1. How to get your School on board.
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.
2. Review the Apple Vending 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.
3. Involve Students in Choosing the Products
If at all possible, before you finalize your plan-o-gram, get a small representative group of students to make the selections with you.
4. 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. Apple Vending can also send a representative to your school to assist in planning and holding these sampling events.
5. 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.
6. Launch the Grand Opening of the Machine
Invite parents, teachers, school board and community members to the great unveiling of your 'new' healthy vending machine.
7. Generate some PRESS!
The local newspaper or TV station might even be interested in the positive steps your school is taking and Apple Vending will even issue a press release informing the local area of the initiative.
