Wednesday, January 07, 2009

What The People Say About Vending

Till date, health and nutrition form one of the most debated topics related to vending. As a Planet Antares vending operator, you can read about it every day, mostly in relation to schools and college campuses.

As a measure to deal with this, trade organizations are spending huge sums of money to make the media and government institutions realize their role in public health and fitness. They are trying to create awareness that the vending industry didn’t create the obesity crisis and are in fact, part of the solution.

Planet Antares Inc is supporting these efforts, which they view as a price they must pay for being in a business that is involved with the public health. Their aim is to play a role in the well-being of the general public and lessen any negative impact on their health.

No doubt, it is a fact that obesity and nutrition have very little to do with daily business reality for the average operator. Generally, they will be happy to offer products that have high quality and nutritional value if these are desired by the customers.

In the private sector, employee wellness has taken on greater importance and is emerging as a visible movement towards greater efficiency and healthy work force. Employers have been forced by medical costs to consider multi-faceted wellness programs to ensure healthier employees and lower health insurance premiums.

For now, you cannot expect the media to leave the obesity issue because it is a universal problem that has an impact on all sections of society. We all know that many times, issues in the public spotlight tend to become larger than life, media attention feeds itself until the public loses interest in the issue.

Majority of the Planet Antares vending operators have been satisfied to let their national trade association carry the weight of the health issue burden. Still, they are learning that the issue has a direct affect on their vending business as well.

Last year, vendor associations launched a campaign to provide tools that help operators to address the media at the local level and enable them to participate in legislative initiatives at both the local and state levels.

Additionally, the group support from dieticians who are ready to help Planet Antares vending operators work with legislators and other public officials on the behalf of the industry can help in dealing with this issue.

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