If you are a parent, student, school board member then its time to speak with school administrators or food service directors and get their support. For a successful vending make-over, you’ll need school-wide involvement of administrators, vendors and students.

Review the FRESH Product List

It’s easy to replace high calorie items with those that are organic and all-natural, and which fit nutritional guidelines. View our school products.

Involve Students in Choosing the Products

If at all possible, before you finalize your FRESH plan-o-gram (menu), get a small representative group of students to make the selections with you.

Host a Sampling Event

Sometimes kids are reluctant to try new things. Consider giving students a preview of what will be in your machine by ordering extra snacks and giving away free samples prior to “unveiling” the machine. Fresh Healthy Vending can also send a representative to your school to assist in planning and holding these sampling events.

Build Some Excitement -  Conduct a Student-to-Student Marketing Campaign

Want to convince a student to try something new? Get another student to do the convincing. Special marketing projects such as posters, videos, etc., created by the students will help build excitement around the new snacks.

Launch the Grand Re-Opening of the Machine

Invite parents, teachers, school board and community members to the great unveiling of your ‘new’ healthier vending machine. Fresh will also provide your school with point of sale material that can be shared with Parents and Faculty promoting the new vending program.

Generate some PRESS

The local newspaper or TV station might even be interested in the positive steps your school is taking and FRESH will even issue a press release informing the local area of the initiative via our media relations department. Inform the community of the initiative your school has taken.