vending machines, or one for every 50 Americans, according to Vending Locator.

Setting up vending machines might sound like an easy way to make passive income, but Codie Sanchez, founder and CEO of Contrarian Thinking, a financial advice enterprise, shows us that it’s actually ...

Before the pandemic, I worked at an ad-tech startup in California and made $240,000 a year, including sales commission. But as the country went into lockdown in March 2020, so did many of my retail, ...

Almost anywhere you go, whether it’s the library, a school, or even your job, the chances that you will stumble across a vending machine are high. With the slip of some change and a press of a button, ...

Most patients don’t expect to be sent to a vending machine immediately after a doctor’s appointment or a hospital stay. But there are two new vending machines that dole out prescription medications — ...

We don’t think much about vending machines — except when we’re really hungry — but maybe we should. Some owners of the automated contraptions filled with sweets and snacks have turned them into a ...

Instead of doing the experiment herself, Codie had her producer, Caroline, try it from scratch. Caroline had never started a business before, so everything she ran into was super relatable for anyone ...