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24-hour pizza ATM launches for students at Xavier University

Machine expected to dispense around 300 pizzas a day

Aftab Ali
Student Editor
Friday 05 August 2016 16:43 BST
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Staff get first dibs as the new ATM is fired-up
Staff get first dibs as the new ATM is fired-up

Pizza: it’s a staple in any student’s diet, which is why it should always be made available round-the-clock. Sound too good to be true? Not any more.

The US is set to get its very first pizza ATM, and it’s the students at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, who’ll be the lucky recipients of the 24/7 machine.

The institution has teamed up with French company, Paline, to install the machine which is being placed just outside of the main dining hall for students who get the late-night munchies.

Priced at around $10 (£7.60) per box, the device is able to hold around 70 pizzas which are stored in a built-in fridge, and then transferred into the oven - a process which takes just three minutes - before being boxed up and dispensed through a slot.

The company behind the genius idea, Paline, has said the dispensers have been in Europe for 14 years, according to Business Insider UK.

The machine is all set for a 10 August soft launch, before being officially opened in September for the new academic year, where the university is reportedly expecting to see a whopping 300 pizzas be snapped up from the ATM each day.

“It’s the best pizza I’ve ever had, and I hate to admit that as a New Yorker,” Jennifer Paiotti, marketing director of the university’s auxiliary services, told WCPO.

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