These aren’t your typical big brown boxes with coils just outfitted with a different product mix, either.  These healthy vending machines are high-tech!  Here’s what I’m talking about:

An LCD Screen: If I could afford it, every wall in my house would be an LCD screen.  A vending machine should be no different.  Plus, how cool is it to have nutrition facts displayed on screen of the food products you’re about to buy? Its not like you can open the machine up and read the labels. If you have to put guesswork into your healthy snack options, then you’re probably not eating as healthy as you could be.

Cashless payment options: Like most of us, I am horrible at keeping cash around.  And nothing is worse than walking by a vending machine hoping for a healthy snack and coming up with lint.  Plastic money rules, plain and simple.

Sensors that guarantee that the machine vends correctly: This is as refreshing as the natural and organic options in these machines.   You know the diagram on vending machines showing what NOT to do? (i.e. tipping the machines towards you?) Yep, I’ve been THAT guy.   Because when I get ripped off by an ugly brown box, I feel stupid. And when I feel stupid, I get angry. Angry + Stupid = I am the guy in the diagram.

Eco-Friendly Design: We all love Mother Earth.  (By “we” I am not including British Petroleum). These healthy vending machines use up to 50% less energy than standard vending machines.  This means that when you use a traditional vending machine, you are actually harming your body and the environment.  Whether you buy organic, natural, or simply healthier food from a healthy vending machine its a double-whammy of positive impact for your body and for the earth.

The bottom line is that while we still may not be able to swallow a complete steak dinner the size of an aspirin, the convenience of a high-tech healthy vending machine is a pretty cool substitute.

Obesity and malnutrition would rather step into the ring with these boxing greats than the Boys & Girls Club of Ada County, Idaho.

The mission of the Boys & Girls Club is “to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.”

Gotta love ‘em.

On July 20th, the Garden City and Meridian clubs joined the fight to promote health for its kids by implementing a state of the art healthy vending program through H.U.M.A.N. Healthy Vending.  With a high tech machine installed at each club, the positive and measurable impact on the kids’ health has begun.

Star athletes from Boise State and nutrition experts participated in an educational event before unveiling the machines, speaking to the children about the importance of nutrition and exercise at the Moseley Center.

CHECK OUT THE NEWS COVERAGE OF THE EVENT!

Local H.U.M.A.N. operators Amy and John Hobbing are excited to be the first exclusive healthy vending operators in Idaho: “As leaders in the Treasure Valley have come to realize, poor nutrition and obesity are not just bad for kids, but its bad for business.  One out of every three adults and children are now classified as overweight or obese.  The cost of poor health is well documented: lost productivity, higher healthcare costs and a lower quality of life.  We have decided to take a stand against poor health and help innovative organizations and leaders like the Boys & Girls Club bring the right kind of tools to help kids and adults with better nutritional choices.  Lastly, we want people to know that good health can taste good!”

When I was a kid, I couldn’t tell you the difference between sodium and simple carbohydrates.  Heck, most of the time I couldn’t even match my socks.  Not surprisingly, not much has changed.  In Garden City, the kids crowded around the colorful and high-tech machine feeding it quarters and excitedly retrieving their snacks as reporters quizzed them on what the basic ingredients were.  The look on the kids’ faces said it all: “I don’t know, lady, I just know it tastes good!”

With a customized array of snacks chosen for both taste and nutritional content, kids and parents were not disappointed.

I have to say that nothing warms my heart more than seeing a kid chugging Hansen’s soda instead of Pepsi.  My wife was offended by this because apparently our wedding video should take precedence, but that’s neither here nor there.

And as childhood obesity rates soar throughout the country, the Boys & Girls Club in Ada County, Idaho has scored a first round knockout.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has come under fire for banning soda from vending machines on city property. I’m going to address the Top 7 Criticisms:

1. The government doesn’t have the right
2. There is no difference between soda and milk
3. People should be drinking water not milk
4. People are smart enough to decide for themselves
5. It’s dangerous for diabetics
6. It’s the wrong move
7. It won’t do anything

What does this mean? It means health, healthy vending, and healthy vending machines are gaining importance in everyone’s mind. People are increasingly realizing the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle and are proving it by spending more on healthy goods than ever before.  h.u.m.a.n. has the most innovative healthy vending machines and provides the healthiest, tastiest foods & drinks that consumers love.

2) Convenience
Fact:  In today’s hectic society, less meals are being consumed at home.  People simply have less time to eat due to our increasingly fast-paced society.  By bringing health and nutrition products directly to customers through healthy vending machines, we’re making it easier than ever before to eat more nutritiously and achieve a healthy lifestyle. To improve upon the already convenient nature of vending, we provide features such as credit card readers to make purchasing from our vendors as easy as possible. Since 2003, h.u.m.a.n. has been the leader in “convenient nutrition!”

3) Digital Advertising and Technology

Have you seen those bright ads displayed on big digital billboards yet? If you haven’t, you will very soon. They’re popping up everywhere, and they make a whole lot of sense. Why? Because they display targeted ads, look really sharp, & generate significantly more revenue when compared to old-school static advertisements. This is why the “Out-of-Home Digital Advertising” is already a $1.7 Billion industry with a rapid 23% annual growth rate. Our healthy vending program capitalizes on this booming digital advertising trend, allowing YOU to profit from it!

These unassailable trends point to where the world is heading and HUMAN is uniquely poised to benefit from all three.  We couldn’t be more excited!  Not only are we doing a lot of good for the world, we’re also making our vending operators and partners wealthy in the process!

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