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A Spanish marketing agency has started installing several smart vending machines around the country that lower the price on cold drinks when the temperature starts to rise. The hotter the temperature, the bigger the discount.
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Each machine displays both the temperature and the price, with three different price levels depending on just how hot it is. Up to 77 degress Fahrenheit and the price is 2 euros or about $2.45. From 78 degrees F to slightly above 84, the price lowers to about 1.4 euros or $1.70. Anything over 86 degrees F and the drinks are 1 euro or $1.22. Special software allows the machine to automatically adjust. Hat tip to Ubergizmo's Edwin Kee.
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This rollout is the brainchild of marketing agency Momentum for Minute Maid's Limon & Nada lemonade. (Minute Maid is owned by Coca-Cola.) So far, 18 smart vending machines have been installed around Spain, primarily in water parks and amusement parks, according to an article on MarketingNews.es. Temperature-dependent prices will be in effect from July through September, when the weather hopefully begins to cool down.
Fortunately the machines primarily sell lemonade and not soda, which can make dehydration worse.
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How about making water cheaper than the sweet soft drinks? might be an incentive for kids (and adults) to buy water instead of soda. and why IS water the same price anyway? Surely they save on sugar and flavorings!
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