ASHEVILLE - Anheuser-Busch InBev is marketing smart beer-vending machines to solve the problem you never knew you had: the inconvenience of the office beer run.

According to the company that handles publicity for the machine, the Office Bud-e will be equipped to sell beer from any brewery in A-B InBev's portfolio — including Wicked Weed.

A-B InBev, which recently acquired Wicked Weed Brewing in Asheville, holds about a 46-percent share of the beer market and is known as the largest beer producer in the world.

A press release said the beverage behemoth's machine is making its "national debut in the trendsetting, quintessential 'foodie' cities of New York and Chicago."

"But hopefully the fridge will be available to your area in the very near future," the spokesperson said via email.

The Office Bud-e is free to lease and comes equipped with vending machine-like sensored springs.

Using a Wi-Fi connection, the machine monitors in real time the number of beers in stock. When inventory runs low, the fridge then connects to local delivery services to re-up the supply.

The Office Bud-e can also stock other A-B InBev beers including Bud Light, Budweiser, Shock Top, Goose Island, Blue Point and Golden Road.