Vending

Snack machine to test National Spelling Bee contestants

Image courtesy of Hillshire Farms.

May 24, 2022

Young people planning to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee next week will have a chance to test their skills at a vending machine in New York City, according to a press release.

On Wednesday, the Hillshire Farm Snacked! snack pack machine will be placed on Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The "pay with words" machine will announce a word, then "listen" as the contestant spells it on the touchscreen keypad.

If the word is spelled correctly, the machine will dispense a Hillshire Farm Snacked! Snack pack, consisting of a cheese, meat and sweet treat.

On May 30 and 31, it will move to the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., the site of the National Spelling Bee.

The machine selects words of varying difficulty.

The Spelling Bee will host 234 spellers from May 31 to June 2 for the national rounds, the first fully in-person Bee since 2019.

Hillshire Farm Snacked! brand and Samsung Galaxy Book 2 Series have signed on as premier sponsors of the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee.