Fresh Healthy Vending Franchise FAQ

Who is Fresh Healthy Vending?

• We are vending the way it should be; Fresh, Healthy and Affordable. We design our healthy vending machines to be bright, colorful and attractive in order for consumers to know that the machines offer healthy “better for you” drinks and snacks. At Fresh Healthy Vending there’s fresh approach and thinking to everything we do; from energy-efficient LED lighting, to remote monitoring and cashless payment systems we are reinventing the concept of vending.

What is my role as a Fresh Vending Franchisee?

• Your role is to profit from operating Fresh Healthy Vending Machines in schools, hospitals, health clubs, businesses and other locations in your area. We’re looking for entrepreneurs that share our passion for healthy products and lifestyles and that want to join a proven system of success. With a simple operating system that encourages multi-machine ownership in local territories we’re seeking Franchisees to come grow with us in their area.

What is the Fresh Healthy Vending Mission?

• The Fresh Healthy Vending mission is to provide consumers with fresh healthy snack and drinks as an alternative to typically unhealthy junk foods found in traditional vending machines while providing our franchisees with a profitable business model and a brand they can be proud to be a part of.

How are the locations secured for my Fresh Vending Franchise?

• Fresh has a location development team in-house that specializes in securing locations in your area. They are fully trained in state nutritional guidelines for schools as well as understand all the aspects of workplace wellness as they relate to vending programs.

  Fresh has developed a comprehensive national location data base that includes schools, colleges, hospitals, office buildings, Hotels, health clubs, shopping malls, along with dozens of other location categories where Fresh Machines can be successfully operated. We are the only Vending company that guarantees “your” locations will meet a criteria tested for success.

  We use a variety of marketing techniques to secure locations that meet the Fresh Franchise criteria for success. We also have hundreds of locations contacting us each month wanting our Fresh Healthy Vending machines and some of them will no doubt already be in your area.

How do I purchase products for my Fresh Healthy Vending machines?

• Fresh Healthy Vending offers the most comprehensive range of, fresh, natural and organic products for our vending machines via an easy to use on-line ecommerce website. We offer a variety of fresh 100% juices, yogurts, smoothies, organic milks, drinks, chips and bars that are all of the best selling products sold at Whole Foods, Trader Joes and other top healthy grocers around the USA. Some of the brands we feature include Odwalla, Vitamin Water, Bolthouse Farms, Stonyfield Farms, Horizon Organic Milks, Roberts Pirates Booty, Stacys Pita Chips, Clif Bars, Honest Teas to name a few…

What type of support and training can I expect from Fresh Healthy Vending?

• Fresh Healthy Vending provides all of it’s franchisees with a 2 day training program at our San Diego corporate offices or alternatively a FHV rep can provide training to you in your territory. This training includes machine operation and maintenance, menu/product training, how to conduct a sampling event, nutritional guidelines and workplace wellness training and provides complete training manuals, videos and continuing online support guides and updates. Our experienced team provides you with ongoing technical and warranty support, proven marketing strategies and tools, menu set-up and inventory management.

What type of mark up can I expect to see from products I sell?

• Product prices retail at between $0.65 cents and $3.00 per item. The mark-up on each product is between 60% and 100%. The location is typically paid 15% of the net profit on each item and this commission is typically paid monthly to each location. Machine sales can vary greatly depending on competitive food sales, type of location and menu for each location.

  If you are interested in speaking with a Fresh Healthy Vending Franchisee in order to determine potential returns on your investment please feel free to speak with your Fresh Healthy Vending Business Development Manager.

How many hours per week will it take me to run a Fresh Vending Franchise?

• Depending on how many Fresh Healthy Vending machines you are operating we recommend that you visit each machine at least once every 2-3 days for general maintenance. Each visit would generally take approximately 15-30 minutes. Our remote monitoring software will inform you of when you need to visit each location as well as preparing you for which products to take.

Does the Fresh Vending Franchise require employees?

• The Fresh Healthy Vending Franchise can be operated by one person servicing up to 50 machines per week. You can either service the machines yourself or hire an employee. Operating Fresh Healthy Vending machines is an exciting business visiting locations in Fresh apparel spreading the healthy message everywhere. This is a very fulfilling and rewarding job as locations truly enjoy having Fresh Healthy Vending services.

Fat Facts

• The annual healthcare costs of obesity in this country are $147 billion a year. This could rise to as much as $344 billion by 2018, according to one major study.
• Obesity has become one of the most expensive health problems in America today, surpassing smoking, according to a study in Health Affairs.
• Two-thirds of Americans are overweight although 85% of Americans characterize their lifestyle as somewhat/very healthy.
• Obese employee sick days total approximately 39 million workdays and 63 million doctor visits yearly.
• 12 million Americans are considered severely obese, defined as more than 100 pounds overweight.
• Diet books consistently rank as some of the hottest best sellers. There are also over 100 unregulated over-the-counter diet pills on the market and celebrities line up to pitch an assortment of diet products. All of this amounts to a nearly $60 billion weight loss industry.
• The Biggest Loser consumer products program has generated over $100 million in spending so far.
• Employers have a big stake in getting their workforce to lose weight and reduce the enormous costs in medical claims and lost productivity linked to obesity. Recent studies have shown an impressive return on investment for every dollar spent on prevention and wellness programs.
• Johnson & Johnson’s CEO Bill Weldon confirmed his company saved $20 million in 7 years by implementing employee wellness program.
• Nearly a third of the children in this country are overweight and some experts believe up to one third of children will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lifetime.
• For the first time in the history of our nation, some medical experts warn that this younger generation may be on track to have a shorter life span than their parents as a direct result of the obesity epidemic.
• Revolution Foods, a start-up social venture in Oakland, CA made $10 million last year by asking schools to re-think the humble school lunch. They provide healthy, organic, home-style meals made locally from scratch.

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