I realize this is not really new info. Winona nuts and bolts powerhouse Fastenal has been intalling industrial 'vending machines' for the past few years. But I hadn't really looked at this in depth.

It’s an old idea whose time has come. When Fastenal founder Bob Kierlin first contemplated getting into the nuts and bolts business, one of the first thoughts was of a vending machine that, at the ...

WINONA, Minn. — It was over 40 years in the making, but Bob Kierlin’s industrial vending machine is now a sizable part of Fastenal Co. Kierlin, one of the founders of Fastenal in Winona in 1967, had a ...

ST. CLOUD — Picture that machine in your office break room: The one with a tantalizing Snickers lit from behind and straining against that shiny metal coil, or with that hit of fizz and caffeine ...

Will Oberton, who runs a Winona-based outfit that peddles industrial supplies, has seen the future. Vending machines. Don't laugh. "Our guys pushed me several years ago to [buy] what looked like a ...

Fastenal Company's FAST is expected to benefit from its prime focus on boosting e-commerce and full-line industrial supplier. Also, it has been banking on strong industrial vending business, Onsite ...