Smoothie vending machine

A smoothie vending machine having a plurality of smoothie dispensing tanks comprising:

• a housing;
• an electro-mechanically actuated dispensing nozzle attached to each smoothie dispensing tank;
• a means for retrieving an empty cup and moving the cup to each selected dispensing nozzle;
• a means for delivering beverage from the dispensing tank to the empty cup;
• a means for transferring a filled cup from the cup retrieving and moving means;
• a receiving shelf to receive the filled cup;
• a means for dropping dry food product into the filled cup;
• an access door to open when the filled cup is ready to vend to a customer;
• a mounting plate vertically disposed on the housing;
• wherein the mounting plate is vertically hinged;
• wherein the mounting plate is swingable outward from the housing;
• wherein the mounting plate is positioned and arranged between a front door of the smoothie vending machine and the smoothie dispensing tanks contained in the smoothie vending machine;
• wherein the mounting plate is positioned and arranged to swing open to enable access to the smoothie dispensing tanks and a plurality of blender DC motors for refilling and maintenance;
• and
• wherein the cup retrieving and moving means are disposed on the mounting plate.