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The World’s First Salmon ATM Is Now Open in Singapore
In a mall in Singapore, you can buy Norwegian salmon out of an ATM machine. The ATM opened in January 2019 in the Wisteria shopping mall and proved to be so popular that there are now dozens of ATMS supplying 200-gram fillets of salmon around Singapore.
The company behind the vending machines, Norwegian Salmon Pte Ltd, intends to make salmon affordable for everyone by cutting out a lot of costs: storefronts, distributors, staff, etc. The fillets sell for $4.25 (U.S.), which sounds like a pretty great deal to me. The salmon in the machines is kept at -4 degrees Fahrenheit, so it can remain fresh for up to two years.
Singapore was a natural choice for the company to establish the salmon vending machines because the fish is very popular there and the city-state is known for its vending culture. People in Singapore get many things from vending machines, including ice cream, pizza, salads, books – even luxury cars.
Norwegian Salmon Pte Ltd’s founder and CEO, Manish Kumar, who is from Norway, said about his company’s product:
“Part of the reason why I made sure to show that my product is Norwegian salmon and not just any salmon is because Norway has such high standards for sustainability, health, and safety when it comes to the farmed salmon that it exports. The motivation for the Norwegian Salmon ATM was to make Norwegian salmon time- and cost-effective for everyday people. We put the nutrition facts for our salmon on the front of every ATM because we are proud of how healthy it is.”
The machines do not accept cash, but they are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
What do you think? Would you buy frozen salmon from a vending machine? I think I would!
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Check Out the 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World
Is the cost of living absolutely insane in your city? I live near NYC, and yeah, it’s pretty brutal.
That said, I was actually pretty surprised by some of the entries on this list of the world’s most expensive cities. San Francisco didn’t even make the cut, which seems kind of insane given the horror stories I’ve heard about rent in SF.
As recently reported, there is actually a three-way tie for the most expensive city in the world right now between Hong Kong, Singapore, and Paris.
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This analysis of the world’s most expensive cities was done by the Economist Intelligence Unit and this is the first time in the Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living report that three cities tied for first place.
The group took over 400 items into consideration to compile the list, including the cost of food, school, recreation, clothing, household fees, etc.
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Singapore has been named the world’s most expensive city for five years in a row but this year it has company with Hong Kong and Paris. A strong U.S. dollar means more expensive American cities. New York moved up six spots and Los Angeles jumped four spots on this year’s list.
Take a look at the top 10 below.
1. (3-way tie) Hong Kong, Singapore, and Paris, France
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4. Zurich, Switzerland
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5. (2-way tie) Geneva, Switzerland and Osaka Japan
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7. (3-way tie) Seoul, South Korea, Copenhagen, Denmark, and New York City
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10. (2-way tie) Tel Aviv, Israel and Los Angeles, California
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You can download and study a full copy of the report HERE.
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Singapore gives random drug tests to tourists and locals…
Singapore gives random drug tests to tourists and locals before they can enter the country. They must be negative of any illegal drugs before they can enter. 00