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Hot pizza for your venue, day or night.

The Pizza Machine is an automated pizza vending machine for pubs, clubs, hotels and other busy venues in Ireland. Customers order on the screen and collect a boxed, freshly baked pizza a few minutes later. We install it, stock it and look after it, and your venue gets a share of the sales.

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How hosting works

Four steps from the first call to the first pizza. Our launch plan works out the dates for your venue.

1) We visit

We look at the spot with you: the space, the way in, the power supply and the internet.

Site survey checklist

2) We agree terms

A short agreement covers where the machine goes, who does what, and the venue's share of the sales.

Sample contract

3) We install

An electrician fits a dedicated circuit, then we deliver the machine, set it up and register it with the HSE.

Electrician's brief

4) You get paid

We restock, clean and repair it. Each month you get a statement of the sales and your share.

Monthly statement

What it means for your venue

We don't charge you rent or fees. You give the machine a home; we do the rest.

What your venue gets

  • Food after the kitchen closes
    Hot pizza for customers late into the night, without reopening the kitchen.
  • Customers who stay
    People stay for another round instead of leaving to find food.
  • A share of the sales
    Paid monthly, with a statement showing every sale.

What we look after

  • Stock and cleaning
    Ordering pizzas, restocking, rotating by date and cleaning the machine.
  • Repairs
    Maintenance and repairs, with alerts from the machine's app.
  • Food safety
    HSE registration, the HACCP plan, training and temperature records.
  • Payments and refunds
    Card, phone and cash payments, and refunds for your customers.

What we need from you

  • Space
    Room for a machine about 1.8 × 1.15 m and 2.4 m tall, with space in front for customers.
  • Power and internet
    A dedicated electrical circuit and the electricity it uses, plus Wi-Fi unless the machine has its own SIM.
  • A tidy spot
    Keeping the area around the machine clear and clean.

Full site requirements

See it in action

Real footage from our machine: a customer order from start to finish, plus payments, restocking, the app and the robotics.

Full customer run-through
Companion app
Restocking
Card, cash or coins
Smart oven
While they wait
Make it yours
Engineer mode
The robotics

Built for busy venues

Anywhere people want hot food when the kitchen's closed, or there isn't one.

Pubs and late bars
Hotels
Sports and social clubs
Campuses, shopping centres and transport hubs

Our story

The Pizza Machine started as a side project for a couple of entrepreneurs and tech hobbyists. Our first machine was rotting away in a warehouse and probably going to be scrapped. We rescued it, worked through a long list of faults, found the right pizza and got it running start to finish. So when one's in your venue, we know how to keep it baking.

Our first year in 90 seconds
  1. December 2025

    The rescue

    It had made only a few dozen pizzas before it was left in a warehouse. We took it on before it went for scrap.

  2. December 2025

    Bringing it back

    It had lots of problems. We replaced faulty parts, recalibrated the machine, cleaned the oven and learnt what each fault screen means.

  3. December 2025

    Finding the right pizza

    We spoke with suppliers and tested several 80% par-cooked pizzas, plus supermarket ones, to find pizzas that fit the 10-inch limit and come out right. Which pizzas work

  4. February 2026

    A name and a look

    The Pizza Machine got its name, and Rob came up with the retro gaming concept behind its pixel-art look and the custom artwork on the menu screen.

  5. March 2026

    First full run

    Complete paid orders, from a tap on the screen to a hot pizza in a box.

  6. November 2026

    Today

    It runs start to finish, and we're looking for venues to host it. Host a machine

Plan it with our guides

What we've learnt running a pizza machine in Ireland, free to read before we talk.

Launch plan

Every step from agreeing a contract to the first sale, with dates.

Running costs

What one machine takes and costs in a month. Change any figure.

Sample contract

A sample host venue agreement to read before we talk.

Food safety

What selling food from a machine in Ireland involves, and who does what.

Sample documents

Site survey, staff guide, signs for the machine, monthly statement and more.

All resources

Specs, boxes, pizzas, suppliers, payments and videos.

Got a spot in mind?

Tell us about your venue and we'll confirm what the site needs within two working days.

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Mark Finlay

"YOU GOTTA MAKE THE DOUGH TO MAKE THE DOUGH!"
Looking to host? I'll help you scope locations and on-site requirements.

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+353 86 310 2697
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