YoNaturals Vending Against Junk Food in Schools

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YoNaturals of San Diego, California has managed to capture a sizable portion of the snack food and beverage market, by servicing a market segment which the old guard among snack vendors had all but neglected to serve:  the large and growing market for all-natural and organic convenience foods and beverages.

And what a success story it has proven to be — not just for us, but for so many distributors signed on with the YoNaturals brand!

Think about it.  What if you could vend to your local community such popular and nutritious treats as Horizon Organic Milk, Tazo Teas, Roberts Pirates Booty, Clif Bars and Stacy’s Pita Chips as well as hundreds of other top-selling organic and whole grain selections?  What if you, in fact, could market your choice of over five hundred different, quality snack foods and beverages — all of which meet state standards for sensible nutrition and all of which have been overwhelmingly rewarded by the marketplace for their quality and overall taste appeal?

If you are a vending professional — or maybe just a motivated entrepreneur in search of new and attractive business opportunities — we’d very much like to meet you and introduce you to our exciting marketing opportunities!

Our state-of-the-art YoZone machines will impress you, regardless of your vending experience, with their off-site monitoring capabilities and the ease with which they allow credit or debit account purchases.  You’ll also be impressed by our wonderful rental/purchase plans, and the array of services we’re able to deliver to vending distributors.  And with the obvious interest we display in serving your business needs.

Come see what we have to offer vending business professionals!  It will turn out to be the most profitable phone call you could ever make.

It seems the state of Texas recently passed a law allowing licensed daycare centers to skip providing lunch for children in their care. And researchers thereafter started noticing an unsettling thing: Many parents are dropping their children off at daycare each morning with lunch bags which don’t quite measure up to state standards for proper nutrition.

Researchers in fact paid close attention to the contents of bag lunches — and even interviewed parents to assess their knowledge and views on child nutrition. The results of the research show that, although parents are in general aware of what a proper, balanced lunch should consist of — the majority of parents were more concerned about giving their child what he or she likes, rather than what nutrition rules call for. That too often means fewer fresh fruits and vegetables — and more junk foods! Even milk is turning up less that it should.

At YoNaturals, our vended snack food and beverage options are carefully selected to provide great tasting natural goodness without the extra fats, salt and sugars of junk foods. With over 500 labels to choose from in the YoNaturals line-up, parents can be sure that their child will not only find his or her favorite food — but that it will be a healthy and nutritional addition to the day’s diet.

YoNaturals healthy vending machines are turning up in more and more schools across the nation for just that reason.

With childhood obesity a rising problem across the land — isn’t it time to consider extra ways in which we can make a difference and point kids in the right direction? If your school or daycare doesn’t yet have its own YoZone, YoThirsty or YoHungry healthy vending machine, perhaps it’s time to suggest one. And if you yourself have access to a YoNaturals machine at work or at school — why not secure your own little store of wholesome YoNaturals goodness to put in the lunch bags you lovingly pack?

For more information on nutrition, our products, and our corporate vision please visit our website at www.YoNaturals.com.

Consumers are always grateful when a YoNaturals healthy vending machine turns up in their local school or place of work, bringing its healthier snack food choices.

But our state-of-the-art YoZone, YoThirsty and YoHungry machines and their wholesome snack and beverage alternatives still remain a too rare thing in many areas, despite YoNaturals’ lightning growth into over one-hundred twenty urban markets during just the past few years.

And it’s truly unfortunate that YoNaturals’ market expansion hasn’t been even speedier. A record two-thirds of American adults are now overweight or obese, and the numbers for this and for the obesity-related diseases which have accompanied rising obesity continue to climb at alarming rates from coast to coast. Diabetes alone now claims twenty-four million American victims, and a further fifty-seven million of us are pre-diabetic, promising no immediate end to the steady rise in just this one killer’s societal impact.

Despite all the educational and media attention given to the absolute need to eat sensibly and to exercise regularly — the overall American health picture has seemed only worse with each succeeding year.

Anecdotal evidence strongly points to a lack of convenient snack choices as a major factor behind the consumption of much of the unhealthy junk foods that flood the marketplace. So anything that broadens distribution of wholesome, natural food products is bound to have a beneficial effect. Especially since the most promising news to come out of the mix is that a growing number of us genuinely do understand the unhelpful nature of the fats, salt and sugars which have, for years, been almost thoughtlessly added to processed foods and beverages by package food producers focused solely on maximizing their own short-term profits.

But the future doesn’t have to be bleak — and isn’t, wherever YoNaturals’ five-hundred healthier snack choices are to be found.

If being taunted for their excessive weight were the only challenge faced by our growing population of seriously overweight children — that in itself might call out our very best efforts at finally ending the childhood obesity epidemic sweeping America.

But then there’s the diabetes, and the cardiovascular disease, the hypertension and the elevated cholesterol levels which beckon as today’s stigmatized child faces an adulthood unnecessarily burdened by the inevitable legacy of a lifetime’s dietary missteps.  And don’t forget gall bladder disease, liver malfunctions, osteoporosis, sleep apnea and knee and ankle maladies which occur with much greater frequency among the obese.

And then there’s the growing percentage of the nation’s wealth which is necessarily squandered to remedy these afflictions.

Processed foods, and especially junk foods, should maybe carry special labels which spell out just how unhelpful their ingredients are to those among us trying to maintain a healthy balance of diet and exercise, so as to ensure the best chances of good health.

Failing that, perhaps every public or commercial building across the land should have its own Yo Naturals healthy vending machine.

Healthy vending alone, of course, isn’t going to end obesity.  Perhaps no single strategy will.  But by broadening access to healthier foods and beverages, those stylish YoZone, YoHungry and YoThirsty vending machines are making a very real difference in the everyday dietary choices of children and adults in zip codes all across the country.

Marketing healthier foods which meet state nutrition standards for fat, salt and sugar content, YoNaturals vending machines and the distributors who stock them are two increasingly valuable resources in the battle to save America’s waistline.

If you own a vending business — or have wondered what it takes to begin one — contact us today.  We offer an experienced, helping hand that can have you marketing a healthy and needed line of products, that will provide you with immediate income along with the satisfaction of knowing that you’re part of a solution.

Some have called high fructose corn syrup “the new trans fat”, referring to the public’s new found awareness of an ingredient found in many popular snack foods. And, as with the push to make the public more aware of the dangers posed by trans fat, some health officials are now devoting their time and energy to building the public’s awareness of high fructose corn syrup. However, as with trans fat, this battle may be harder to win than you might think, and many food companies are not taking this lightly. YoNaturals does not provide any snacks or drinks that contain this sugary ingredient.

To build your own awareness, take a look at the ingredient list found on the box of your favorite food. If you don’t see high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) listed there as one of the key components, then you can count yourself as one member of a small group of Americans. As more people become aware of the dangers posed by HFCS, many people are learning that their favorite foods are among the worst offenders. In fact, HFCS is a very common ingredient that is used in all kinds of foods (ranging from cookies and cereals to salad dressings and soups). From top to bottom, there are few Americans who have a HFCS-free stock of food in their kitchen. That said, HFCS is something that people should (and could) consider living without.

Even as the general public has become more aware of the health epidemics that are related to weight gain, there are some that simply refuse to acknowledge that excessive weight gain is a problem for Americans in general. Or that it’s a problem that is related to not only how much we eat but also to the kinds of foods that we eat. And it is precisely these problems that are the focus of a new movement among health professionals interested in making people more aware of the ingredients that go into their favorite foods.

In an effort to rebrand HFCS, some nutritionists have even said that it is like a drug, linking it to the oft-talked about “sugar rush” and the declines that inevitably follow these sudden spikes in energy. However, others have suggested that HFCS is no worse than table sugar and that (like table sugar) the only danger is in eating too much of it. Research that is able to definitely silence one side or the other may be months or even years away, but it is probably safe to say for now that HFCS should be avoided when possible. And as with trans fat, for now it is up to the consumer to decide if eating HFCS-containing foods is in his or her best interest.

For people who are concerned with HFCS and other ingredients found in highly processed food, YoNaturals vending machines are their links to better diets. Offering 100% natural and organic snack foods, YoNaturals can be your choice for both good snacks and good health too.

That’s no gag headline.

Vending industry studies tracking revenues from food vending machine sales in schools and school districts show that switching to healthier food fare doesn’t hurt vending profits.

In fact, according to a recent study, selling healthy foods actually results in even more vending profits!

And why would that surprise any experienced vendor?  The trend toward natural, healthy foods like those marketed by YoNaturals has been virtually unstoppable since health became a national obsession in the 1960s.  Americans continue to absorb a steady, almost daily drumbeat of media stories highlighting the dire health effects of those junk foods overladen with harmful fats, sugars and salt.  The longevity-enhancing virtues of wholesome foods are increasingly praised — and sought after in the marketplace.

What rational business plan in this day and age would center itself around the marketing of unhealthy food choices?  And equally to the point — who wouldn’t feel better about themselves by catering to the rapidly-growing segment of the market which actively values healthy nutrition?

The market leader in healthy food vending, YoNaturals, now makes it especially easy to make the switch into profitable and socially-responsible healthy food and drink vending by partnering with our distributors to maximize opportunity and minimize risk.

YoNaturals marketing experts stand ready to help identify for you the most promising vending machine venues in your own area, and to advise you on product choices tailored to your region and a leasing or purchase plan that perfectly matches your individual situation.

Contact us today, and give us the opportunity to propose a marketing plan which will place you among our rapidly growing team of successful distributors.

Health sells!  And vendors profit when they sell to its ever-expanding market.

And none profit quite like those vendors on the quality YoNaturals distributors’ team!