When one thinks of vending machines, candy bars, or a bag of chips might spring to mind. However, a growing number of machines are selling something much different.
Ammunition is the latest product being offered at the push of a button. A company has installed computerized vending machines to sell ammunition in grocery stores. Patrons can pick up bullets along with a gallon of milk.
American Rounds, a Richardson, Texas-based company, is behind the idea. The nearest location to the Dallas-Fort Worth area is a grocery store in Kingston, Oklahoma.
“We prefer to call them automated retail machines because that’s really what they are,” said American Rounds CEO Grant Magers.
The first machine was placed inside a store in Alabama in November 2023. They’re now at eight locations in four states, and Magers said requests are growing daily.
“It’s exploding. I mean, right now, we have over 200 stores that …