FEBO

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Febo on the Nieuwedijk in Amsterdam

The 'automatiek' is a typical Dutch vending machine.

FEBO (pronounced [feɪbo]) is a chain of Dutch walk-up fast food restaurants of the automatiek type. Founded in 1941 in Amsterdam, FEBO is most notable for this automatiek format: a counter is available for purchasing French fries, beverages, and hamburgers. Other FEBO snacks can be bought from the automats. The primary automat-vended items are krokets, frikandellen, hamburgers, cheese soufflés and such.

According to the company website [1], FEBO has almost 60 shops all over the Netherlands, with 54 being franchises [2]. There are 22 shops in Amsterdam alone.

Originally a bakery named "Maison FEBO" after Ferdinand Bolstraat in Amsterdam, where the founder was an apprentice baker, the name was later shortened to just "FEBO".

Febo is pronounced "faybo" not "Feebo".