I realize this is not really new info. Winona nuts and bolts powerhouse Fastenal has been intalling industrial 'vending machines' for the past few years. But I hadn't really looked at this in depth.

Fastenal embeds inventory infrastructure inside the customer’s factory. At the close of fiscal 2025, the company had 136,638 FMI vending devices physically deployed at customer sites, and contract ...

ST. CLOUD — Picture that machine in your office break room: The one with a tantalizing Snickers lit from behind and straining against that shiny metal coil, or with that hit of fizz and caffeine ...

Fastenal Company's FAST is expected to benefit from its prime focus on boosting e-commerce and full-line industrial supplier. Also, it has been banking on strong industrial vending business, Onsite ...

Will Oberton, who runs a Winona-based outfit that peddles industrial supplies, has seen the future. Vending machines. Don't laugh. "Our guys pushed me several years ago to [buy] what looked like a ...

Fastenal’s fast growth has stayed steady in 2012, although the company isn’t growing quite as fast as experts expected. The Winona-based construction supplies retailer reported on Thursday more than ...