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In the USA they lack the population density pressure to make it the most optimal solution of serving food, and the startup costs don’t justify changing from human labor to fully automated food sales. Also I bet the quality isn’t as good as you think it is from some preserved fried food wrapped in plastic.

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Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Japan loves wrapping everything in plastic. They and the US were the only ones not to sign a promise reduce plastic usage. For all the appearances of Japan being eco conscious, they have this one big issue.

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- Maeve@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  And whales.
  
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  - Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Whale meat isn’t even that popular. Boomers just like it and like “pissing off the libs”. Younger generations don’t like it.
    
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MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Your first sentence hit the nail on the head. Most Americans travel nearly exclusively in their car. Why would they get out of their car to use a vending machine when McDonald’s has a drive-thru? Or if they are willing to get out, why wouldn’t they just pick up fresher food from a restaurant? Moreover, mobile ordering has solved the issue of having to talk to people.

The US does have some vending machines like this, but pretty much exclusively in areas with very high foot traffic, like airports, train stations in major cities, etc.

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fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Is that really what’s happening in the picture OP posted? Like someone puts foil wrapped morsels of… food in there once a week and the machine just keeps a couple hot and ready to go?

Seems very unappealing.

That said here in Australia the food you get at gas stations / road houses is more or less the same, just that there’s a person to heat it up and hand it to you.

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asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
What’s NYC’s excuse?

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