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UpMeals Launches First Smart Vending Solution in Residential Building

UpMeals, the leading white-label, prepared-meal solution, launched its first SmartVending machine at a residential property– Devonshire Properties’ Larch Tower (Beach Towers) location in Vancouver, B.C. The newly installed machine will give the 1,000+ residents…

bradMarch 9, 2021

FAQ

What is a smart vending machine?

A smart vending machine is where a machine that stores and delivers the product is also connected to the Internet cloud. The marriage of traditional vending with technology allows products and services…

SMRT1January 27, 2021

In the Media

Global: Ensemble Moncton’s new dispensing machine offers harm-reduction products

A harm reduction group in southeastern New Brunswick has introduced a vending machine, or an “interactive dispensing service,” allowing people to access meth pipes, hygiene products, naloxone and sanitizer. Those are some…

bradDecember 11, 2020

In the Media

ANKORS: The Harm Reduction Vending Machine

This video from ANKORS produced by Watershed Productions features the harm reduction vending machine invented by Brad Pommen, Founder and Owner of Smart1 Technologies. Funded by Community Action Initiative, this video was…

bradApril 21, 2020

In the Media

Nelson Star: Unique vending machine in Nelson offers syringes, naloxone

Brad Pommen believes vending machines can offer more than candy and chips. Pommen, the president of Nelson’s SMRT1 Technologies, introduced a machine last week that carries a mix of paid and free…

bradMarch 17, 2020

In the Media

CBC: Signs of a rural renaissance as Canadian cities overheat: Don Pittis

Over the last five years Canada has been a high-tech job creation machine. Year after year, the Toronto area alone has generated more technology jobs than San Francisco, Seattle or any other U.S.…

bradMarch 4, 2019

In the Media

Retail Insider: Smart Vending Machines Could be the Next Big Thing for Pop-up Retail in Canada

It’s never a good thing when the media attaches the word “apocalypse” onto your root word. Apocalypses tend to be events from which there is no recovery and when the term “retail…

bradJune 1, 2018

FAQ

How does smart vending differ from traditional vending?

Smart vending differs from traditional vending by offering a more personalized shopping experience because the consumer’s shopping preferences help to customize and guide the products they are shown. Traditional vending typically only…

SMRT1January 27, 2021

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