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Healthy Vending Toolkit

Developed by Registered Dietitians, this toolkit provides practical tools and evidence-based strategies for implementing healthy vending in schools, workplaces, and other settings. Learn how to make healthier choices the easy choice for your community.

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Healthy Vending Toolkit

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  1. Healthy Vending Toolkit Developed by Registered Dietitians Nutrition Services 2015

  2. Outline • Why Focus on Vending? • Vending Research Project • Toolkit • What is it? Who is it for? • What are the steps to make healthy vending a success? • Practical tools • Where can I find it?

  3. Why focus on vending? • Vending machines are big business • Vending machines are widely available: schools, recreation centres, hospitals, and workplaces • Often available all hours of the day • Items commonly sold are high in calories but low in nutrients; not supportive to health of Albertans

  4. Why focus on vending? Our environment impacts the choices we make

  5. Research objective and methods Title: The window of opportunity for healthy vending: factors and barriers that influence adoption and implementation processes Objective:To investigate what factors created the window of opportunity for adopting healthy vending (i.e., offering healthier choices in vending machines), and explore barriers and facilitators to the implementation process.

  6. Research objective and methods Design: Exploratory qualitative description was used in this study. Telephone interviews were conducted using a semi-structured interview guide. Setting:Facilities (i.e., recreation centres, schools and workplaces) and vending companies across Alberta. Participants: Twenty-two stakeholders representing diverse settings were interviewed.

  7. Research results • Barriers and facilitators • Stakeholders were personally motivated by their own health, children and families and that it was the “the right thing to do”. • Vending had to align with their organization’s mandates or nutrition policies • Implementation of healthy vending was a complex process • Implementation required balancing barriers and facilitators

  8. Research conclusions • Nutrition policies and organizational mandate play a vital role in the implementation of healthy vending • These policies and mandates are important in promoting the health of individuals, communities and populations. • This study is expected to inform groups and organizations interested in adopting healthy vending.

  9. Healthy Vending Toolkit Purpose: The Healthy Vending Toolkit will help you offer healthier foods and drinks in vending machines. Audience: For recreation centres, schools, workplaces, community groups and vending machine businesses • Provides a step by step process to implement healthy vending • Provides evidence-based strategies and practical tools throughout

  10. Healthy Vending Toolkit Overview • Introduction • Healthy Eating • Steps to make healthy vending a success (Steps 1-8) • Additional tools and resources • Appendix- User friendly forms and tools

  11. Steps to Make your Healthy Vending a Success!

  12. Compare the product’s nutrition information to the ANG to find out what category it falls into. Use the Healthy U Food Checker to classify products. Step 5: Create Vending Machine Guidelines Finding Healthier Options Non Refrigerated Options

  13. Step 5: Create Vending Machine Guidelines Granola Bar http://www.healthyalberta.com/HealthyEating/foodchecker.htm

  14. Step 7: Take Action Promote Healthy Options • Offer variety • Make healthy options appealing • Spread the word • Track sales to find hot sellers

  15. Step 7: Take Action Use Pricing Strategies • Decrease the price of healthy options and increase price of unhealthy items • Offer promotional prices to build familiarity Did you know? Profits may increase long-term through: People are more likely to choose healthy options, if choices are available, priced right, and taste good. • Healthier students or clients • Being a leader and role model for health • Increased corporate profits • More loyal, healthier and productive employees

  16. Healthy products (CMO and CS) Unhealthy products (CLO) Revenue and Marketing Make healthy choices visible Place healthy food and drinks front and centre at eye level where they can be easily seen. Label foods and drinks that are healthy choices with a sticker or icon.

  17. Practical Tools • Sample Patron Letter to support healthy vending • Healthy Vending Customer Pre-Change and Post-Change Survey • Mapping out Your Vending Machine

  18. Sample Planogram

  19. Practical Tools • Food Safety • Sample Vending Machine Guidelines • Working with your Vendor • Customized Order Form • Sales and Trends Tracking Tool

  20. Key Points to Remember • The Healthy Vending Toolkit provides evidence based tools to help you adopt healthy vending programs at your site • Offers consistent and current nutrition information, strategies, and tools in one complete resource • Healthy vending can help make the healthy choice the easy choice

  21. Where can I find the toolkit? www.healthyeatingstartshere.ca

  22. Questions Follow us on Twitter @AHS _behealthy and Tweet us using: #HealthyVendingAB Email your questions to: healthychildrenandyouth@ahs.ca

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