1931 - 

Right after the Great Depression when there were no jobs to be found, F.A. Wittern Sr. engineered a small peanut bulk vending machine to sell to local bars. This unit was unique in its design, because it had the ability to differentiate between coin currency and slugs.       

Late 1930's - 

Iron Casting became expensive to manufacture. We started to manufacture our gumball machines with sheet metal. This provided us the opportunity to vend more than just candy, gumball, or peanuts; we could now vend items like matches through a bulk vending machine.  

1945 - 

Bulk vending machines were still changing in our industry. You would see different shapes and sizes. But bulk vending machines needed a novelty to entice the patron to purchase. We used a lottery mechanism in our bulk vending machine that would create a form of excitement to the location. 

1990's - 

Candy Bulk machines became more than just a vending machine that dispenses a gumball. We contracted with several different manufacturers of gumball machine during the 1980's. These units would dispense a gumball down a screw type slide and then to the customer.  

Today - 

Gumball vending is a great way to provide a single product to an individual. These bulk machines have been part of the Wittern Group's history from the very beginning, and the gumball machine will always play an important part of the vending industry.