[Ads-l] ATM = Vending Machine

[David Metevia]

An interesting use of ATM in a recent Atlas Obscura post (
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/worlds-first-salmon-atm):

"In January of 2019, a new ATM was unveiled in Singapore’s Wisteria
shopping mall. Instead of cash, however, this machine dispenses 200-gram
fillets of frozen salmon from the fjords of Norway. Today, dozens of salmon
ATMs dot the island city-state."

Further,
"The company decided on Singapore because of the country’s vending-machine
culture (Singaporean machines vend everything from ice cream to luxury
cars) and affection for Norwegian salmon
<https://www.intrafish.com/marketplace/1792764/meet-the-man-behind-the-norwegian-salmon-atms>.
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