Fecha de publicación: 07/01/2020 Fuente: WIPO Food Portada The utility model discloses a food storage mechanism and a vending machine, and relates to the technical field of vending machines. According to the technical scheme, the method comprises the steps that 1, the food storage mechanism comprises a base, a first pushing mechanism arranged on the base, a bottom plate arranged below the base and parallel to the base, a second pushing mechanism arrangedon the bottom plate, and a plurality of vertically-arranged guide rods arranged on the base. A plurality of food falling openings are formed in the front end of the base side by side, the first pushing mechanism is used for horizontally pushing food to the positions above the food falling openings, the second pushing mechanism is used for horizontally pushing the food to the first conveying mechanism, and the guide rod is used for limiting the food to only fall in the vertical direction in the falling process. The multifunctional dining table has the advantages that the food falling openings are formed in the front end of the base side by side, different kinds of food are placed on the columns corresponding to the different food falling openings, and when a customer selects some kind of food, the food can directly fall into the food falling openings corresponding to the food, so that the waiting time of the customer is shortened, the efficiency is improved, and the energy consumption is reduced.