French baker builds vending machine for baguettes
Jamey Keaten for the AP:
[Jean-Louis Hecht] from northeast France has rolled out a 24-hour automated baguette dispenser, promising warm bread for hungry night owls, shift workers or anyone else who didn’t have time to pick one up during their bakery’s opening hours.
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He’s only operating two machines— one in Paris, another in the town of Hombourg-Haut in northeastern France — each next to his own bake shops. The vending machines take partially precooked loaves, bake them up and deliver them steaming within seconds to customers, all for €1 ($1.42).
The photo accompanying the article is something else.