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The World's Best Vending Machine is Now Available in France

Where: France
August 26, 2011 at 9:48 AM | by | Comments (0)

Those arriving in Paris for the very first time might immediately search out the Eiffel Tower or The Louvre, but if you’d prefer a tastier first impression of course there’s always the baguette. Finding a freshly baked loaf of bread as soon as you land might soon be a reality, as Jean-Louis Hecht has created one of the greatest inventions of our time—the fresh baked baguette vending machine.

Alright, we might be slightly exaggerating, but still this is pretty clever and fairly awesome. Especially for times when running to the local boulangerie isn’t an option, like during long stretches over the summer when it seems like the whole country heads out on vacation.

As far as the magical machine is concerned, the genius-baker loads it up with plenty of dough before leaving for the evening. Then once a hungry customer adds €1 to the machine, out pops a fresh loaf of bread. The machine finishes baking the bread just before delivery, so it’s always hot and pretty darn fresh.

Right now the machine is available at one spot in Paris and another place in Hombourg-Haut, and it already looks like it’s becoming a hit. The first month the machine sold around 1,600 baguettes, but once July ended total sales were almost 4,500 loaves. Of course patents are pending, and they’re looking to expand this technology elsewhere.

As for the bread, some thing it’s pretty darn tasty, especially when considering that it comes from a machine. Of course there are plenty of skeptics, but whatever; we think it’s clever and you can’t please everyone.

[Photo: AP, via Yahoo]

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