A gumball machine business can be a profitable venture for small business owners. The key is finding the best locations for your gumball business. Most gumball machine owners will start a gumball ...

Vending machines debuted in the United States in 1888 when the Thomas Adams Gum Company installed machines in subway platforms in New York City. These machines dispensed stick or block shaped gum. It ...

When Tori Dunlap was just nine years old, her dad bought her a three-slot gumball vending machine — with the expectation that she would turn it into a “business” and pay him back over time. Little did ...

Part of Josh Sanders’ job is to keep vending machines working properly in four east-central and southeastern Illinois counties. As a route manager with Pepsi Midamerica, the Marshall man has become ...

The next time you’re in line at Nifty Nut House in downtown Wichita, look up. Above you is an unofficial museum of gum, candy and nut vending machines. Some might call it Steve Jahn’s nutty obsession.