Seen next to a bakery. Neat.

I don't get this, but at least it isn't full of Gauloises

I hope they’re still allowed to breathe. Nothing worse than a soggy baguette

In Belgium back in the '80s there were vending machines selling frites et mayonnaise. No idea if they still exist but they were wonderful!

In my mum's village they have a pizza vending machine, I tried it for the novelty and I was pleasantly surprised, it was delicious! You could get it cooked or uncooked, it's got some sort of built-in oven in the machine. The guy who makes them restocks every day and rotates the menu every week. There was also a dessert and salad machine next to it so you could get yourself an entire dinner. Also super fresh and bloody good!

That's great if you have a late-night baguette emergency situation!

This is France were talking about, even the shittiest last remaining supermarket baguette is still crunchier then any you can find outside the country.

That vending machine either keeps them perfect or is only a tourist trap.

"here, baguettes"

Where is the bread coming out?

the pain machine

I'm guessing that square in the middle is a slot.

Comes out long ways 😭

Those exist in many places in the world. I have eaten vending machine pizza in Austria too.

Not just just baguettes mon ami! Apparently also Croissants, Pain Au Chocolat and some kind of shorter loaf too. Maybe a cheese loaf cos it's the most expensive one?

Looks way too small, I think that's the coin return.

Yeah, but at least around my parts, those pizzas are mid at best.

I had one of those here in Finland, the price to quality was okay (12€), it was better than frozen but not quite as good as restaurant pizza, but considering it was done in less than 5min was really cool. My biggest consern was that the pizza box had a somewhat open bottom, so it would cool down too much while taking it home. But eating it there at a park would be fun

Always "fresh"!

Well I am yet to see one in the UK so as far as my experience goes it's still a novelty.

Note the scratches where the text is. Imagine the thoughtlessness, the absolute brain smoothosity of the clod who did that on an impulse they were too stupid to even remember.

I was walking behind someone like this once. They stopped for two seconds, and used their lighter to try setting a poster on fire, but, unsuccessful, kept walking.

They live among us. If you call that living.

There have been evenings that I would have done anything to get fresh baked bread. I wonder how much these machines cost?

Actually you don't need to buy the entire machine to have a baguette out of those

"Here baguettes" no comma, they are ordering the baguettes to go in the shelter

Unless I'm looking to put one up to provide baguettes 24/7/365 in my community!

The hole to the right of the selection buttons, in the center of the machine.

Coin return is further down on the right.

YSK The machine is only selling them, not creating them from thin air.

Of course they don't come out of thin air, although that would be pretty cool if they did. And there are a few other companies that make them but they are not cheap.

In Brittany (next to the sea usually) you can find oysters vending machines. It's weird.

There's a bakery here in Montreal that has an automatic baguette checkout for when the line gets too crowded with coffee and pastry orders. This is probably the same deal for the bakery it flanks.

Oh now I see what you @Ayutsu meant, right next to the buttons. Yes, that must be it.

If you ever worked making pizza, you would understand how easy it would be to automate.

Dunno where you're at but Trader Joe's sells these half-baked breads. You bring it home, pop it in the oven for maybe 15m, and you have a nice loaf of bread, freshly baked. It scratches the itch.

Damn, I was coming to ask what the shorter loaf was called or if anyone knew what it is. Hopefully we get some clarity.

That sounds amazing! But the closest trader joes to me is 65 miles away, next is 110 miles away. No shade, its I'm in bum fuck eqypt, its a small city but way far removed. If it wasn't for the highway and the university there would be nothing here.

So I have a feeling on of these machines may pay back pretty good in the right location. I mean come on, who doesn't love fresh bread.

/except people that have celiac, thats a rough thing as gluten is everywhere.

Regular grocery stores sell par-baked breads, and have for a long time.

One brand, LeBrea, is particularly common, and good.

Congrats for using the correct "pain au chocolat" and not the evil "chocolatine" some sick people have invented.

Ok this should be top comment.

And the make of the machine missed a real opportunity.

LeBrea, I'll see if my local has it, thank you for the help!

There's a part of me that kind of wishes my town had surveillance akin to China's that is effective in preventing this kind of petty crime. I'm jealous of how clean Chinese cities are comparatively.

There's also a part of me that is well aware I sometimes just run red lights on my scooter at 5AM when there are no cars around, or sometimes forget a doggie bag when I'm out walking the pups, and then I'm well aware it would be used against me too and no system is perfect.

That sounds delightful.

The nom jabbar

They just sell things loaded fresh every day. Americans don't shop like that, they buy huge quantities of packaged stuff infrequently.

The naan jabbar?

an automatic baguette checkout

Because of course they do. That's delightful and a good idea. lol

I remember the novelty of a chicken ring vending machine at college 35 years ago. Rings instead of nuggets because more dependable on heating, but you'd pay and it would drop the rings into hot oil for an appropriate 3-4 minutes, then dispense in a cup. They were quite passable, and it was nice to have a hot food option next to the cold sandwiches and like cold burgers/burritoes you could heat in the microwave there.

Why do we even HAVE this orphan crushing pain machine?

No, wait, yes, let's KEEP the pain machine. :)

That sounds awesome and fun except I'd be concerned about them staying okay - have to be careful buying fresh to not get dead ones.

I'm sure they must've worked it out sufficiently, but it'd be a worry for me. heh

If you only have Dollar General, you're screwed on food anyway, but if you have a Walmart… imho walmart bakery is quite fine enough for a lot of things. It may not have the cachet of other brands, but it's tasty.

I got one in France, at my local mart. And like one of these bread machine for every bakery in town.

Looks like from cleaning