January 19, 2009 at 6:49 pm
· Filed under Healthy Nutrition, Healthy Vending Business, YoNaturals Natural Vending Machines ·Tagged healthy snacks, healthy vending, nutrition, parents and nutrition, vending business, yo naturals, Yonaturals
It certainly can’t be the first time a media columnist has pointed out that parents who regularly consume junk foods in front of their children can expect their kids to maybe return the favor.
Sometimes, sadly, to great and lasting excess.
A mother writing for a local paper recently asked parents of young children to consider the effect regular junk food consumption by parents has on children, given that children tend to pattern their own eating preferences after those of their parents. It would seem an obvious assumption, and one not necessary to waste extra newsprint in pointing out. And yet, fully one-third of American kids are obese or overweight, and effective solutions to this looming health crisis remain largely in the talking stage. Still.
YoNaturals can’t abolish people’s unhealthy preferences. We can only furnish the most wholesome and healthy snack options, and thereby make it less likely that your next craving won’t be for the empty calories too often still available in vending machines across America. With over five hundred healthy and delicious foods and beverages to choose from — we’re confident we can interest you in something decidedly better for you and your kids.
So, yes, we’d like to attract more parents — and their families, too — to the delicious new variety of convenient and healthy snack foods and beverages that Mother Nature intended all along for use by her true couch potatoes.
With top-selling products such as Tazo Teas, Horizon Organic Milk, Roberts Pirates Booty, Clif Bars and Stacy’s Pita Chips and more being added monthly, our healthy vending approach will be a hit with any family. No matter how persnickety they may be about nibbles.
Try health. Try YoNaturals. And leave those salty corn chips and fattening cookies on the grocery shelf.
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December 11, 2008 at 5:52 pm
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One of those only too obvious scientific conclusions, perhaps?
With steadily rising obesity rates now topping sixteen percent among American teens, an increasing amount of thought is going into just how to reverse this dangerous trend and quell the consumption of foods seen as most actively contributing to it. All foods do, of course. But some much more than others, and foods long categorized as “junk” foods — those unconscionably ladened with unhealthy amounts of fats and empty calories — are at the head of any elimination list.
The results of a recently published nutrition study show that — no surprise — having candy bars, cookies, potato chips and sugary soft drinks in the home greatly increases the odds of such foods being consumed by children, especially if the adults themselves regularly do so. Conclusion? Parents serious about reducing the weight of their children will need to remove tempting junk foods from the home entirely.
The report recommends stocking pantries with healthier food and drink items in place of the offending cookies, etc., and suggests that junk foods only be purchased, if at all, on special occasions.
YoNaturals, along with local distributors and hosts of our healthy-vending machines have long recognized that providing healthier choices is a sound way to influence consumers to do the right thing and consume more of what’s wholesome and less of what isn’t. Each YoZone, YoHungry and YoThirsty vending machine that is placed in an office, school or other public place results in better average nutrition for those who depend on vending machines for part of overall nutrition needs.
Stocking selections of the three hundred plus healthier food and beverage items distributed by YoNaturals, our machines accomplish miracles in improving diets — simply by making better nutrition choices readily available. And doing so in a delicious way that forces vended junk foods to compete for consumer dollars.
Any vending business with that as an objective is part of a needed, market based solution to the obesity problem.
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November 12, 2008 at 9:39 pm
· Filed under YoNaturals Natural Vending Machines ·Tagged organic and natural snack vending foods, yo naturals, Yonaturals, YoNaturals Vending
As a potential small business owner, you may already know how to recognize a good idea when you see it. In fact, this trait may be what you’re staking your future income on. As a concerned citizen of America, you may also be concerned with the current state of childrens’ health in this country. And last but not least, as a savvy investor, you may realize that there is a way to take advantage of a good idea and use it to address a concern shared by many other people across the country.
The good news is that YoNaturals vending is here to help you do exactly that. Through innovative thinking, YoNaturals has pioneered the field of health food vending by forging new alliances with school districts and building rapport with parents who are also concerned with the kind of nutrition that their children are getting from their snack foods and drinks. By placing health food vending machines in schools and other places frequented by hungry children, YoNaturals has become a brand that parents trust to provide their children with a healthy snack or drink when time or circumstance limits their other options. As one might guess, health-conscious parents are very thankful for the numerous options that a well-stocked health food vending machine provides to both parent and child.
Now, a parent does not have to worry about choosing between convenience and their child’s health when they do not have the time to go to the grocery store and prepare a healthy snack beforehand. In fact, as we continue to grow in market share, parents will be able to provide their child with a natural and organic snack at anytime their child’s stomach demands it. The role of the small business owner in all of this is to make this choice as simple as possible by investing in machines that can be placed in areas where parents and children congregate. YoNaturals has already invested a lot of time and money into studying the changing food preferences of the average American, and we are actively trying to meet those demands by stocking our vending machines with 100% organic and natural snack foods.
Furthermore, as the organic food market continues to grow, we anticipate that demand for our healthy products will also continue to grow. As a potential small business owner, your first task is to decide if you want to grow with us. Indeed, if you are interested in investing in the future of vending, then visit YoNaturals today to find out how to get started.
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October 29, 2008 at 5:06 pm
· Filed under YoNaturals Natural Vending Machines ·Tagged natural vending, unhealthy food in schools, Yonaturals
The healthy nutrition choices which YoNaturals has enjoyed success marketing in our schools and commercial venues isn’t the sole approach to solving the obesity problem which public health officials say is threatening our kids. Some feel a more activist approach is called for — given the somber realities of the obesity problem and its probable future impact on America’s health.
Even school bake sales are now being scrutinized by concerned parents.
A recent article in a San Francisco newspaper takes up the issue of traditional bake sales at schools, and whether the inclusion of sugary cupcakes and cookies, for instance, can be justified even in charitable fund-raising activities.
Consider these two opposing perspectives:
“Official school functions which raise money through the indiscriminate sale of fatty or overly-sugared foods do a grave disservice to parents (and kids) by setting a bad example. Worse — they place the importance of fund-raising above that of health at a time when childhood obesity is a serious and growing problem threatening many school families.”
“Cupcake bakers aren’t assassins — but rather fellow caring parents who wish to help their schools and who realize that the occasional sweet has its place in proper nutrition. Over-indulgence in anything is the result of poor personal discipline. Not all are lacking in self-discipline, and not all should suffer because of the relative few who are.”
Regardless of what their personal viewpoint might be in such matters, all distributors of YoNaturals’ one-hundred healthy snack food and drink products will surely agree that profit coexists comfortably indeed with conscience — when the products you distribute are so lovingly positioned on the wholesome and delicious side of nutrition.
Entrepreneurs who would like to take an active role in providing natural vending choices in their areas are invited to contact YoNaturals and to learn from our marketing experts just how simple and profitable it can be to become a local distributor.
A rewarding new career awaits you. Let us introduce you to it.
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October 15, 2008 at 2:50 pm
· Filed under YoNaturals Natural Vending Machines ·Tagged healthy vending machines, obesity in America, Yonaturals
YoNaturals CEO Mark Trotter has long championed a cause that becomes ever more poignant with each passing year. He has helped his San Diego based firm to stand out as the vending machine industry player most active in seeking to move America in a healthier direction on the snack food front.
Some might call that perhaps too tough a fight to take on. In fact, a recent report on nationwide obesity points up just how tough — and at the same time how urgent it is that we make a start on turning the tide on obesity.
The Robert Wood Foundation, in an October 2008 report entitled “F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America,” provides a sobering assessment of the state of the American waistline. The foundation has been active in mapping health trends since the 1980s. Some key findings in their latest report: Adult obesity rates doubled since 1960, from fifteen percent to thirty percent; Two-thirds of American adults are now either overweight or obese; Childhood obesity rates have nearly tripled since 1960, from six percent to over sixteen percent; and the obesity epidemic is, in a very real way, adding billions to national health care costs and even hurting our ability to compete in the global economy.
Sobering enough?
Poor dietary choices, often starting in childhood, still stand out as perhaps the key factor propelling our national statistics along such an unhealthy direction. And the yet ubiquitous availability of unhealthy snack choices — even in schools and health centers — continues to bode ill for America’s future. Nutrition experts have indefatigueably pointed to snack foods as among the most harmful, with their empty calories, fatty additives, and salt and sugar excesses. But all the lecturing has yielded little, say grim statistics on display for page after page in the Wood Foundation report.
Where do we go from here? Mark Trotter is seeking to make a healthy difference in the food marketplace, specifically with regard to snack foods and drinks, by personally seeing that YoNaturals’ over four hundred healthy snack and drink items take the struggle for a healthier America to the vending machines situated along the front lines in this battle. One distributor at a time, his firm’s distinctive healthy vending machines are introducing new choices into the marketplace.
And few will argue that schools shouldn’t be receiving more than their fair share of marketing attention in the noble fight for solutions. Proper nutrition habits will be learned at an early age — or go on to feed dreary statistics for all other age groups!
ref: http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22177/57293-america-s-five-fattest–and-getting/2
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October 3, 2008 at 4:33 pm
· Filed under YoNaturals Natural Vending Machines ·Tagged starting a vending business, yo naturals, YoNaturals Vending
Have you ever considered vending machines as an initial or add-on entrepreneurial venture?
If you have, and have done your homework, you may well be in the vending business already or arranging financing to help make that happen. This article is for those who haven’t yet heard about the exciting profit potential in leasing or buying vending machines and marketing products like YoNaturals’ popular line of healthy snacks and drinks.
And the profit potential is truly exciting!
Fact is, there are few easier paths to becoming your own boss, mastering the basics of running a profitable small business, and generating steady income than through food and drink vending. Vending has one of the best track records for viability among business start-ups, according to U.S. Department of Commerce statistics. One of the key reasons for this is the relative simplicity of establishing a vending business, especially if you have an experienced and active partner like YoNaturals vending helping you through the initial stages. Our seasoned distributor liaison team provides practical insights into start-up necessities, location selection, logistics, performance tracking and other key components needed to maximize your — and our — chances of success.
You success is, after all, very much a win-win opportunity for us both.
Our mutual ally will be the fact that, whatever the prevailing economic conditions, food and drink vending provides steady revenues and real growth prospects. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will remain immutable institutions regardless of economic season. And quality, vended snacks and drinks will always represent convenience and value to consumers.
Our YoNaturals vending product line is perfectly positioned to take advantage of a rising awareness of health issues and a more critical view toward the high-fat, high-sodium, sugary content of so many snacks and drinks. Our target market is exactly that expanding consumer demographic who value foods which are both good-tasting and good for you. We have created a vibrant business in supplying their needs — and our distributors have shared in our remarkable success. But beyond this, each YoNaturals distributor shares in the satisfaction of knowing that the wholesome food products we together bring to market are the finest and healthiest available to vending. That counts for something in a marketplace where virtue is often an afterthought — don’t you think?
Why not get in touch with us today and let our marketing people fill you in on all the options and opportunities available in your locale. That you didn’t make the call sooner might end up being your only regret!
We look forward to serving you.
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September 25, 2008 at 5:45 pm
· Filed under YoNaturals Natural Vending Machines ·Tagged healthy vending machine business, vending machine business, yo naturals, Yonaturals
The vending industry has been around for a long time. The advent of the world’s first vending machine actually occurred just under 2,000 years ago. The invention dispersed holy water for ceremonies and other religious rites. Many people chalked it off as magic, and it wasn’t until the late 1800’s in England that we began to explore the concept once again.
Nowadays, vending machines are ubiquitous; you can find them in innumerable public places, especially school, hospitals, gyms, offices and malls. The benefits are obvious: the machine doesn’t have to be attended to throughout the entire day, theft is kept to a minimum (virtually impossible with modern machines), and people love the convenience they offer. Vending machines have been providing easy access to snacks and drinks for customers and profits for operators for over a century.
But we are in the process of another gigantic change in the industry. Over the last decade or so, Americans have been increasingly concerned with matters of health and nutrition. The organic food industry has grown from $1 billion to $18 billion in the last two decades, and is showing no signs of slowing. With obesity and early onset diabetes epidemics running rampant in this country, people are beginning to scrutinize their food and drink choices much more closely.
As we have turned our attention to our longtime companion, we haven’t liked what stared back. Junk food and soda companies have been successfully entrenched themselves in the vending industry, and their far-reaching tentacles have wormed their way into schools, hospitals, workplaces… everywhere you can think of. As the spotlight of public attention turned to vending, the junk food industry scurried around like cockroaches trying to offer ‘healthier’ alternatives. These new offerings barely met the minimum standards and were of course only created to preserve declining market share.
YoNaturals knows that people want more than the bare minimum; you want nothing but the best that can reasonably be offered. That’s why we have created our 100% organic and natural snack and drink vending machines. Convincing people to break long-standing vending contracts with junk food companies and that healthy products will sell have been obstacles, but they have all been overcome. More and more, the world is realizing that healthy vending is the future, and they can’t wait!
If you are considering or have ever considered starting your own vending machine business, NOW is best time in history! We are in the midst of a massive shift in consumer preference, and YoNaturals is at the forefront of this revolution. Join us by purchasing your own healthy vending machines and tap into this multi-billion dollar industry with centuries of proven success! Contact us today at www.YoNaturals.com
Author: Philip Segal
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September 17, 2008 at 4:07 pm
· Filed under YoNaturals Natural Vending Machines ·Tagged Corn Refiners Association, natural and organic vending, New High Fructose Corn Syrup Commercial
In case you haven’t seen it, the Corn Refiners Association has put out a new marketing campaign in the form of television commercials that is meant to mislead consumers in the typical way that unhealthy industries often do. High Fructose Corn Syrup has been under a lot of scrutiny lately as its effects on diabetes and obesity have become almost common knowledge. We would like to explain to you why YoNaturals natural and organic vending machines would never dream of using products that contain this killer ingredient.
I don’t remember the commercial verbatim, but their website lays out their claims as well: HFCS is safe and no different from other common sweeteners like table sugar and honey, HFCS has the same number of calories as table sugar, and it is perfectly safe “in moderation.” This particular ingredient is ubiquitous, and you’ll find it in innumerable products, which means that your health depends on whether or not you choose to eat foods which contain it. Let’s take a look at the CFA’s claims to see if their is any validity.
First of all, let’s look at motive. HFCS is sweeter than sugar, it extends the shelf life of foods and it is cheaper than sugar. Right off the bat, these facts create a clear conflict of interest between the Corn Refiners Association’s profits and your health. According to the Mayo Clinic, HFCS is made by “changing the sugar in cornstarch to fructose — another form of sugar.” So in that sense, it is a ‘natural’ substance, since fructose does naturally occur. So, is it dangerous?
A study in 2004 definitively showed a direct link between high fructose corn syrup and obesity and diabetes. For whatever reason, this particular form of sugar causes weight gain and is a contributing factor to diabetes. So the question is, who are you going to believe: objective, scientific studies or the CFA? As stated above, the CFA profits from HFCS because products last longer on the shelf and are cheaper to make. You decide who has your interests in mind.
The truth may take some time to surface as it fights it’s way against misinformative campaigns like this one. But one thing is for sure: YoNaturals will never vend anything besides natural and organic snacks and drinks in our machines.
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September 10, 2008 at 4:19 pm
· Filed under YoNaturals Natural Vending Machines ·Tagged healthy foods in school vending machines
Most of us like to think we know what we’re putting into our bodies when we eat, but the question is—do we really? Even those who are adamant about reading labels don’t really know for sure that they are putting into their bodies because they are taking the manufacturer of that product at his word. There are government regulations concerning the disclosure of ingredients in processed and canned foods, but there are also ways to avoid complete disclosure. For example, any product that has less than five calories per serving can list a zero calorie count on the package. That may not seem like a very big deal, but it can add up if you frequently eat foods that claim to have zero calories.
How can we prevent ourselves from being subjected to a lack of knowledge about the foods we consume? The only way to know exactly what you are eating and what is in it is to prepare everything you eat from scratch. “But that’s unrealistic, I work all day” is the typical response dieticians and nutritionists hear. They are concerned about what they are eating and feeding their families but not enough to do something about it. You can’t have it both ways—you either have to do something about what you are feeding your family or stop pretending you care about it. That seems like a hard line to take, but the reality is that if you care about what your family eats, you WILL do something about it regardless of how inconvenient it may be.
How can you have it both ways—convenience and preparing healthy meals for your family? One of the easiest ways to provide nutritious meals for your family is to take time on your days off to prepare meals for the week and store them in the freezer. If you don’t have room for large containers, portion the meals into what each person will eat and put it into plastic containers. This is also perfect for times when you or your spouse may be late getting home instead of stopping for fast food. Another possibility is to invest in one of those cookbooks that have recipes you can prepare from start to finish in a half hour or less—you will even see those that only require ten minutes including preparation time.
The fact is we must be aware of what we are eating and what we are feeding our children. Vendors such as School Healthy Vending have taken the initiative by providing healthy foods in vending machines. Instead of soft drinks natural fruit juices are the course of the day in the schools they service. The snacks are natural and organic rather than sweet and packed with sugar. Each parent has to also take the same course of action not just for the children but for their families as an entirety.
Author: Brenda Coxe
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September 3, 2008 at 6:20 pm
· Filed under YoNaturals Natural Vending Machines ·Tagged eating natural and organic, Yonaturals
If you don’t think your diet has an effect on the way you feel, try loading up on sugary foods and see how rundown you feel. Better yet, try spending a week eating nothing but natural and organic foods and see how much better you feel. Perhaps the cost of natural foods is a little higher than that of processed food, but one cannot put a price tag on your health. The amount of processed and junk food we have come to consume as a nation is currently at epidemic proportions and unless we do something about it now, we will soon have a nation of children who don’t know what a home-cooked meal is.
Children today not only eat too much junk food but they do not exercise like past generations. It is easier to sit in front of the television or computer than to go outside and throw a ball around or ride a bicycle. The lack of exercise and a poor diet contribute to the lack of energy in today’s children. While children in generations past have enjoyed many different activities, the late 20th and 21st centuries are seeing children who consider any exercise beyond going to the Mall and real chore. Is it really that the children are lazier than in generations past? The problem is not that children are lazier than in the past but that their poor diets and lack of exercise causes them to be less energetic than those of their parents’ and grandparents’ generation.
What is the answer? Learning to eat right has to begin in childhood—even infancy—if we are to make it an effective transition. Providing healthy natural snacks such as the items School Healthy Vending provides in their machines is a potential solution for schools, but the total solution to the problem requires the cooperation of all parents and adult caregivers as well. If we begin feeding our children healthy and natural foods we will see a definite improvement in their stamina and concentration levels. When we can get the children to concentrate better, their grades will improve. That doesn’t mean they can never again eat at their favorite fast food restaurant, but the trips should be minimal and still under the control of an adult.
Author: Brenda Coxe
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