Labeling the Vending Industry.

Ok really you did not see this one coming?
Operators should have been ready for this situation from day one, why would they make a product be labeled and not be able to read it? The nutrition label has been on the product for many years now so this should not be a shocker to a vending operator that you were going to have to give this information to the customer before they made the purchase.
I keep seeing an article a day about how this new law is going to be a real problem for the vending industry, yes it is but it is something that operators should have been ready for with some kind of solution be it even laminated index cards hanging on the machine.
There are digital displays that can be added to the vending machine and this information can be loaded into them so customers can index the nutritional information and view before they make a purchase.
The nutrition label is an important thing and I believe that as a consumer I do have the right before I purchase something to know what I am buying and whats in it. With the new high tech vending machines that are coming on the market today, this should not be a problem as most will include touch screen displays of some sort that this information will be available thru.
Micro markets are a new way of providing food service in the workplace and make it very easy for consumers to pick up a product and read the ingredients and nutrition information without buying the product 1st. As more micro markets in vending grow the consumer will be able to shop right at the workplace for all the new healthy items that are showing up in the vending machines today.
It seems that most of the stories are linking this new labeling law as I know it to the health care act that everyone seems to be upset with.
We are updating vending machines to be able to give this information to customer on our refurbished vending machines. If you are interested in this and more advanced features in the vending machines of today, please visit our website at http://www.vendweb.com to learn more.