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2. From newspapers to fast food: What the new era of retail ...

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   A moment for malls, machines, and self-service tech. You might not find film photography kiosks anymore, but mall kiosks attended by humans still exist today—50 years after they began appearing ...

3. Self-service - Wikipedia

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   Self-service is the practice of serving oneself, usually when making purchases. [1] Aside from Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), which are not limited to banks, and customer-operated supermarket check-out, [ 2 ] labor-saving which has been described as self-sourcing , there is the latter's subset, selfsourcing and a related pair: End-user ...

4. Horn & Hardart - Wikipedia

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   Horn & Hardart was a food services company in the United States noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia, New York City, and Baltimore. [1] Horn & Hardart automats ushered in the fast food era and at their height, they were the largest restaurant chain in the world, with 88 locations.

5. Piggly Wiggly - Wikipedia

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   Piggly Wiggly was the first self-service grocery store. [5] It was founded by Clarence Saunders on September 6, 1916 [6] (although it did not open until five days later due to delays in construction), [7] at 79 Jefferson Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. [2]

6. Supermarket - Wikipedia

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   BI-LO supermarket. A supermarket is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections.Strictly speaking, a supermarket is larger and has a wider selection than earlier grocery stores, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a hypermarket or big-box market.

7. Vending machine - Wikipedia

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   A snack food vending machine made in 1952 Gashapon vending machines Newspaper vending machines in Munich, Germany An automobile parking ticket machine in the Czech Republic. A vending machine is an automated machine that dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, cigarettes, and lottery tickets to consumers after cash, a credit card, or other forms of payment are inserted into the machine or ...