“I was thinking of vending machines. I’m like ... going into restaurants and hearing about it, or being in the restaurant and dealing with it. The labor pool is so rough.

The BVK is a Chennai-based restaurant launched in 2020. Last year, Bengaluru-based startup Freshot introduced an “idli bot” — a vending machine dispensing piping hot idlis with chutney.

An curved arrow pointing right. Modern vending machines are wizards at figuring out what kind of coin you put in and how to make sure your snack actually drops to the bottom where you can pick it ...

Japanese vending machines, which offer whale meat ... Japan says it limits numbers that can be hunted. Run by local restaurant Soba Goro, the machine in Semboku in northern Akita prefecture ...