ANN ARBOR, MI -- Move over water bottles and pop, vending machines are now dispensing hot pizza.
PizzaForno, an automated pizza vending machine, will soon open on South University Avenue in Ann Arbor, near the University of Michigan campus. The company originated in Canada and was brought to the United States earlier this year with three Jackson locations.
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The Ann Arbor location at 1210 South University Ave., between Starbucks and Pancheros Mexican Grill, will serve 11 varieties of pizza, including pepperoni, Hawaiian, BBQ chicken and vegetarian honey and goat cheese.
The pizzas are prepared off-site and loaded into the machine. Customers then use a touchscreen to order one of the 12-inch pizzas, which are cooked in the machine and dispensed in its box, a process which takes around three minutes.
Pizzas cost between $9.99 and $13, and the machine will be open around the clock. The vending machine is being installed soon and the location hopes to be open by the end of year, said Owner Timothy Ekpo, who, with business partner Adam Page also own the Jackson locations that opened in March.
“We’re trying to coordinate around the students being here,” he said.
Proximity to the University of Michigan inspired the location, Ekpo said.
“We know having a 24-hour option was critical for us as students ,” Ekpo said.
University of Michigan sophomore Rilie Saba said she anticipates the machine, which is near The Brown Jug and Good Time Charley’s, will be popular among the college crowd.
“Oh, for sure, if people are drinking,” Saba said.
UM senior Gloria Stach said the machine will be a good option for when local pizzerias, such as Joe’s NYC Pizza down the street from the machine, have long lines.
“I feel like you would use it for convenience,” Stach said.
Brown Jug manager Bobby Bennett said the bar and restaurant isn’t really worried about this new-style pizzeria.
“I have yet to hear anyone be worried or concerned about it,” Bennett said, adding restaurants that prepare their pizza fresh may have an edge on PizzaForno.
Ekpo, who first tried PizzaForno in Toronto, said he wouldn’t have brought the company to the U.S. if the quality had not been good.
“You got to try it,” he said. “These are fresh, handmade pizza that are placed into our vending machines. It tastes amazing.”
Ekpo has plans to put up to 10 additional PizzaForno machines throughout Ann Arbor, he said.
“Everyone who tries it is really going to love it,” he said.
Another PizzaForno location also is opening in Tecumseh on Monday, Dec. 20.
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