Once a staple of grocery stores and malls, coin-operated kiddie rides have slowly disappeared due to safety concerns, ...

Back in the day, coin-operated rides were all the rage at the local grocery store, but they've since disappeared completely.

Editor's note: This article was originally published on February 1, 2008, and has been updated. It was excerpted from our Coin-Operated Laundry start-up guide, available from Entrepreneur Bookstore.

HOUSTON-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Carvana, a better way to buy a car, announced today the opening of the nation’s largest fully-automated, coin-operated Car Vending Machine in Houston – the second of its ...