The French are selling oysters in vending machine wrote The Guardian:

• Oyster vending machines are an evolution of the manned stalls that oyster farmers used to have on the roads along France’s coast.
• For oyster connoisseurs the ability to satisfy an oyster craving at all hours is a tantalizing prospect.
• It is especially appealing to a younger generation familiar with buying things on the internet, without a shopkeeper guiding them.
• For sellers it’s a way to cut out the middle man – like a grocery store – and boost margins.
• The machines are a triumph of food safety laws. Live oysters that aren’t stored the right way could lead to food poisoning – something few are concerned about.

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