It seems not every market is collapsing along with the Wall Street stock averages, in this down economy.

In fact, if there were an indicator like the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the food business — it would show something which really can’t be much of a surprise.  People need to eat, regardless of the economic “season,” and therefore can be expected to buy food at about the same clip as always to provide themselves with needed snack or meal choices.  Ditto with beverages.

Surprised?  You shouldn’t be.  How many meals will you yourself forgo this week in sympathy with the sinking value of your 401k account?

Turns out that food, along with pharmaceuticals and other selected goods are pretty much indispensable in our lives and therefore fairly “recession proof,” much to the relief of marketers.  Of course, with food marketing it’s helpful if your products are both necessary and popular. YoNaturals healthy food distributors vend snack foods and beverages which not only meet the continuing nutrition needs of consumers — they also meet the personal needs of a very particular societal segment who differentiate mightily between healthy nutrition and “junk.”

And this growing, health conscious segment remains fervently loyal to foods which meet their definition of healthy, regardless of the economic times.

Isn’t this the market segment you’d prefer to be serving in your vending business?  An isn’t this the time to seriously consider healthy food vending as a career if you’re not already part of the YoNaturals distributors team?

Contact our YoNaturals marketing department today and learn just how easy it is to establish or expand your own vending business.  We’re experts at working with you in selecting prime locations, determining the optimal mix of quality products, and advising you on lease and purchase options.

Healthy food vending is a proven pathway to success;  shouldn’t you, too, be on it?

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As America pulls itself out of the current financial crisis, many people are looking for relatively safe places to invest their money. Additionally, many experts think that our economic recovery will be directly affected by the continuing confidence of consumers in our marketplace as well as the many small businesses that contribute greatly to our economy. It’s time to make an investment in a solid industry which is still thriving despite the current recession. If you are a potential small business owner or investor, now is the time to consider investing in health food vending machines.

No one is really surprised by the fact that people are skittish. Many are socking their savings away into “safe” savings accounts or treasury bonds, and the most fearful are even pulling their money out of banks altogether. However, even in these seemingly hardscrabble economic times, there are still some good investments out there. In fact, one of those investments is likely right in front of your eyes (especially if you work in an office building): vending machines.

Although the thought of spending money may be far from your mind, consider this: in this economy, healthy vending machines look even more appealing than usual. Whether providing nourishment to your coworkers who have forgotten their lunch at home or dishing up snacks to you and your office mates on your coffee breaks, vending machines play a solid role at the office. And it’s a role that is hardly shaken by the recent economic downturn. In fact, the low cost and relative convenience of food from vending machines looks even more appealing when people consider costlier alternatives. Added to the fact that YoNaturals vending machines do not dispense your typical junk food fare, and you have found a market that is ripe for investment.

Contrary to the more traditional snack and soda machines, Yo Naturals has focused its efforts on the health food market, establishing itself as a leader of the healthy vending revolution. Across the country people are demanding healthier alternatives to the ubiquitous junk food options offered up by their office vending machines, and this fact is one major factor that is driving the growth of the organic food market. YoNaturals vending is keyed in on this trend and fully expects the growth to continue as more research is conducted on the effects of residual chemicals on our food products. As a savvy and on-the-ball investor, you too can be a part of this growth by providing 100% organic and natural snack and drink choices to the people in your city, state, or region.

If this sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, visit www.YoNaturals.com today to find out more about health food vending machines and the stability that this investment can offer in a generally unstable economy.

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Too many of America’s children are struggling with weight problems.

It might be tempting for some to wonder if the problem of childhood obesity couldn’t simply be legislated away with draconian food laws that take the unhealthiest processed foods off our nation’s grocery shelves and out of vending machines.

There is certainly every reason to want to.  The latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for instance, shows that the obesity rate among American children now tops sixteen percent, and that fully thirty-two percent are overweight.  Eleven percent actually qualify as “extremely” obese.

These numbers represent troubling new records — for yet another consecutive year — and a cause for growing concern among parents, educators and others who care about where all this is leading.  And what the implications may be for our public healthcare system as overweight children grow into unhealthy adults with a plethora of weight-related health problems.

The response of major food companies has also been far from reassuring.

But can we seriously expect them to undermine the potential of established products, or the profits which they legitimately owe to stockholders and employees?  With billions of dollars tied up in product development and advertising alone, major food producers seem unwilling to make meaningful changes to the formulas of those fat-saturated and calorie-handicapped products which nutrition experts most frequently cite.  And yet, producers are also reluctant to appear totally insensitive to the problem.  The result? — often superficial fat and caloric content reductions in food product lines which barely dent the colossus of concern their products play such a heavy role in creating.

YoNaturals has long been ahead of the curve in offering natural, nutritional solutions to a marketplace desperately looking for better options.  With over one-hundred wholesome snack food and drink products, made specifically to provide consumers with healthier choices, the company stands out as one which understands that the necessary search for profit need not forsake a sense of public-spiritedness.  And can indeed coexist rewardingly with it.

A rapidly growing community of YoNaturals distributors will warmly attest to the soundness of this approach.

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YoNaturals has been featured on “That’s Fit,” an AOL health blog that focuses on healthy living. Check out what they had to say about our natural and organic vending machines!

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While natural and wholesome foods have long been recognized as beneficial to human health, recent years have seen a steady drumbeat of articles and studies indicating that some additives which go into processed foods can be detrimental to health.

Now comes news that trans fatty acids, a common ingredient of processed foods, may be linked to an increased risk of miscarriage among expectant mothers.  Trans fatty acids are already known for the unhealthy role they play in the development of coronary heart disease.  New studies done by Dr. Charles J. Glueck of Jewish Hospital Cholesterol Center in Cincinnati, Ohio and colleagues also find a higher incidence of miscarriage among women who consume high levels of trans fats.  Nor are these two maladies likely to be the last laid at this particular door.

Why is it, then, that the often empty calories of popular snack foods especially so often come laced with trans fats as well as excessive salt and questionable sweeteners?  And why do consumers continue to purchase such products?

Why indeed.  Wholesome, natural foods have never really left the marketplace; It’s just that convenience has played an increasingly important role when it comes to our choices in food.  And there’s the rub.  In its extreme form, this quest for convenience above all else means that processed foods — too often in the form of junk foods — have become a regular part of our diet.  Often through the medium of food vending machines at schools and places of work.

There do certainly exist healthier nutrition choices in the form of fruit, nuts and whole grain products.  And they are widely sold, even through these very same vending machines.  The YoNaturals Corporation has in fact made a growing business of it, distributing over one-hundred varieties of natural and wholesome snack and drink choices through vending machines offering their brand nationwide.

The real wonder, perhaps, is that the vending market for “convenient yet healthy” foods isn’t growing at an even faster pace than it already is!

By substituting better choices in place of those foods least likely to promote personal health, consumers can make a difference to their own futures in a way that is both convenient and delicious.  And food and drink vendors can help by recognizing and taking advantage of a trend that is sure to continue on into a healthier future for us all.

Progress toward better nutrition, perhaps one YoNaturals vending machine at a time, will be part of the solution.

ref: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26779953/

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A recent British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) report casts light upon just what sad repercussions a mother’s unhealthy diet may have on the future health of her child.

The mothers in question were laboratory animals, but the implications of the medical research results are being taken very seriously by nutritional scientists everywhere: diets high in processed food fats, during pregnancy or breastfeeding, appear to predestine offspring to a lifetime of elevated blood lipid (fat) levels.  Everything that is so unhappily associated with elevated lipid levels — arteriosclerosis, diabetes, and a variety of other causes of early death — can statistically be expected to visit affected children as a result.  Even the personal eating preferences of these children, in a sad echo-effect, appear to be adversely affected according to the study.

More wholesome snacks and drinks, such as those available from any YoNaturals vending machine, were at one time major constituents of the typical human diet, including those of expectant mothers.  Two things which have in recent decades militated against healthier eating habits are the premium we as a society place on convenience and the omnipresent poor nutritional opportunities that seem so much a part of the modern lifestyle. The latter can be considered perhaps the inevitable bounty of an enlightened economic system that places consumer wants foremost.  There are, after all, relatively few countries on earth where supply and demand co-exist in such perfect harmony as here in America.

And yet, poor choices in nutrition are made only the more likely where such abundance exists, and must therefore be seen as perhaps its least desirable consequence.  Moreover, our preference for the convenience of fast foods, and tasty ones at that, too often give an advantage to those foods processed using fats and sugary additives which take us an unhealthy distance beyond what our bodies were designed by nature to process efficiently.

Enter YoNaturals.  One location at a time, the YoNaturals Corporation is adding their positive influence to the marketplace by placing natural, healthy and convenient snack and drink choices within reach of human hands still adept at grasping nature’s goodness.

YoNaturals would love to help nudge dietary habits in a healthier direction by making more convenient those foods which are naturally friendly to our bodies’ needs.  As YoNaturals expands the reach of their growing network of vending machines and distributors, a more positive trend toward healthy choices will naturally develop, one person at a time.  So might the findings of future pediatric health studies.

And that would indeed be welcome news for mothers and their children.

Author: Ron Goodden

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One of the most important things YoNaturals has accomplished in the last two years is to prove that a business can be both profitable and socially responsible. If one were to look at the economic events of the past century and scrutinize the truly successful companies, it would almost seem to be a rule that in order to turn a profit, a company must harm the environment, screw over its stakeholders, or engage in some other type of socially irresponsible behavior. We at YoNaturals hope that we can play a small role in changing that reality.

Almost exactly a year ago, our CEO Mark Trotter participated in an interview with SignonSanDiego.com that revealed some of the motives and strategies behind our business model. When it comes to junk food and sodas in our schools there many complaints, and yet YoNaturals is one of the few companies that has taken the risks involved to combat child obesity and early onset diabetes.

We are the trend-setters, the pioneers of the healthy vending industry. There will be others who will jump on the bandwagon now that we have proven that organic and natural vending machines can be profitable. But the followers are in every industry, and they will always be there. In fact, some have already tried to duplicate the idea after seeing an opportunity to profit. But it is the trailblazers that have the vision, create the plan, implement the strategies and take the risks.

But it is also these people that reap the rewards when all is said and done. When we succeed in showing the world that healthy vending machines are a crucial step in fighting obesity in America, our efforts will be vindicated and the rewards will be reaped for our students, our children and our nation.

If you are interested in learning how to start your own healthy vending business or you would like a healthy snack and drink vending machine for your school, gym, office, mall, hospital, etc., please visit us at YoNaturals.com and see how you can help change our world.

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Most people recognize the need for healthier alternatives in our schools, workplaces, gym, hospitals, etc. But the nagging question in the back of many people’s minds is whether people will actually patronize establishments or services that offer healthy foods. This is a particular area of concern for schools that are considering instituting healthier alternatives for their students.

Junk food sells extremely well; in fact, this is the problem. Childhood obesity is an epidemic in this country. State governments are so worried that they are banning foods that don’t meet certain nutritional requirements from schools across the nation. YoNaturals is offering healthy vending machines that vend only organic and natural snacks and drinks for schools, gyms, hospitals… anywhere. But unfortunately, the other factor that schools often consider (much to the detriment of student health) is profits. Junk food garners profits for other school programs. Will healthy vending snacks and drinks do the same?

Well school campuses nationwide, YoNaturals is well on the way to allaying your fears, because the campuses that have thus far instituted a healthy vending program are definitely benefiting. In fact, schools are raving about YoNaturals healthy vending machines. The students love the delicious and nutritious foods, and schools are profiting as much as ever, if not more. There is simply no reason why foods cannot be both healthy as well as appealing to children and older students, and YoNaturals has proven this definitively with results from real world experiments.

There can be no more doubt about which path we should take if we are to fight the child obesity and early onset diabetes epidemics in America. There can be no more excuses and no more wavering. YoNaturals initiative for Healthy Vending Machines in Schools makes it incredibly easy for schools to acquire vending machines that only vend organic and natural products. In fact, they are not required to expend any money whatsoever! No money down, and the machines pay for themselves. After that, schools keep 100% of the profits! What could be easier?

One thing is absolutely clear: the future for healthy vending looks bright indeed. YoNaturals is the industry pioneer and continues to lead the way. Join us as we rescue our students from the deadly grasp of child obesity and early onset diabetes!

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There are few health care officials who have not noticed and acknowledged the proportion of obese and overweight adults in this country. Indeed, the growing number is obvious even to ordinary citizens as they wander the shopping malls and shop for their groceries. The fact of the matter is that obesity is growing amongst the American population, and it is bringing a large number of health problems along with it.

As Americans have become more affluent, we have also become more sedentary and adopted poor diets. In fact, many of us have diets comprised mainly of foods that are loaded with calories, while we shun meals made in our own kitchens in favor of meals eaten out at restaurants. While eating meals at restaurants is not bad in general, the problem comes in that you have no control over how your entree is prepared and served to you. The goal of the restaurateur is to maximize profit by serving up the tastiest dishes around, so with most dishes there is little regard for how many calories or grams of fat are found in the dishes. If they will sell, then they are put onto the menu. Many people assume if they’re eating a vegetable side dish, then that’s enough. However, it is this common disregard for nutrition information that has led us into this health crisis to begin with. Furthermore, as a nation, we have also found ourselves engaged in less and less daily physical activity as technological advances have eased our workloads. Taking these things into consideration, it should then surprise no one then that there are over 123 million obese or overweight adults in this nation.

Of course, one of the worst facets of obesity is that it is associated with a number of health problems. In fact, it is a major contributing factor in some of the most common chronic diseases and ailments, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. As a nation, we bury over 400,000 people per year who succumb to obesity-related illnesses.

The good news is that obesity is preventable for the most part. Although some people do carry genes that make them more susceptible to gaining weight and also make it more difficult for them to lose excess weight, it is mostly our sedentary lifestyles and poor diet choices that make us overweight. And you have the power to control both the type of food that goes into your body and the type of physical exercise that you subject your body to on a daily basis. Choosing to be healthy may be difficult in the beginning, but it pays big dividends in the end. Start your new lifestyle change today by choosing a snack from YoNaturals healthy vending machines. It’s for your health.

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If you’re like the average American, then you have probably been known to grab snacks from your office’s vending machines on occasion. In fact, a quick glance at your trash bin will probably reveal your snacking tendencies to anyone and everyone who passes by your desk or workspace. Furthermore, although many people still claim that they don’t judge a book by its cover, most people can (and will) judge your snacks by their packaging, and so should you.

As you might have guessed, the first strike against workplace snacking is that most of the prepackaged food that is sold in the traditional vending machines is not very good for you. The second strike comes from the fact that people who are in a time crunch tend to scarf down their foods so that they can continue on with their work. If you are already skipping a proper lunch, then it’s usually because you feel like that you have too much work to finish or maybe because you are constrained by a deadline. Naturally, many people will feel the need to push on through lunch after grabbing a quick snack from the vending machines. However, this is not the best idea for your health. When you rush yourself through any meal, you are giving your body less time to tell you when it’s full and you should stop eating. Or, alternately, if you’re working while snacking, then you are probably not thinking about how much food that you are actually consuming, and may only stop once everything is gone. It’s mindless eating, and that, in addition to the fact that these snacks are often scarfed down in record times, can quickly derail a diet. Eat too many meals composed of the vending machine’s offerings, and it spells bad news for you and your waistline.

That said, vending machines do serve a valid purpose in society. And with the amount of work that is piled up on your desk, it is understandable that you would want to pick out a snack from the mechanical vendor rather than taking the time to stop and prepare a meal on your lunch hour. For many people, the vending machine is the only thing standing between them and an empty stomach. Vending machines also come in handy in a pinch when that post lunch lull comes calling. In short, vending machines are definitely a good thing to have around when you need them. The key is to look for healthy snack options offerings, which are usually only found in healthy vending machines like those produced by YoNaturals. Also, take the time to step away from your desk while you have a bite. Your body will thank you for it later.

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