FAQs Asked by Locations

• The Top Ten FAQs Asked by Locations Seeking to Maximize Profit by Operating Their Own Machines

  *FAQs asked by locations who want to operate their own machines
  • Differentiation? How does h.u.m.a.n. compare to A) traditional vending machine programs and B) other "healthy" vending machine programs?
    Note! After filling-out our contact form you'll get access to our comprehensive comparison document which provides you with a list of ALL of h.u.m.a.n. Healthy Vending's features compared to those of other vending companies!
    
    h.u.m.a.n Healthy Vending. In 2003 the company was founded as the first 100% healthy vending company by a biomedical engineer that earned his degree from The Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University. h.u.m.a.n. has never been anything else BUT a pure-play healthy vending company dedicated to giving people convenient access to healthy products and nutritional information. The company gives 10% of proceeds to charities that fight obesity and malnutrition and is backed by a team of health professionals, vending experts, registered dieticians, doctors, and performance specialists.
    
    

    h.u.m.a.n. utilizes over 20 warehouse across the United States to deliver its premium product offerings quickly and efficiently... Read More >>

  • Selection? What forms of payment do h.u.m.a.n. machines accept & what types of products do they offer?
    All h.u.m.a.n. machines accept credit cards, cash & coins. Our machines can also be made to accept pre-paid cards, RFID tags, and school/company ID cards. We can customize a solution that works best for you and the people at your location.
    
    h.u.m.a.n. offers over 1000 different products in its healthy vending catalog, and this number is only growing. Some of the most popular snacks include energy bars, soy crisps, pita chips, dried fruits, trail mixes, protein bars, lean meat jerky, organic cookies, popcorn, kettle corn, organic crackers and more. Some of our most popular drinks include bottled water, flavored waters, protein shakes, natural energy drinks, organic juices, sports beverages, soy milk, organic milk, and meal replacement shakes. Our vending machines in gyms and health clubs often also include sports supplement packets, multi-vitamins, protein packs, and other sports-related products.
    
    

    We carry hundreds of brands, utilizing only those which meet our nutritional standards AND are approved by consumers in product taste-tests... Read More >>

  • Finances? A) How do I know if I'll qualify for h.u.m.a.n.'s special leasing or financing program, B) how much does it cost to lease or purchase a h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machine, and C) what are the terms?
    The vending business is ALL about cash flow. To break-even you simply need to make sure that your profits each month are greater than your payments on the machine. This isn't too hard to do! This allows locations tight on cash to pay NO money up-front and still make good profits month over month. Therefore, you're "breaking-even" right from the get-go. However, if you do have a decent amount of liquid assets available, then it will make sense for you to purchase your h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machines outright and up-front. This will allow you to avoid interest payments and will minimize the overall cost of the machines in the long-run.
    
    Are you a school or educational institution? If so, then you'll automatically be approved for our special educational leasing program. All other businesses and organizations simply need to have a respectable credit score in order to get approved. The process is very simple - you just have to fill-out our basic leasing application (which you'll receive after filling-out our contact form) and within 24 hours we'll let you know if you've been approved for one of our leasing or financing programs... Read More >>
  • Break-Even? How many products does one machine have to sell in order to break-even and pay for its leasing or financing costs?
    This depends on your unique leasing terms and the average amount of profit you make per vend. Let's be conservative and look at some standard numbers. If you're a health club that operates 7 days a week and makes $1.00 on average per product sale, you'd need to sell around 7 items per day to break-even if your lease payment is $50 per week or around 6 items per day if your lease payment is $40 per week. If you're a school that is only open 5 days a week and makes $.75 on average per product sale, you'd need to sell around 13 products per day to break-even if your lease payment is $50 per week and about 11 products per day if your lease payment is $40 per week. Pretty achievable sales numbers, huh? Anything above these numbers is pure profit!
    
    After contacting us though one of our contact forms, a h.u.m.a.n. Healthy Vending expert will work with you to obtain break-even numbers for your specific situation based on educated guesses, financing application results, and an analysis of the average profit you'll experience per vend based on your unique product offerings.
  • Operation? Who is the best person at my location to operate the machine(s), order the products, and collect the money?
    Schools:
    As a school you really have two different options regarding who will operate your healthy vending machines. The first choice is to have a group of students be responsible for the machine through our Young Entrepreneurs program. This a great option if your school would like the opportunity to give students some real-world business experience. By operating the machines, ordering products, making sure the machines are always stocked, and collecting monies, students learn very valuable business lessons which they can apply later in life. Often times schools do not teach students enough real-world, everyday lessons. With this program, that can change. Via h.u.m.a.n.'s Young Entrepreneurs program, students will learn about accounting and bookkeeping, general business operations, marketing, and much more. This is a great program for student councils, econ groups, sports teams, or anyone else looking to raise funds or learn what it takes to run your own business... Read More >>
  • Products? How do I know what products to order from h.u.m.a.n., what is the average delivery time, and how much do the products cost?
    A h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending expert will work hand-in-hand with you and anyone else at your location - such as registered dieticians, administrators, or wellness professionals - to determine what product mix will suit your location best. With over 5 years of experience in the healthy vending business, we have a pretty good idea of what products work in what type of locations with what kind of people. But that doesn't mean we're going to give you a cookie-cutter product planogram. We work with you to gather demographic information and also, if possible, survey all of the people at your location to learn a bit more about their specific personal preferences. We'll be sure that there are products for everyone in our machines and will pay particular attention to any dietary requirements your people may have. Before installing the machines and stocking the products at your location, you will be required to approve and sign-off the products that will be offered through your machines. We want to make sure that you're happy with the selection, because in the end, that's all that matters!
    
    By utilizing the nation's largest and most efficient nutritional distribution centers, we're able to deliver products to your door within 24-72 hours of your order being placed - no matter where you're located in the domestic United States! Placing an order is easy and can either be completed online, via fax, or with a customer service representative over the phone... Read More >>
  • Education? How do h.u.m.a.n. machines help educate customers about health, nutrition, & proper eating?
    Unlike other vending machines - whether traditional or "healthy" - h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machines provide customers with nutritional information, product descriptions, and purchasing advice via the machines' 7 to 15 inch LCD screens above the control panel. Via streaming videos, slideshows, and high-quality images with overlaid text, h.u.m.a.n.'s digital LCD screens provide users with a more interactive vending experience. Why? Well, we've found that one of the main downfalls of buying products through a vending machine is that one cannot pick-up and feel the product. You can't shake the product, read its nutritional content, and determine if it's the exact one you want. Thus, we decided to develop a solution to step-around this problem. With our machines' digital features, you no longer have to worry about ordering that mystery product inside the machine. Instead, watch the machines digital screens and see if the information provided for that product matches your particular nutritional needs and cravings... Read More >>
  • Training? How much training is included in the h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending program & how long will it take me to learn how to operate my machine(s)?
    Operating a vending machine is not rocket science. But that doesn't mean that you'll be a really efficient operator right from the get-go. Running your own vending machines is simply about practice. After a couple of hours of playing around with the controls, learning about the product trays, and discovering the ins and outs of basic machine operation, you'll be on your way to becoming an expert h.u.m.a.n. operator!
    
    In addition to training manuals, an initial machine consultation, and free phone/ email support for the life of your h.u.m.a.n. contract, h.u.m.a.n. Healthy Vending can provide you with a trained technical vending expert to deliver, install, and train you on how to operate, stock, and maintain your healthy vending machines. In short, we'll do whatever it takes to make sure you are comfortable operating your vending machine(s) to ensure that you're set-up for optimal operator success.
  • Servicing? Who is responsible for servicing my h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machine(s) and how much time should I expect to spend operating each one?
    If a machine needs servicing and is under warranty or under the protection of a h.u.m.a.n. lease agreement, h.u.m.a.n. will utilize its nation-wide network of trained vending professionals to service the machine as quickly as possible, typically within 24-48 hours. Upon purchasing or leasing a machine, h.u.m.a.n. will provide you with the name, phone number, and contact information of the vending service expert in your area to ensure speedy service if your machine ever needs repairing. Machine servicing is not frequent, but like any machine equipment, h.u.m.a.n. vending machines need to be "tuned-up" every once in a while over the course of a few years. Many times you can "fix" the small issues yourself, and often, after a phone call with h.u.m.a.n. or one of its partner technical experts, you'll find that your problem wasn't even a problem at all!

• The Top Ten FAQs Locations SHOULD Be Asking if They REALLY Want to Make the Most Money

  *FAQs asked by locations who want to operate their own machines
  • Are My Priorities Straight? What is the number one priority when it comes to selecting a food service option at my location?
    The Best Product Offerings for My People
    First and foremost, you need to be concerned with the quality of your food service offerings. Your organization is only as good as your customers, employees, and students, and therefore, you need to give them the best options available. Regarding vending services, you need to make sure the products being offered taste darn good and are as healthy as can possibly be. These products should be selected by health and nutrition experts with significant vending experience and should be customized to best suit your location. These products should be reasonably priced so that people can actually afford them.
    
    Additionally, make sure that the machines themselves are high quality. You know the saying "a book is only as good as its cover"? Well, this is even more true when it comes to vending machines. The vending machines at your location should make your location look better, not worse. The graphics of the machine should give people a feeling of positive energy, health, & happiness... Read More >>
  • Who is the Leader? Can I find another food service option that is better?
    Since 2003 we've been engrained in the 100% healthy vending business. We consider ourselves the founders of the industry, and welcome challenges to this claim. We were the first ones placing healthy vending machines out in the field and have been involved only in the health field ever since. Our team is made-up of health and vending professionals and people who are passionate about improving the health, happiness, and performance of people across the world.
    
    We've made a LOT of mistakes throughout the years, but this has served us well. All of our mistakes, trials, and errors have allowed us to continually perfect our program for both our locations and our vending operators. Along the way, we've brought in more partners to increase the efficiency of our operations, better machine technology to improve the customer experience, additionally revenue streams to increase profits for everyone involved, and a constantly-evolving catalog of healthy vending products to ensure that we're always offering the best, most nutritious foods and drinks... Read More >>
  • Is the Timing Right? How do I know that operating a h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machine program at my location is an excellent business decision for me, even in a time of recession?

    By combining today's strongest consumer trends with the knowledge that vending machines and low-end consumables actually THRIVE in times of recession, h.u.m.a.n. has created a product and business opportunity that is second to none. Our program works because it was built on the foundation of three impenetrable consumer trends:

    1. Health & Nutrition - We offer today's hottest, tastiest, healthiest foods, snacks and beverages
    
    2. Convenience - We're making it easier than ever before for people to eat healthy and achieve a healthy lifestyle
    
    3. Advertising & Technology - Our program capitalizes on the booming digital advertising industry and guarantees you make money from it.
    
    

    Furthermore, when the economy is faltering people actually tend to buy from vending machines more often. Why? Eating out at lunch become too expensive - people look to save time and money by selecting foods and drinks from vending machines, especially those machines that offer meal replacement options... Read More >>

  • Will I be Offering the Best? How can I be sure that h.u.m.a.n.'s healthy vending offerings are the best-selling, tastiest, & healthiest products that I can possibly offer the people at my location?
    We have over 5 years of experience vending healthy items from vending machines in just about every type of location you can imagine. We've conducted hundreds of taste tests and are still performing taste tests to this day. Through LOTS of trial and error, we've learned the ropes of the healthy vending industry and now consider ourselves the industry's foremost experts on this subject. Additionally, we treat each location uniquely, refusing to utilize cookie-cutter planograms (or product mixes). Each location is different and has different people with different needs, desires and dietary concerns. Thus, prior to machine installation, we conduct an in-depth analysis of your location and its people including personal preference surveys, demographic information analysis, and detailed past-precedence. We are believers that there is no greater indicator of future performance than past performance, and utilize our knowledge and experience in every product mix we put together for our top-notch locations... Read More >>
  • How Will this Decision Affect My Image? How will h.u.m.a.n. make me look to other businesses, organizations, and institutions in my area?
    Regardless if you're the hottest organization in your town or one with little recognition that is caught in the weeds, h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machines will ONLY improve the image of your establishment. Not only do the machines look great, and much better than the average vendor, but more importantly, the presence of h.u.m.a.n. machines at your organization says something about you and your location. It says "We care about the health, happiness, and performance of the people at this location." It screams "We are innovators and visionaries - we do not wait for everyone else to make positive change, but instead, we're leaders that create positive change ourselves." It whispers "We are cool, hip, & forward-thinking - we stay on the top of popular trends and demand that our location has the finest amenities." Beyond all of this, h.u.m.a.n. machines let other people know that you care about the wellbeing of people across the world. h.u.m.a.n. donates 10% of proceeds to charities that fight obesity & malnutrition, and as a partner location, you'll be a part of this wide-reaching effort... Read More >>
  • Are Growth Opportunities Present? How will h.u.m.a.n. continually help me grow my business, expand my machine network (if desired), and allow me to consistently make more money month over month?
    Beyond the initial internal and external PR campaign upon machine launch, h.u.m.a.n. will continually assist you with your healthy vending program to ensure that you are always making optimal business decisions. Via weekly newsletters, frequent online videos, and monthly check-ups from your assigned healthy vending expert, h.u.m.a.n. will provide you with tips to improve your business, healthy product updates, and advancements being made by h.u.m.a.n. and its partners. Our goal is for you to become a better location operator month over month, and we'll do all that we can to make this happen.
    
    

    Additionally, our digital advertising program will continually be growing, becoming better and better as the program develops maturity. This means better options for our advertisers, more expensive advertising rates, and a higher revenue share for you. Best of all, this option doesn't require you to do anything! We take care of it for you.
    
    Often times, h.u.m.a.n... Read More >>

  • Am I Making an Impact? How can I improve my location fiscally while also contributing to the overall good of society?
    You've already learned how h.u.m.a.n. can make your location money. You also now realize that by installing h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machines you'll be improving the health, happiness, and lifestyles of the people at your location, which has many indirect and direct positive effects. In short, as a h.u.m.a.n. partner location, you are a health ambassador and that alone is very respectable. Beyond this, as a h.u.m.a.n. partner, you'll be helping people across the world who suffer with the preventable diseases of obesity and malnutrition. You'll also be helping to prevent the spread of these terrible diseases. How? h.u.m.a.n. Healthy Vending, the company, donates ten percent of proceeds to charities that fight obesity and malnutrition. As a partner of ours, you're a part of our belief in social responsibility and altruism. As a member of the h.u.m.a.n. family, you are expressing that you have the desire to leave this world a better place than when you arrived here. That feels good. For you, for others, and for us... Read More >>
  • Is h.u.m.a.n. the Right Partner? How do I know that h.u.m.a.n. has the best-performing, most-proven healthy vending program on the market?
    You need to make this decision - we or anyone else can't make it for you. We simply ask you to look at the facts. We're the most experience healthy vending company, we have the most technologically-advanced vending machines, we offer the largest assortment of healthy vending products, and we have an executive team and advisory board made-up of legitimate and proven health professionals, vending experts, and philanthropic enthusiasts. We could not possibly believe more in what we're doing and we could not possibly more want you to join us in this beautiful mission of helping unite man and nutrition (h.u.m.a.n.) by increasing the accessibility of healthy foods and drinks for people across the globe. We believe the h.u.m.a.n. program will make you more money and require less hassle than any other similar food service option out there. We have added revenue streams previously non-existent in the vending industry and will continually refine our digital advertising program to earn you the most money possible... Read More >>
  • Does Integrity Exist? Why are the people behind h.u.m.a.n. people that I want to partner with and make part of my extended business family?
    Integrity cannot be shown through words. Rather, it can only be shown through action. With that being said, it is quite difficult to prove to you the integrity of our company and the people behind it by writing an answer to a FAQ. However, we are confident that once you start working with us, you'll realize that we value integrity at h.u.m.a.n. more than we value anything else. Integrity above everything - it's that simple. As individuals, we realize that we could do anything with our lives, but we have chosen the healthy vending business because it's something we believe in... big time. The people who make-up h.u.m.a.n. love what we do and believe that our efforts, and the efforts of our partners, will change the world for the better in a not so insignificant way. If we didn't believe this, h.u.m.a.n. would not exist. Business is not worth doing if it isn't done with integrity and passion because at the end of the day we all have to sleep at night. And it's those who sleep with the biggest smile on their face and jump out of bed with the most excitement that have the happiest, most fulfilled lives... Read More >>
  • Am I Utilizing Innovative Technology? How does h.u.m.a.n. utilize today's leading technologies to ensure that their healthy vending machines are the most innovative, progressive, & advanced in the vending industry?
    Have you ever seen a food and drink vending machine with integrated digital LCD screens displaying streaming videos, credit card readers that can accept multiple forms of card-based payments, eco-friendly power devices that save on energy costs, touch-screen control panels that improve the customer experience, and remote-monitoring technology that maximizes the efficiency and accuracy of machine stocking and servicing? We didn't think so. We don't need to talk about the importance of always staying on the cutting edge of technology and innovation, because our machines speak for themselves.
    
    h.u.m.a.n. assures you that, as we are today, we will always be a leader in the field of vending technology, constantly improving the features of our machines, and always seeking to optimize the experience of our customers and vending operators.

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• The Top Ten FAQs Asked by Locations Seeking a Hands-Off, "Plug-n-Play" Solution

  *FAQs asked by locations who want h.u.m.a.n. to operate their machines
  • Cost? How much does it cost to get h.u.m.a.n. to operate healthy vending machines at my location?
    The h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending program is absolutely FREE! As long as you meet our basic requirements, h.u.m.a.n. will install & operate machines at your location 100% free of charge. In fact, we may even pay you a portion of sales - called "commissions" in vending lingo - if your location is able to garner a high enough sales volume. Your assigned h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending representative will speak about you in detail about commissions after your initially phone consultation.
    
    Oh wow, we almost forgot to mention our digital advertising program! If your location is conducive to displaying healthy product advertisements via our machines' 7 to 15 inch digital LCD screens - meaning if our advertisers want to pay to advertise at your organization - then we pay you a portion or revenues. Thus with h.u.m.a.n., not only is our program free, but you can also earn commissions two different ways. What other vending company can tell you that? None - trust us, we've checked ;)
  • Requirements? What are the requirements for h.u.m.a.n. to install and operate healthy vending machines at my organization or place of business and what is the timeline to do so?
    REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE OUR FREE PROGRAM
    Our requirements are based on the amount of traffic you have at your location on a daily basis. More specifically, how many static and transient people do you have at your location each day, and of these people, how many of them will have daily access to the area where h.u.m.a.n. vending machines would be placed? Our requirements are not black and white. Why? Simply because the same type of locations in different geographical areas with different sets of people produce very different results! However, we've found that the following traffic numbers are typically the minimum levels of traffic that we require in order to install vending machines at an organization. These numbers are meant to simply give you an idea - we will make a final decision after you fill-out our contact form and we have an initial phone consultation.
    
    Note: If your location doesn't qualify for our free program where we operate the machines for you, there are still other options, so don't worry... Read More >>
  • Differentiation? How does h.u.m.a.n. compare to A) traditional vending machine programs and B) other "healthy" vending machine programs.
    Note! After filling-out our contact form you'll get access to our comprehensive comparison document which provides you with a list of ALL of h.u.m.a.n. Healthy Vending's features compared to those of other vending companies!
    
    h.u.m.a.n Healthy Vending. In 2003 the company was founded as the first 100% healthy vending company by a biomedical engineer that earned his degree from The Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University. h.u.m.a.n. has never been anything else BUT a pure-play healthy vending company dedicated to giving people convenient access to healthy products and nutritional information. The company gives 10% of proceeds to charities that fight obesity and malnutrition and is backed by a team of health professionals, vending experts, registered dieticians, doctors, and performance specialists.
    
    

    h.u.m.a.n. utilizes over 20 warehouse across the United States to deliver its premium product offerings quickly and efficiently... Read More >>

  • Expertise? What health & vending professionals does h.u.m.a.n. have on its executive team and advisory board to ensure the best possible program is installed at my location?
    h.u.m.a.n. is backed by a group of proven professionals that have developed expertise in the fields of health, nutrition, and vending through numerous years of experience & education. You will not find another healthy vending company with comparable credentials.
    
    Some of the health & vending experts behind h.u.m.a.n. include:
    
    Sean Kelly, CEO & Founder
    As a Johns Hopkins University & Columbia University trained Biomedical Engineer with professional experience as a personal trainer and NYUHJD research associate, Sean is passionate and knowledgeable when it comes to health & nutrition. Additionally, as co-founder of the country's first pure-play healthy vending company, Sean has more experience in the healthy vending business than anyone else out there. His placement on Business Week's 2006 list of the Top 25 Young Entrepreneurs shows that he is a capable and ambitious vending professional. Sean's combination of health expertise and vending experience place him as one of the foremost experts in the field of healthy vending... Read More >>
  • Selection? What forms of payment do h.u.m.a.n. machines accept & what types of products do they offer?
    All h.u.m.a.n. machines accept credit cards, cash & coins. Our machines can also be made to accept pre-paid cards, RFID tags, and school/company ID cards. We can customize a solution that works best for you and the people at your location.
    
    h.u.m.a.n. offers over 1000 different products in its healthy vending catalog, and this number is only growing. Some of the most popular snacks include energy bars, soy crisps, pita chips, dried fruits, trail mixes, protein bars, lean meat jerky, organic cookies, popcorn, kettle corn, organic crackers and more. Some of our most popular drinks include bottled water, flavored waters, protein shakes, natural energy drinks, organic juices, sports beverages, soy milk, organic milk, and meal replacement shakes. Our vending machines in gyms and health clubs often also include sports supplement packets, multi-vitamins, protein packs, and other sports-related products.
    
    We carry hundreds of brands, utilizing only those which meet our nutritional standards AND are approved by consumers in product taste-tests... Read More >>
  • Profits? How much money can I make per h.u.m.a.n. vending machine via sales commissions and how does this compare to the money I could make if I operated my own machines?
    *Note: The numbers stated here are not guarantees. The fact is that your actual profit numbers could be much higher or lower than the numbers suggested in this section. We're simply trying to give you a good idea, based on the best of our knowledge and our experience, about what you should expect when operating your own h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machines. Good locations with good location operators will produce higher numbers, and bad locations with negligent location operators will likely experience lower numbers. It's really up to you! We do everything we can to maximize your profits, but it's a two-way relationship and requires quality efforts from you.
    
    Clearly, the answer to this question highly depends on how many products your location can sell per machine each day. The sky is the limit! The more products your location sells, the more money you'll make.
    
    Explanation of Typical Scenario
    In the vending industry, most vending companies believe that a decent location should vend at least 20 items per day... Read More >>
  • Products? How much do h.u.m.a.n.'s product offerings cost and how does h.u.m.a.n. decide what products to put in my machine(s)?
    A h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending expert will work hand-in-hand with you and anyone else at your location - such as registered dieticians, administrators, or wellness professionals - to determine what product mix will suit your location best. With over 5 years of experience in the healthy vending business, we have a pretty good idea of what products work in what type of locations with what kind of people. But that doesn't mean we're going to give you a cookie-cutter product planogram. We work with you to gather demographic information and also, if possible, survey all of the people at your location to learn a bit more about their specific personal preferences. We'll be sure that there are products for everyone in our machines and will pay particular attention to any dietary requirements your people may have. Before installing the machines and stocking the products at your location, you will be required to approve and sign-off the products that will be offered through your machines. We want to make sure that you're happy with the selection, because in the end, that's all that matters!
    
    By utilizing the nation's largest and most efficient nutritional distribution centers, we're able to deliver products to your door within 24-72 hours of your order being placed - no matter where you're located in the domestic United States!
    
    

    Regarding pricing, it's important to remember that if you operate your own machines, you're the one that sets the pricing! We have nothing to do with this... Read More >>

  • Nutrition? Can h.u.m.a.n. customize a product mix specifically for my location to meet our precise dietary needs and desires?
    Of course we can - this is what we do best! We can create a healthy & tasty planogram that meets almost any set of dietary requirements, including any one or combination of the following:
    
    

    1. 100% Organic
    2. SB-19 Compliant
    3. Allergen-Free
    4. 100% Vegan
    5. Low-Carb
    6. 100% Kosher
    7. No Added Sugar
    8. Gluten-Free
    9. Low Glycemic
    10. Low Calorie
    11. Sports-Nutrition Focused
    12. Kid-Specific
    13. Female-Specific
    14. And much, much more!

     

    h.u.m.a.n. will work hand-in-hand with the point person at your location to create a product mix that will optimize your food service program. We assure you that we'll provide you with a product mix that includes options for all, even the most discerning critic!
  • Servicing? Who services, operates, and maintains the h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machines at my location?
    If a machine needs servicing and is either i) operated by a h.u.m.a.n. vending operator, ii) under warranty, or iii) under the protection of a h.u.m.a.n. lease agreement, h.u.m.a.n. will utilize it's nation-wide network of trained vending professionals to service the machine as quickly as possible, typically within 24-48 hours. Upon purchasing or leasing a machine, h.u.m.a.n. will provide you with the name, phone number, and contact information of the vending service expert in your area to ensure speedy service if your machine ever needs repairing. Machine servicing is not frequent, but like any machine equipment, h.u.m.a.n. vending machines need to be "tuned-up" every once in a while over the course of a few years. Many times you can "fix" the small issues yourself, and often, after a phone call with h.u.m.a.n. or one of its partner technical experts, you'll find that your problem wasn't even a problem at all!
  • Education? How do h.u.m.a.n. machines help educate customers about health, nutrition, & proper eating?
    Unlike other vending machines - whether traditional or "healthy" - h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machines provide customers with nutritional information, product descriptions, and purchasing advice via the machines' 7 to 15 inch LCD screens above the control panel. Via streaming videos, slideshows, and high-quality images with overlaid text, h.u.m.a.n.'s digital LCD screens provide users with a more interactive vending experience. Why? Well, we've found that one of the main downfalls of buying products through a vending machine is that one cannot pick-up and feel the product. You can't shake the product, read its nutritional content, and determine if it's the exact one you want. Thus, we decided to develop a solution to step-around this problem. With our machines' digital features, you no longer have to worry about ordering that mystery product inside the machine. Instead, watch the machines digital screens and see if the information provided for that product matches your particular nutritional needs and cravings... Read More >>

• The Top Ten FAQs Locations SHOULD Be Asking if They REALLY Want to Upgrade Their Atmosphere

  *FAQs asked by locations who want h.u.m.a.n. to operate their machines
  • Should My Location Operate Its Own Machines? Would my location be able to lease & operate its own machines for higher profits, quicker set-up, and immediate approval?
    Yes. Hands-down, the fastest, most-profitable, and easiest way to integrate a h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending program at your location is for you to lease & operate the machines yourself. Compared to having a h.u.m.a.n. vending operator operate their machines for them, locations that operate their own machines make 7 times the profits (on average). Additionally, they do not have to wait for h.u.m.a.n. to set them up with a vending operator - they can get up and running right away. Via our specialty leasing and financing programs, locations can lease or purchase our technologically-advanced machines (with all of the bells and whistles included) at rates as low as $40 per week. Approval only takes 24 hours - after this, it typically only takes one week before your location has a h.u.m.a.n. vending machine installed and ready to go at your location. This is much better than the 2 to 8 week average set-up time for locations where h.u.m.a.n. operates the machines (we always work as quickly as possible, it simply depends on how quickly we can get a vending operator set-up at your place of business)... Read More >>
  • What's My Number One Priority Right Now? What is the number one priority when it comes to selecting a food service option at my location?
    The Best Product Offerings for My People
    First and foremost, you need to be concerned with the quality of your food service offerings. Your organization is only as good as your customers, employees, and students, and therefore, you need to give them the best options available. Regarding vending services, you need to make sure the products being offered taste darn good and are as healthy as can possibly be. These products should be selected by health and nutrition experts with significant vending experience and should be customized to best suit your location. These products should be reasonably priced so that people can actually afford them.
    
    Additionally, make sure that the machines themselves are high quality. You know the saying "a book is only as good as its cover"? Well, this is even more true when it comes to vending machines. The vending machines at your location should make your location look better, not worse. The graphics of the machine should give people a feeling of positive energy, health, & happiness... Read More >>
  • Does a Better Food Service Option Exist? Can I find another food service option that is better?
    Since 2003 we've been engrained in the 100% healthy vending business. We consider ourselves the founders of the industry, and welcome challenges to this claim. We were the first ones placing healthy vending machines out in the field and have been involved only in the health field ever since. Our team is made-up of health and vending professionals and people who are passionate about improving the health, happiness, and performance of people across the world.
    
    We've made a LOT of mistakes throughout the years, but this has served us well. All of our mistakes, trials, and errors have allowed us to continually perfect our program for both our locations and our vending operators. Along the way, we've brought in more partners to increase the efficiency of our operations, better machine technology to improve the customer experience, additionally revenue streams to increase profits for everyone involved, and a constantly-evolving catalog of healthy vending products to ensure that we're always offering the best, most nutritious foods and drinks... Read More >>
  • Is the Timing Right for h.u.m.a.n.? How do I know that integrating a h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machine program at my location is an excellent business decision for me at this time?
    Whether you're looking at h.u.m.a.n. from purely a health perspective or from a combined business opportunity & health perspective, the time is right, and the sooner you act, the better. Why?
    
    From a Health Perspective
    The epidemics of obesity, diabetes, and malnutrition are occurring and rapidly-spreading NOW, and they don't have any signs of slowing down. If we as a country and human race do not make a concerted, significant effort to hinder these highly-preventable diseases, the resulting problems will continue to wreak havoc on the economies of the world, people's lifestyles, and organizations across the globe. No step is a step too small. No effort is an effort too weak. This problem is not a highly-complex problem or one that needs the insight of rocket scientists and Nobel scholars. People simply need to eat better and live healthier lifestyles. It's THAT easy. But how can we expect them to do this when healthy foods are not readily accessible to the wide majority of people across the United States, let alone the entire world? The fact is we can't... Read More >>
  • Will I be Offering My People the Best? How can I be sure that h.u.m.a.n.'s healthy vending offerings are the best-selling, tastiest, & healthiest products that I can possibly offer the people at my location?
    We have over 5 years of experience vending healthy items from vending machines in just about every type of location you can imagine. We've conducted hundreds of taste tests and are still performing taste tests to this day. Through LOTS of trial and error, we've learned the ropes of the healthy vending industry and now consider ourselves the industry's foremost experts on this subject. Additionally, we treat each location uniquely, refusing to utilize cookie-cutter planograms (or product mixes). Each location is different and has different people with different needs, desires and dietary concerns. Thus, prior to machine installation, we conduct an in-depth analysis of your location and its people including personal preference surveys, demographic information analysis, and detailed past-precedence. We are believers that there is no greater indicator of future performance than past performance, and utilize our knowledge and experience in every product mix we put together for our top-notch locations... Read More >>
  • How Will a h.u.m.a.n. Installation Affect My Location's Image? How will h.u.m.a.n. make me look to other businesses, organizations, and institutions in my area?
    Regardless if you're the hottest organization in your town or one with little recognition that is caught in the weeds, h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machines will ONLY improve the image of your establishment. Not only do the machines look great, and much better than the average vendor, but more importantly, the presence of h.u.m.a.n. machines at your organization says something about you and your location. It says "We care about the health, happiness, and performance of the people at this location." It screams "We are innovators and visionaries - we do not wait for everyone else to make positive change, but instead, we're leaders that create positive change ourselves." It whispers "We are cool, hip, & forward-thinking - we stay on the top of popular trends and demand that our location has the finest amenities." Beyond all of this, h.u.m.a.n. machines let other people know that you care about the wellbeing of people across the world. h.u.m.a.n. donates 10% of proceeds to charities that fight obesity & malnutrition, and as a partner location, you'll be a part of this wide-reaching effort... Read More >>
  • Am I Making a Social Impact? How can I improve my location while also contributing to the overall good of society?
    You've already learned how h.u.m.a.n. can make your location money. You also now realize that by installing h.u.m.a.n. healthy vending machines you'll be improving the health, happiness, and lifestyles of the people at your location, which has many indirect and direct positive effects. In short, as a h.u.m.a.n. partner location, you are a health ambassador and that alone is very respectable. Beyond this, as a h.u.m.a.n. partner, you'll be helping people across the world who suffer with the preventable diseases of obesity and malnutrition. You'll also be helping to prevent the spread of these terrible diseases. How? h.u.m.a.n. Healthy Vending, the company, donates ten percent of proceeds to charities that fight obesity and malnutrition. As a partner of ours, you're a part of our belief in social responsibility and altruism. As a member of the h.u.m.a.n. family, you are expressing that you have the desire to leave this world a better place than when you arrived here. That feels good. For you, for others, and for us... Read More >>
  • Does h.u.m.a.n. Have the Experience I Desire? How do I know that h.u.m.a.n. has the best-performing, most-proven healthy vending program on the market?
    You need to make this decision - we or anyone else can't make it for you. We simply ask you to look at the facts. We're the most experience healthy vending company, we have the most technologically-advanced vending machines, we offer the largest assortment of healthy vending products, and we have an executive team and advisory board made-up of legitimate and proven health professionals, vending experts, and philanthropic enthusiasts. We could not possibly believe more in what we're doing and we could not possibly more want you to join us in this beautiful mission of helping unite man and nutrition (h.u.m.a.n.) by increasing the accessibility of healthy foods and drinks for people across the globe. We believe the h.u.m.a.n. program will make you more money and require less hassle than any other similar food service option out there. We have added revenue streams previously non-existent in the vending industry and will continually refine our digital advertising program to earn you the most money possible... Read More >>
  • Does Integrity Exist? Why are the people behind h.u.m.a.n. people that I want to partner with and make part of my extended business family?
    Integrity cannot be shown through words. Rather, it can only be shown through action. With that being said, it is quite difficult to prove to you the integrity of our company and the people behind it by writing an answer to a FAQ. However, we are confident that once you start working with us, you'll realize that we value integrity at h.u.m.a.n. more than we value anything else. Integrity above everything - it's that simple. As individuals, we realize that we could do anything with our lives, but we have chosen the healthy vending business because it's something we believe in... big time. The people who make-up h.u.m.a.n. love what we do and believe that our efforts, and the efforts of our partners, will change the world for the better in a not so insignificant way. If we didn't believe this, h.u.m.a.n. would not exist. Business is not worth doing if it isn't done with integrity and passion because at the end of the day we all have to sleep at night. And it's those who sleep with the biggest smile on their face and jump out of bed with the most excitement that have the happiest, most fulfilled lives... Read More >>
  • Are Innovative Technologies Utilized? How does h.u.m.a.n. utilize today's leading technologies to ensure that their healthy vending machines are the most innovative, progressive, & advanced in the vending industry?
    Have you ever seen a food and drink vending machine with integrated digital LCD screens displaying streaming videos, credit card readers that can accept multiple forms of card-based payments, eco-friendly power devices that save on energy costs, touch-screen control panels that improve the customer experience, and remote-monitoring technology that maximizes the efficiency and accuracy of machine stocking and servicing? We didn't think so. We don't need to talk about the importance of always staying on the cutting edge of technology and innovation, because our machines speak for themselves.
    
    h.u.m.a.n. assures you that, as we are today, we will always be a leader in the field of vending technology, constantly improving the features of our machines, and always seeking to optimize the experience of our customers and vending operators.

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