letspizza1New to Italy and hopefully soon the rest of the world, Let’s Pizza have launched the first vending machine to make pizza totally from scratch in less than 3 minutes.  The machine mixes the dough, stretches it, adds toppings and bakes it in an infrared oven, producing a fresh pizze in 2 mins 30 secs at a price of around US$6 .

Vending machines are becoming very popular in airpoprts and hotel lobbies.  Wouldn’t you just love the smell of fresh pizza when you get off your domestic flight?  Being prepared in under 3  minutes you could have it made and eat it all before you bag arrives!

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