為了讓那些沒空逛市場(chǎng)的顧客也能購(gòu)買到新鮮的大閘蟹，江蘇省南京市一家公司在當(dāng)?shù)財(cái)?shù)個(gè)地鐵站安裝了螃蟹自動(dòng)售貨機(jī)，消費(fèi)者只需通過簡(jiǎn)單的操作，就可以按照大小進(jìn)行選擇，購(gòu)買自己相中的螃蟹，每只螃蟹的售價(jià)為15.8元到52.8元不等。據(jù)悉，這些螃蟹自動(dòng)售貨機(jī)與平時(shí)街頭常見的自動(dòng)售貨機(jī)外形相似，內(nèi)由不同規(guī)格的貨倉(cāng)組成，鮮活的螃蟹用塑料盒子進(jìn)行了標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化包裝；自動(dòng)售貨機(jī)溫度控制在5攝氏度，能確保螃蟹在售貨機(jī)內(nèi)存活7—10天。因推出后受到消費(fèi)者的歡迎，該公司計(jì)劃將螃蟹自動(dòng)售貨機(jī)推廣到更多城市，甚至打算跨出國(guó)門打入日本市場(chǎng)。

The automatic crab dispensers have been installed at several underground stations in Nanjing, the capital of the southeastern province of Jiangsu.

Commuters in China who are too busy to keep supermarket opening hours are being offered a nutritious alternative to the diet of crisps, chocolate and fizzy drinks usually dispensed from train station vending machines – live crabs.

The automatic crab dispensers have been installed at several underground stations in Nanjing, the capital of the southeastern province of Jiangsu, by an enterprising local company hoping to capitalize on the increasingly hectic lifestyles of urban Chinese.

The 'Dazha' hairy crabs, which are a popular regional delicacy along the Yangtze River delta cities of Nanjing, Hangzhou and Shanghai, are sold in three sizes – large, medium or small – and range in prices from ￡1.50 to ￡5.00.

The crabs are packed into custom-fitted plastic boxes and chilled to 41F (5C) which is enough to sedate them but also keep them alive. A sign next to the machine offers three free crabs for anyone who is unlucky enough to get a dead one, the local 'Guangzhou Daily' newspaper reported.

"The customers were a bit skeptical at first as they were worried if the crabs were alive or not," Wu Zhendi, general manager of the Twin Lake Crab Co. told The Telegraph, "but now they see they are alive, they keep coming back. We are selling hundreds each day, and more at weekends."

The company, which claim on its website to supply crabs to dignitaries staying at China's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse outside Beijing, said it was now planning to expand the trials, possibly even as far as Japan where vending machines are used to sell everything from eggs to ice and umbrellas.

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