Vending machines in Olson Hall.
Many buildings on campus have vending machines. The basement of Olson and the Student Community Center (bottom floor, behind the stairs) seem to be the places that have test supplies as well.
In 2017, UC Davis made national news by installing a vending machine selling Plan B contraceptive located in an Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) study room
Soda on campus used to be Coca-cola, but in September of 2014 switched to a 10 year contract with Pepsi.
Vending machine types:
- Soda — Pepsi sodas and drinks.
- Drinks — Non-carbonated drinks (Powerade, Juice, etc.)
- Snacks — Candy, chips, etc.
- Food — Bagels, yogurts, fruit, burritos, instant microwavable meals, etc.
- Frozen — Ice Cream These machines use awesome vacuum cleaner type hoses to retrieve your ice cream treat.
- Test Items — scantrons, blue books, index cards, calculators, etc.
| Building |
| Floor |
| Location |
| Types |
| Academic Surge |
| 1st Floor |
| Near West entrance |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks |
| Activities and Recreation Center |
| 1st Floor |
| Near locker rooms |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks, Frozen |
| Bainer Hall |
| 1st Floor |
| By restrooms (center) |
| Soda, Drinks |
| 2nd Floor |
| By restrooms (center) |
| Soda, Snacks |
| Briggs Hall |
| Basement |
| Main entrance, turn left |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks |
| Earth and Physical Sciences Building |
| 2nd Floor |
| By women's washroom |
| Soda, Snacks |
| Engineering III |
| 1st Floor |
| Northeast entrance |
| Soda, Snacks |
| Everson Hall |
| 1st Floor |
| South entrance (by 176 Everson) |
| Soda, Snacks |
| Hart Hall |
| 1st Floor |
| Northeast entrance |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks |
| Haring Hall |
| 1st Floor |
| West Corridor |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks |
| Hutchison Hall |
| 1st Floor |
| Near the center of the building, north side. |
| Soda, Drinks, Frozen |
| Kemper Hall |
| Basement |
| East elevator (near CS Labs) |
| Soda |
| 2nd Floor |
| West elevator |
| Soda, Snacks |
| King Hall |
| 1st Floor |
| Off the student lounge |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks, Food, Frozen |
| Mathematical Sciences Building |
| 1st Floor |
| Just inside the east entrance |
| Soda, Snacks |
| Meyer Hall |
| 1st Floor |
| South building, east entrance |
| Soda |
| 2nd Floor |
| South building, behind elevators |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks, Food |
| Mrak Hall |
| Basement |
| Next to Registrar |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks, Food 1 |
| MU Games Area |
| Basement |
| Near the bathrooms |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks |
| Olson Hall |
| Outside |
| North entrance |
| Soda, Drinks |
| Basement |
| Lobby |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks, Frozen, Food2, Test Items |
| Plant and Environmental Sciences Building |
| 1st Floor |
| Near North entrance |
| Soda, Snacks |
| Scrubs |
| First |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks, Frozen |
| Tupper Hall |
| First |
| Right of main entrance |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks, Frozen |
| Vet Med Teaching Hospital |
| 1st Floor |
| Behind the L.A. clinic reception, 4 of them. |
| Soda, Drinks, Snacks, Frozen, Food |
| Wellman Hall |
| 2nd Floor |
| Southeast doorway |
| Drinks, Snacks |
| 2nd Floor |
| Northwest doorway |
| Soda |
| Wright Hall |
| 1st Floor |
| Near the stairs |
| Soda, Snacks |
| Young Hall |
| 1st Floor |
| Northeast doorway/closest to Deathstar |
| Drinks, Snacks |
Dateline article about campus vending machines.
Are there any 12oz soda machines around anymore? 20oz is way too much, and too pricey.
2005-10-26 22:35:55 I want a tofu vending machine. —SteveDavison
2005-11-09 22:50:33 Last time I checked there was a 120z soda machine outside of 194 Young, the lower enterance...and I know that in Haring there is a LINE of vending machines that are not just of the frozen variety... —KarlaFung
2005-11-09 22:52:57 Second comment...what about those hot chocolate/coffee machines? Does that really constitute as a "drink"? As far as I can tell, there are only a couple of those on campus. —KarlaFung
2007-05-12 23:26:38 Is there no where to find Pepsi on campus??? —Jedron
The Junction and Trudy's might have Pepsi.
- No, Pepsi is impossible to find on campus.
- i think all the machines are coke so you wont find it there. but i do know that the aggie store and the coho sell pepsi's. you probably just have to look where coke isnt sponsoring something
2007-05-13 15:04:06 I do like the ice cream machines. The lid opens up and a vacuum cleaner hose machine sucks an ice cream treat and delivers it to you. —Jedron
2007-06-01 12:22:15 DONT USE THE MACHINE IN THE CHEM ANNEX BUILDING. I guarantee that you will lose your money. The bags of chips in that machine are never dispensed properly. —PatrickSing
2008-01-15 05:51:30 I would not recommend buying a drink from the soda vending machine in young hall. i've had numerous sodas dispensed as hot as soup. luckily the aggie store clerk was nice enough to let me trade it for a cold one —fredchen
2009-08-05 10:25:35 My roommate ate a frozen burrito from a vending machine in Olson and was throwing up for a week from it. Eat at your own risk. —ChristopherCivil
2010-06-05 22:11:36 Test Materials vending machines?! —SunjeetBaadkar
2011-05-13 16:05:35 Campus seems to have a huge number of perpetually out-of-order ice cream machines. Anyone know where I can get a mint "It's-It" around here? —JEP
2014-02-18 23:37:04 The best machines to get your sugar fix late at night are in the back of the 24 hour study room. Snacks and drinks. —NhatDo
2018-05-17 18:54:06 I can't believe my drink stuck inside. This thing sucks —zhanghanwogua
Footnotes
1. "The Mrak Hall vending machines often fail to release your purchase, particularly bagged snacks. Calling the posted phone number for a refund is fruitless — no one answers or returns voicemail messages."
2. "Beware of the vending machines in the Basement of Olson Hall. If you put a dollar in and want change back, they will not give you your money back."
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