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• 4.27.10

  YoNaturals Adds Sioux Falls, South Dakota To Its Growing Number of Healthy Vending Cities Nationwide

  "When their interest in helping local schools and businesses offer healthier snack foods finally led Chris and Breann Stiefel to healthy vending leader YoNaturals of San Diego -- the Sioux Falls couple wondered if the concept would apply to their very small hometown market. ......."

• 4.21.10

  Selling Kids On Healthy Snacks

  "It's mid-morning, and Beth Kerrigan is checking the stock in a vending machine full of healthy snacks at Hartford Public High School. ......."

• 4.20.10

  Are school lunches a national security threat?

  " School lunches have been called many things, but a group of retired military officers is giving them a new label: national security threat. ......."

• 4.19.10

  YoNaturals Plus Vending Technology Equal Healthy Profits in Virginia High Sales Volumes and the Internet Present Virginia Healthy Snack Food Vending Operators with a Wholesome Opportunity

  "The ubiquitous snack vending machine has come a long way since the days when small change could buy a typically artery-clogging -- but oh-so uniquely American -- salute to questionable nutrition. ......."

• 4.07.10

  YoNaturals Just What The Doctor Ordered For Carolina Schools

  "As a physician and pediatrician, Felicia Baxter knows firsthand the scourge of childhood obesity, and witnesses daily its troubling effects on young lives. ......."

• 3.16.10

  Pepsi cuts sugary drinks from schools globally

  "PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the U.S. aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity. ......."

• 3.15.10

  YoNaturals Healthy Snack Vending Savors A Growing Idaho Market

  "San Diego Vender of Top-Selling Natural & Organic Snack Foods Links Up With Boise Area Schools. ......."

• 3.09.10

  YoNaturals Calls for Healthier Snack Vending in Nation's Schools

  "Leading natural and organic snack food vender YoNaturals is receiving new support in its mission to replace junk foods and sugary beverages with healthier vended choices in our nation's schools. ......."

• 3.02.10

  YoNaturals Expands Its Lead in California Healthy Vending Market

  "Steady consumer interest in healthier snack food fare, plus growing familiarity with the top-selling natural & organic snack products continue to boost sales volume at YoNaturals of San Diego. ......."

• 2.24.10

  YoNaturals Sees Real Promise in New Childhood Obesity Task Force

  "Market Leader in Healthy Snack Food Vending Cheers First Lady Obama's Quest to Finally Take a Bite Out of Childhood Obesity ......."

• 1.21.10

  Vending machines offer students healthy snack options

  "When a  snack attack strikes at school, students all too often turn to vending machines, lured by the quick pick-me-up offered by the candy bars, potato chips and other less-than-healthy options. ......."

• 8.17.09

  YoNaturals Healthy Snack Vending Expands Into Connecticut

  "The new-age YoNaturals snack vending machines that Steve and Alison DeNicola traffic in certainly do look as though they seriously mean to revolutionize our snacking habits. ......."

• 8.11.09

  YoNaturals Healthy Vending Machines A Growing Presence in Carolina Gyms

  "Parents themselves -- and owners of a YoNaturals healthy snack food vending business in Wilmington, North Carolina -- the Crittenden's have created a business niche by helping local gyms and fitness centers transition from barely tolerated junk food machines to ones offering distinctly healthier fare......."

• 7.9.09

  California Bans Trans Fat In School Venders, Soft Drinks In High Schools

  "Two laws regulating food and beverages sold through school vending machines went into effect in California on July 1. Schools in the Golden State are now prohibited from selling foods, in vending machines, that contain artificial trans fat, and their sale is no longer allowed by any outside contractors. Earlier legislation banned artificial trans fat in foods sold at school cafeterias. ......"

• 5.20.09

  YoNaturals Healthy Vending Machine Business Increasingly Well Placed to Benefit From School Nutrition Debate

  "The U.S. Senate looks set to move forward on legislation that would reduce federal education funding to school districts that don't act to improve the nutritional quality of food and beverages sold through school vending machines......"

• 5.19.09

  Yo Naturals Natural Vending Taking on Colorado's Junk Food Establishment

  "Until recently almost exclusively a domain of fatty junk foods and sugary soft drinks, the vended snack market, and the majors who dominate it, are increasingly feeling the wrath of public officials and parents concerned about the poor nutritional content of snacks typically offered in vending machines....."

• 4.7.09

  Opportunities Abound in the Children’s Nutrition Market, But Road Blocks Remain

  "As we wrap up our research for Nutrition Business Journals’ inaugural Healthy Kids issue, it’s clear to us at NBJ that there are plenty of opportunities for innovators and entrepreneurs to enter and make a splash in the U.S. children’s nutrition market.."

• 3.30.09

  YoNaturals Healthy Snack Vending Finds a Welcoming Climate in Daytona Beach Schools

  "Darlene Morrison, business manager at Calvary Christian Academy in nearby Ormond Beach, says that parents have been especially enthusiastic supporters of healthier snack vending.."

• 3.25.09

  YoNaturals Healthy Vending Expands Presence into Rural Tennessee

  "As his mountain region's newest distributor for YoNaturals Corporation of San Diego, the leading vendor of natural and organic snack foods and beverages, he's now marketing the very latest in trendy.."

• 3.25.09

  YoNaturals Expands Healthy Snack Vending Into Portland Area Schools

  "A little neighborhood research turned up the fact that many parents were already seeking to broaden their children's eating habits by including popular.."

• 3.18.09

  Orange County Schools Finds Success with YoNaturals Vending Program

  "Regional distributors for YoNaturals Corporation of San Diego, the leader in healthier food and beverage vending, the Casey’s have over the past year made quite a name for themselves among local school administrators.."

• 3.18.09

  YoNaturals Healthy Vending Machines at Keesler Air Force Open a New Front in the Quest for Troops Fitness

  "Perez is a distributor for YoNaturals Corporation of San Diego, the market leader in healthy vended snack foods.."

• 11.20.08

  STUDY: FAST-FOOD AD BAN MAY CUT OBESITY IN KIDS

  "Banning fast-food advertising on television in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, researchers said on Wednesday.."

• 11.14.08

  Yo-Naturals is Looking for Health and Wellness Advocates to Support its Launch in to Alabama and Florida

  "Healthy vending leader Yo-Naturals will soon be expanding its nationwide fight against obesity throughout Alabama and Florida, including Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties."

• 10.31.08

  "How Cool is That?" on Rachel Ray's Non-Profit Website

  "Yo!Naturals offers a complete, turnkey solution for schools, businesses and organizations that want to feature healthy vending machine choices."

• 10.31.08

  Yo-Naturals Launches Healthy Vending in Stockton California

  "Yo-Naturals Vending Inc., the nation's leading healthy vending company, announced today the addition of various Stockton area schools to its fast growing list of schools to offer its healthy vending program to students."

• 10.31.08

  Yo-Naturals Natural and Organic Healthy Vending "Takes Off" at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi

  "Yo-Naturals recently introduced its "healthy vending" concept to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi and the innovative program has already experienced extraordinary success in what is regarded as a somewhat nontraditional location."

• 10.17.08

  Yo-Naturals Featured on Glamour.com

  "Yo-Naturals has big plans to expand across the country. And I think in this case, world domination wouldn't be so bad, either. We could all use healthier snack options--like right this second...."

• 10.14.08

  Yo-Naturals Says Healthy Vending Continues to Be a Strong Growth Segment

  "Spurred by the incredible growth of the organic food industry, “healthy vending” is proving to be the fastest growing segment in the long established vending industry...."

• 10.07.08

  Yo-Naturals Launches Innovative Health Club Vending Program

  "The innovative vending program allows health club staff to focus on their most important task: signing up new members, without having to worry about restocking or theft of products behind the counter...."

• 09.22.08

  Junk Food Fighter - Solana Beach Startup Vends Healthy Snacks

  "It’s not exactly peas and carrots, but Yo-Naturals Inc. says its vending machine concept provides a healthier alternative to students..."

• 09.16.08

  Yo-Naturals Wholesome Vending Machines - WorldChanging

  "I'm sure the next time my stomach rumbles in the middle of a hectic day, I'll be wishing there were a YoNatural's machine nearby instead of a Coca-Cola dispenser."

• 09.08.08

  Schools Rave About Healthy Vending Machines

  "We are not seeing the Cheetos, the soda, the energy drinks, those products we're trying to get rid of. We don't have to mandate that they not happen. This is really taken the place of those other products. This has been really successful for us, as well as the student body," said Middle School Principal, David Sciaretta."

• 09.02.08

  Yo-Naturals Natural and Organic Health Food Vending Program Continues to Thrive in '08

  "Based in San Diego, California, Yo-Naturals has paved the way for health food vending to rock the foundation of junk food companies in our schools, and America is taking notice. The immensity of the company’s distribution system is unparalleled in the natural and organic vending industry, and it just keeps growing."

• 08.28.08

  North Huntington, Pa. Schools Claim Success With Yo-Naturals Healthy Vending Program

  "The Norwin School District in North Huntington, Pa. announced its satisfaction with the Yo-Naturals healthy vending program. Its middle school, with 850 students, and high school, with more than 2,000, have each had a Yo-Naturals vending machine in place since January."

• 08.28.08

  Healthy Vending Machine Lease Program for Schools, No Government Vending Grants Required

  "With schools nationwide facing budgetary restrictions and childhood obesity at an all time high, the pioneer of the health food vending industry, Yo-Naturals Inc., recently unveiled their new website www.schoolhealthyvending.com. The new program allows any school across America to obtain state-of-the-art healthy vending machines via a no money down leasing program."

• 08.19.08

  Vend Natural and Organic Products - Yo-Naturals Healthy Vending

  "Consumers are demanding healthier options for themselves in the workplace, at their health clubs, and most importantly for their children in schools and because of this we have designed a simple program that caters to investors and locations while accommodating the concerned public."

• 08.13.08

  Baton Rouge Schools Welcome Yo-Naturals Natural Vending

  "Yo-Naturals Inc. the nationwide leader in healthy vending today announced the launch of its natural vending initiative into the Baton Rouge area."

• 08.13.08

  Yo-Naturals San Diego Launches Healthy School Vending Website Allowing Schools To Profit 100% From Healthy Product Sales

  "This much overdue program is available to every school in the U.S. and consists of a "no money down" lease program with low-cost 48 and 60 month payment terms."

• 07.13.08

  Yo-Naturals Business Expands to Macomb County Michigan Schools

  "Macomb County, MI, schools and a local YMCA will install Yo-Naturals healthy vending machines on their premises, the company announced Monday. "

• Older News

• 07.01.08 - Maryland Schools Welcome Yo-Naturals Healthy Vending Machines for the Fall Semester 2008 »
• 05.29.07 - Yo-Naturals Healthy Vending Machines Appearing Nationwide »
• 05.21.08 - Yo-Naturals Healthy Vending Expands into Loveland Colorado Schools »
• 05.08.08 - Yo-Naturals Makes Its First Move Into Canada with Natural and Organic Food Vending »
• 05.02.08 - Gulfport-Biloxi Airport Welcomes Installation of New Yo-Naturals Healthy Vending Machines »
• 05.01.08 - Andre Agassi College Preparatory School Welcomes Yo-Naturals Healthy Vending Program »
• 04.25.07 - ABC News: Fill Your Vending Machines With Veggies and Milk »
• 04.10.07 - KPBS: Organic and Natural Foods Now Available in Vending Machines »
• 03.26.08 - Yo-Naturals To Install Healthy Vending Machines At Stanford University »
• 03.07.07 - Bill aims at school vending machines »
• 03.04.07 - Healthy vending machines can mean more money »
• 02.23.07 - Healthier Vending Is On The Way »
• 02.05.07 - Child weight surgery becoming more common »
• 10.06.06 - Clinton wins crackdown on school junk food »
• 09.24.06 - Natural food goes mainstream, gaining followers and investors »
• 09.12.06 - Healthy Vending Machines - It's About Time! »
• 06.01.06 - World Organic Foods And Beverages Report (2006) »
• 05.15.06 - Bill puts the fight in fizz »
• 05.11.04 - School Vending Rated as Junk – USA Today »
• 10.15.03 - Organic replacing Junk Food in Vending Machines »

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