Recent discussion around Washington centers around the agenda put forth by First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama. Calling for change, the agenda outlines a plan to provide public schools with healthier vending machine options. Particularly, these guidelines call for the removal of unhealthy options, in favor for healthier snack vending machines, and soda as well. Keeping this in mind, the markets for healthy vending have been increasingly showing favor in terms of sale and industry potential. We do offer a healthy snack solution at United Marketing, with a mechanical vending machine. As reported previously, strides have been taken against this choice, in favor of the choice by schools, by the state of Utah. That change introduced a new plan to give the schools nutritional information and healthier vending machine options, if they choose so. Further response by two political figures, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former President Bill Clinton have made vows to keep the healthy snacking agenda a foremost concern. At a recent summit in California, the two discussed the various factors of obesity and relations to unhealthy eating habits. Particularly, sugary drinks and fatty snack foods were cited as correlations to early onset obesity. As well, political reform in California has called for the elimination of soda selections in public schools, such as sport drinks. Similarly, in 2011, vending machine owners will be required to put a certain ratio of healthy food and beverages into their machines. Particularly it will call for 35% healthy foods and 33% healthy beverages. As the healthy food and beverage market continues to grow and add sales to large snack and beverage companies, one should take advantage of this situation with a healthy snack mechanical vending machine. If you are interested in a mechanical vending machine that can vend healthy snacks, feel free to contact us. |