Here’s a little video I made (we finally meet!) to give you a list of the ways having HUMAN’s healthy vending machines in school will make your school more money.
Solutions to Your Top 3 Fears About Healthy School Vending Machines
June 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Fear #1 – If you put healthy snacks next to unhealthy snacks in school vending machines, kids will buy only the unhealthy snacks.
Kids, and perhaps people in general, are more likely to buy unhealthier snacks when faced with a choice between healthy and unhealthy. When a person is hungry, the body wants to get calories as fast as it can, so of course people are attracted to the salty and sugary snacks.
The solution: Find a vending machine that sells only healthy foods. When students don’t have the distraction of past go-to’s, they will make healthier decisions every time!
Fear #2 – Kids will shy away from healthy snacks because they are more expensive than traditional vending machine foods.
The Solution: If your school has a debit system, some vending machines can be programmed to accept school ID cards as a form of payment! Everyone—even kids—are more likely to buy when they don’t have to part with cash on the spot. And once parents find out about the healthy vending snacks that are available on campus, they might start giving kids extra allowance to help foster healthy eating habits!
Fear #3 – Kids don’t like health food so they will simply buy less from healthy vending machines, meaning less profit for the school.
The Solution: Find a vending machine company that has done a great deal of market research and has a wide variety of product options, and you can fill your new school vending machines with healthy foods that you already know kids will love. Add to that a clean, attractive vending machine that works to draw kids in, and the new vending machines will likely make more money than the old!
Problems solved! Healthy vending machines will not only help keep down obesity rates, but they may actually make more money for your school. Finding the right vending machine company is the key to making sure your healthy vending machines succeed!
Top 3 Fears About Switching to Healthier School Vending Machines
June 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Fear #1 – If you put healthy snacks next to unhealthy snacks in school vending machines, kids will buy only the unhealthy snacks.
Humans are beasts of familiarity, and kids additionally operate on what Freud calls the “pleasure principle” – they always want what sounds best right now. So if they are given the choice between unfamiliar healthy snacks and the tried and true calorie-rich snacks of their past, won’t they always choose the latter?
Fear #2 – Kids will shy away from healthy snacks because they are more expensive than traditional vending machine foods.
Many kids get a certain amount of money allotted to spend at school each day. Their parents might give them the cash in the morning before school, and the student then chooses how to spend it during the day. If healthy vending snacks are more expensive than the snacks they’re used to seeing, will they avoid buying because of the price?
Fear #3 – Kids don’t like health food so they will simply buy less from healthy vending machines, meaning less profit for the school.
Vending machines have become an integral part of a healthy school budget. With recent government budget cuts already plaguing schools around the country, any further decrease in income could be devastating. Is it worth taking the risk of trying a new tactic now? What if kids just don’t buy from the new vending machines?
Tune in tomorrow to see the simple solutions to each of these fears!
Top 5 Reasons to Upgrade Your School Vending Machines to HUMAN
June 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
1. The Vending Machines You Have Now Make You Feel Bad
You know it’s true. Every time you’re hungry enough to consider buying something from one of the old, junk food vending machines that are on your campus now, you take a minute to convince yourself that you are not starving, and can wait until later to eat. Or if you do give in, you feel bad afterward. And don’t you cringe every time you see one of the impressionable youngsters at your school going for a sugary coke and bag of cookies instead of buying an apple from the cafeteria? It doesn’t have to be this way! HUMAN’s healthy vending machines are filled with nothing but healthy snacks—to foster better eating habits in students, and let you get a healthy snack when you need one!
2. HUMAN’s Healthy Vending Machines Earn Money for Your School
As a prime healthy vending location, your school has the choice of earning a percent commission on all of the snacks sold at no cost to the school, or of leasing the machines and keeping all the profits! School budgets are tighter than ever. Programs that help students succeed and keep teachers sane are getting cut left and right, with no end in sight. Which program would you bring back with the extra cash from HUMAN’s healthy vending machines?
3. HUMAN’s Healthy Vending Machines Accept School Debit and Credit Cards
If your school has a debit program for lunches and other school-day expenses, HUMAN healthy vending machines’ intelligent internal computer can be programmed to accept this as a form of payment! So it won’t just be all the bullies who stole the other kids’ lunch money that get the advantage of healthy and delicious snacks. Anyone on your school’s debit system will be able to access the new school vending machines. And of course, the machines also accept credit cards and cash.
4. It’s About to be The Law
President Obama has vowed to rid schools of the “sugary snacks and drinks” that fill your school vending machines now. He is aiming to get this measure into the Reauthorization of Childhood Nutrition Act, which will be negotiated sometime this year. If you upgrade your vending machines now, you’ll be ahead of the curve! And who knows – Michelle Obama might even visit your school on her eradicate-child-obesity tour to congratulate you on taking the steps to keep America’s youth healthy!
5. HUMAN’s Vending Machines are Sophisticated and Pretty
A sleek and attractive design will draw attention – both to the machines and to your school’s progressive image. Streaming videos on the machines educate kids about the dangers of obesity and malnutrition while drawing students in, which means more profit for the school. And if any big wigs stop by your campus to check up on things, they will be sure to notice that those vending machines project a sophisticated image that contributes to the learning environment. It may help them realize that your school is run effectively and efficiently, and deserves whatever funding is available to keep running at full capacity!
Hi, I'm Kelly! I'm a UC Berkeley graduate and my time in the bay area has taught me to love organic, fair trade, free range, locally grown, and all things healthy and nutritious. I'm interested in learning about how getting healthy vending machines into schools around the country can help fight poor nutrition habits among children in America, and I am here to share what I find!