March 16, 2009

Italy gets Pizza vending machines

by Dhiram Shah

Italy is joining the ranks of Japan when it comes to vending machine. Mr. Torghele an Italian entrepreneur has developed a vending machine that cooks pizza. In under 3 minutes the machines does not just slip a frozen pizza into a microwave. It actually whips up flour, water, tomato sauce and fresh ingredients to produce a piping hot pizza. The machine has a little window so the customers can see their pizza taking shape. The average pizza is priced at around $4.50, however the only deterrent is the whopping cost of $32,000 for the vending machine which is 10 times the cost of an average vending machine.
[NY Times]