Last Updated on December 7, 2025 by Craig Allen Keefner
Kiosk Industry Self Service News Feb 2023
DENVER, Colo., Feb. 20, 2023 (NEWSWIRE) — It’s President’s Day. And the Kiosk Manufacturer Association news centers around dispensing machines/kiosks and in particular legal cannabis and naloxone. In the naloxone news: last year (and year before) there were zero dollars budgeted by state, local and federal agencies for kiosks that dispense naloxone and also fentanyl detection strips. So far in 2023? Almost $500M. PR Services – PRnewswire, APnews , Yahoo Finance, more.
Terrapin just deployed some extraordinary robotics for “bagging” and delivering marijuana here in Colorado. See the intro video in the post. Facial recognition, 1100 products, big touchscreen and the users get to watch thru a glass panel. We have a nice video demonstrating that. In the naloxone news: last year (and year before) there were zero dollars budgeted by state, local and federal agencies for kiosks that dispense naloxone and also fentanyl detection strips. So far in 2023? Almost $500M.
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Featured Sponsor this month is Panasonic. We published a case study on Wendy’s recent POS upgrade. Along with that we also included drive-thru headsets, drive-thru whitepaper and menu boards. Of note in the Shake Shack news the big phrase over and over is “drive thru.” We see where Wendy’s teamed up with Doordash & Roku to let users order from their TV [ link to story ]. We need to get an update on the facial ordering that Wendy’s Japan deployed.
News 2/20/2023
* Fast Food Restaurants Update – includes Dunkin Donuts commercial
* NRA Chicago – Fast Food Kiosks
* Shake Shack Kiosks Important Component in 2023
* Taco Bell Cantina Kiosks in Los Angeles
* Interactive Fitness Mirror Retail
* ISE 2023 – A video review of LG Business Solutions
* ADA Retail Restaurants Regulations – 2023
Insights
MUFSO is coming up, and then in May there is NRA. We are in the Tech Pavilion.
The ADA retail restaurants is a recap of the recent U.S. Access Board webinar which was terrific. We’ve included the graphics illustrating all of the architectural considerations that can be overlooked (except by trolling attorneys looking for a fast buck).
Regulations for EV charging stations are coming to a head. We participate on several ANSI workgroups and their official EV regulations go out for public review by end of March. The U.S. Access Board is releasing their ANPRM by end of summer.
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