In the early 2000s, the folks at 7-Eleven, the same brilliantly unhinged minds that brought you the Slurpee and that chicken thing rolling around with the hot dogs, introduced one corner of the world to their latest madcap invention: the mashed potato vending machine (via Mothership). According to HuffPost, the machines were made in collaboration with Maggi, a company better known overseas for its seasoning powders and sauces, but also a popular producer of powdered mashed potatoes. Rather than make the customer labor through the effort of adding hot water and stirring, the vending machines took on the heavy lifting, dispensing a hot squirt of mashed potatoes followed by a dollop of gravy. There was also an option for 'BBQ mashed potato,' whatever that could be.
According to ABC, the machine could not match the taste or texture of real mashed potatoes, delivering a rather liquidy product, but it was fast and cheap at just $1.00 per cup. 7-Eleven didn't bring the mashed potato vending machine to any of their American locations though, keeping it an overseas specialty, primarily in Singapore (via HuffPost). Then, seemingly all of a sudden, the machines vanished. According to reporting by Mothership, 7-Eleven had decommissioned its mashed potato vending machines sometime before or around 2015, according to Mothership. No clear reason was given, although expensive upkeep, fading popularity, and potential food safety concerns were mentioned as possible factors.
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