I expect sticker shock at the gas pump, but the snack machine? When an urge for something sweet hit at 3 p.m on a recent workday afternoon, I grabbed a dollar and went to the break room. Since the ...

It all started with a question: What's in our office vending machine? So — after securing $30 worth of quarters — we bought one of everything in the machine. And we learned that the $26.45 worth of ...

Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar, vending machine prices may make customers holler. Inflation and supply chain issues mean snacks and soda pop are fetching 25 cents to 75 cents more than they ...