Perhaps they had been chewed by rats along the way. That's very, very common. All the Coke machines do have insulation inside of them as the way to keep the cooling inside of the machines.

King, Charles, III, and Das Narayandas. "Coca-Cola's New Vending Machine (A): Pricing To Capture Value, or Not?" Harvard Business School Case 500-068, February 2000. (Revised December 2000.) ...

Many couples may have recently encountered an invisible Coca-Cola vending machine, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday. For Valentine's Day this year, Coca-Cola installed a special vending machine ...

Coca-Cola believes the service will be a hit with people who routinely buy drinks at outdoor vending machines, and has attained the initial target of having 100,000 subscribers by the end of the year.

After the 24 cupcake dispenser in LA, and the Mr Kipling vending machine over ... have been granted a magical machine of their own – that dispenses free Coca Cola if you give it a hug.

NEW YORK - A Coca-Cola exec at the 2011 Mobile Marketing Forum discussed the company's SMS-enabled vending machines that let consumers pay for beverages using their mobile devices. Doug Busk, mobile ...

NEW YORK - A Coca-Cola exec at the 2011 Mobile Marketing Forum discussed the company's SMS-enabled vending machines that let consumers pay for beverages using their mobile devices. Doug Busk, mobile ...

A new campaign from Diet Coke depicts a reimagined vending machine design — a "Slender Vendor" that measures about 7 inches in width. Some people think it's a clumsy statement on female body image.

“We’re doing a trial with Google Wallet and it’s great for those consumers who don’t have cash but want to buy a coke,” said Wendy Clark, senior vice president of integrated marketing ...

Brands that are typically stocked in vending machines - Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Nestlé for example - are facing the same challenges and said they are raising prices on the consumer site to offset ...