Have seen vending machines which steadily rotate and allow individual compartments to unlock, with all manner of different food items in them, but especially in

Have seen vending machines which steadily rotate and allow individual compartments to unlock, with all manner of different food items in them, but especially including apple and banana as options. Bananas in particular are very good at visually communicating their level of freshness and ripeness, which is why this format works ok for them. I can see strawberries being less successful. The answer is yes, and people already use them every day. Would I ever own one is a completely different issue. A typical snack location would probably only sell a single digit number of pieces of fruit in a given day, and the margins there are low (if even positive). A vending route operator can replace a dozen bottled waters in the time it takes to replace a single piece of spoiled fruit, and (in the case of the drinks) he can neglect his machine for two months with little impact to profitability, something he can't do when there are perishables involved. I'd consider it much more appealing to engage in a 3x-per-week direct fruit delivery at the office (with a monthly fee). You're paying for the labor either way.