Post by URBAN FARMING on Nov 8, 2018 9:53:54 GMT -6
November 8, 2018
"When's the last time you really enjoyed the food you got from a vending machine? The clunky drop of a candy bar or bag of chips has a certain ring of desperation to it—far from a welcome sound for health-conscious eaters.
But as our lives get busier and more and more people are working remotely than ever before, we find ourselves at a moment in history when vending machines make a lot of sense: They're convenient, they're fast, they're affordable—and now, they're finally getting a healthy makeover.
The rise of fresh, sustainable vending machine food.
In the lobby of a WeWork in downtown Manhattan, a futuristic box in the corner looks more like a robot than a vending machine. Two doors, each equipped with a monitor, entice passersby with photos of mason jar salads and yogurt bowls topped with fruit. After a few taps of the screen, my glass container of granola is dispensed, topped off with a purple smoothie from a spout hidden in the machine, and my breakfast açaí bowl is ready.
The machine, from company MyFreshBowl, is currently in test mode, pumping out superfood meals like a rainbow salad of red cabbage, turmeric=infused quinoa, shredded carrots, and romaine lettuce for $9.75 and a matcha coconut chia seed bowl for $4.50, to the building's workers.
Chloe Vichot, the founder of West Village eatery Ancolie and chef behind the machine's fare, hopes that it will soon expand to other places that people around the city frequent, starting with gyms, dorms, and residential buildings. In addition to giving more people access to healthy, delicious meals and snacks on-the-go, this would help the other goal of the business: cutting back on the waste usually associated with packaged food."
To learn more about this cutting edge, quickly growing business, please visit the full article at: www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/why-healthy-vending-machines-are-trending
"When's the last time you really enjoyed the food you got from a vending machine? The clunky drop of a candy bar or bag of chips has a certain ring of desperation to it—far from a welcome sound for health-conscious eaters.
But as our lives get busier and more and more people are working remotely than ever before, we find ourselves at a moment in history when vending machines make a lot of sense: They're convenient, they're fast, they're affordable—and now, they're finally getting a healthy makeover.
The rise of fresh, sustainable vending machine food.
In the lobby of a WeWork in downtown Manhattan, a futuristic box in the corner looks more like a robot than a vending machine. Two doors, each equipped with a monitor, entice passersby with photos of mason jar salads and yogurt bowls topped with fruit. After a few taps of the screen, my glass container of granola is dispensed, topped off with a purple smoothie from a spout hidden in the machine, and my breakfast açaí bowl is ready.
The machine, from company MyFreshBowl, is currently in test mode, pumping out superfood meals like a rainbow salad of red cabbage, turmeric=infused quinoa, shredded carrots, and romaine lettuce for $9.75 and a matcha coconut chia seed bowl for $4.50, to the building's workers.
Chloe Vichot, the founder of West Village eatery Ancolie and chef behind the machine's fare, hopes that it will soon expand to other places that people around the city frequent, starting with gyms, dorms, and residential buildings. In addition to giving more people access to healthy, delicious meals and snacks on-the-go, this would help the other goal of the business: cutting back on the waste usually associated with packaged food."
To learn more about this cutting edge, quickly growing business, please visit the full article at: www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/why-healthy-vending-machines-are-trending