High Sales Volumes and the Internet Present Virginia Healthy Snack Food Vending Operators with a Wholesome Opportunity
The ubiquitous snack vending machine has come a long way since the days when small change could buy a typically artery-clogging -- but oh-so uniquely American -- salute to questionable nutrition.
And now even the term "junk food" may be in jeopardy of becoming a linguistic relic from a vanishing era.
YoNaturals of San Diego, a market leader in replacing junk food vending machines with ones dispensing healthier, natural & organic snack fare reports continuing success in placing its food and beverage machines in schools and businesses nationwide, despite the otherwise lackluster economy.
And in the process, YoNaturals is employing advanced technologies to further invigorate its already healthy vending revenues.
Business partners Michael Lovett and Whitney Beer-Kerr of Falls Church, Virginia -- two among a rapidly expanding legion of part-time YoNaturals vending entrepreneurs -- recently placed new YoNaturals machines in nearby Washington's The Maret School, Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA and the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia. They see themselves as directly benefitting from a cultural shift away from unhealthy eating.
"We both recognize the key importance of diet when it comes to health," says Lovett. "And we share a fondness for natural & organic snack food labels common to the West Coast's more health conscious lifestyle. We also see value in providing the community, and especially its children, with healthier snack choices.
"The YoNaturals vending machines they place in schools and other venues do this and more. Each machine maximizes its dietary influence by tallying vending transactions and automatically transmitting the data to a website which allows them to determine, in real-time, just which healthy eats are selling best -- and to quickly replenish popular products.
With their machines logging an average of 56 vends per day, the result has clearly been enhanced sales of their wholesome snacks -- providing them and those hosting the machines with a technological edge. The losers in all this are the rival junk food vendors, something which gladdens more hearts than just theirs.
"The YoNaturals machine gives our students snacking choices which we are far more comfortable with," notes Lynn Levinson, assistant director at The Maret School. "And the healthier foods and beverages seem every bit as popular with them as less nutritious stuff," an assessment YoNaturals never tires of hearing. For Matt Alvin, Fitness Director at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia, the kosher snacks available in his new YoNaturals machine provide two very compelling reasons not to miss his old snack machine. "It's deliciously healthy stuff, it's kosher, and it's just in time for our huge summer camp crowd!"
For Michael Lovett and Whitney Beer-Kerr, the business of changing a community's dietary habits for the better is truly being accomplished one location at a time.
Contacts:
YoNaturals
Mark Trotter, CEO, 858-794-9955
sales@yonaturals.com