Anyone here seen Flavor Burst in the wild?
I didn't know about it until I asked why there are only 2 spigots but 6 (or 7?) flavors of froyo offered at an R&I kiosk. Now that I do, I'm intrigued. Sounds like a pretty nifty trick.
DDR and doesitreallymatter were kind enough to open my eyes to the existence of Flavor Burst, but it didn't sound as though either of them had actually seen it in operation. Nevertheless, I saw no reason to doubt them.
That said, one of the reasons I was confused was that I had seen screen shots from the kiosk's customer input screen that only showed a choice between chocolate and vanilla, and I had read posts by owners of some kiosks that suggested they only offered 2 flavors at a time.
Thinking that maybe those were old shots and outdated posts, I figured that it was now installed, up and running. But then along comes the video that VEND itself just published in the interview by Cheddar that includes one of those chocolate/vanilla screen shots? Why would that show up? Was it just old footage?
I see the VEND first announced it was working with Flavor Burst in April 2017. The last mention of it seems to be in October 2018, when VEND states in its press release that in the quarter ended September 30, 2018, VEND was "Completing final stages of development of the Flavor Burst six-flavor system combined with a three-spigot self-cleaning and sanitizing mechanism;" Nothing further has been said about Flavor Burst from what I can find other than that the same 6/7 flavors keeps getting touted. So, I guess it's gone live but that they didn't see a need to announce it?
What's noteworthy is that here after 16 months of work, the Flavor Burst system had not yet completed development. Maybe it had been installed in a somewhat undeveloped state? Maybe it was installed sometime thereafter?
So, I'm asking, what gives with Flavor Burst? Is it out there in the field? Does it work? Some of you must know. I'm looking at you, FroYoDude.
And don't get me wrong, if it's working, it seems to me that it solves a very big piece of the puzzle in terms of attracting purchasers and competing with the brick and mortar alternatives. I continue to think that it's a nifty idea.
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