Bulk food storage and dispensing system with automatic label creation

A storage system comprising:

• one or more gravity-fed storage bins configured to store and dispense one or more bulk foods;
• a kiosk;
• and
• a load cell sensor positioned adjacent to each gravity-fed storage bin of the one or more gravity-fed storage bins, wherein each load cell sensor is configured to monitor a weight of a respective gravity-fed storage bin in real-time as a bulk food is being dispensed, and wherein each load cell sensor is configured to determine a change in weight of the respective gravity-fed storage bin and transmit a notification to the kiosk identifying the change in weight of the respective gravity-fed storage bin following a predefined amount of time without any weight change,
• wherein the kiosk is configured to receive the notification from the load cell sensor and automatically print a label comprising a weight, a cost, or combination thereof of a dispensed bulk food from the respective storage bin based on the identified change in the weight of the respective gravity-fed storage bin.

A system for real-time monitoring of bulk food sales, the system comprising:

• a bulk food storage apparatus having a plurality of bulk food storage bins, each storage bin having a load cell sensor configured to monitor a weight of the respective storage bin and a shelf-life of a bulk food within the respective storage bin based on a positive change in the weight of the storage bin providing a time of a bulk food addition to the storage bin;
• and
• a computing device in communication with the bulk food storage apparatus over a connected network,
• wherein each load cell sensor is configured to provide the monitored weight of the respective storage bin to the computing device,
• wherein the computing device is configured to provide real-time sales information to an electronic device over the connected network based on the monitored weight of the respective storage bins, and
• wherein the computing device is configured to provide an alert regarding an upcoming expiration of the bulk food within a respective storage bin based on the time of the bulk food addition to the respective storage bin.