Along with Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary, First Lady Michelle Obama supports changes to school lunches and the items offered in snack vending machines. She’s always been an advocate for healthy nutrition and physical exercise, and new Smart Snacks in School standards fit perfectly with her stance
Category: snack vending machines
The Calorie Count Regulation Calculator
Under new USDA rules, only certain healthy foods are allowed to be sold in vending machines on public school properties. The rules go into effect July 1, 2014 to give vending machine owners time to make sure that all of their offerings are compliant. Not sure whether the products in
New 2014 Vending Machines
From burrito vending in California to machines that dispense bike parts in New York City to healthy vending solutions at schools across the country, vending is blossoming this year, breaking out of its traditional role of snack and drink vending machines to explore new frontiers. Wide acceptance of custom machines
Upgrading in Vending
To stay competitive, you need machines that are clean, attractive and sport the most effective new technology. Are you expanding your route or retiring machines? Here are a few good options for upgrading your equipment: Buying new machines. Do you have an opportunity to move into a new spot, but lack
USI Heads to the 2014 NAMA OneShow
U-Select-It Vending is excited to announce that it will be attending the annual NAMA OneShow this April 9 th , 10 th and 11 th at Chicago’s McCormick Place Lakeside Center. The OneShow is the annual networking and trade show event sponsored by the National Automatic Merchandising Association, the national
Vending Around the World
In America, the most commonly seen vending machines are either drink vending machines or snack vending machines. However, vending machines in various locations around the world feature items that go well beyond simple snack food and drinks. Read below for some the most interesting vending machines around the world: Breach machine, Normandy, France:
ADA and Vending Machines
Updated mandates to the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act change the way owners of beverage and snack vending machines do business. According to the 2010 updated ADA law, both the forward reach range and the side reach range must fall within the 15-inch low reach minimum and a 48-inch high
Go Green with Vending from U-Select-It
Having your own business is a wonderful feeling, and knowing that your business–and the people who stand behind it – are committed to a better environment can make you feel even better. Whether you have a single soda vending machine or a network of multi-product machines, you want to do
The Benefits of Touch Screen Vending
Everybody likes a solution that makes life just a little bit easier and more convenient–even when those solutions seem relatively small. Touchscreen snack vending machines aren’t just a smart technological upgrade–they also make vending more exciting and interesting for your customers. Touchscreen machines let you use custom graphics and ad
Vending Machines with Calorie Counts
As the Affordable Care Act goes into effect, you may be surprised to learn how it affects your vending business. In an effort to make it easier for people to make healthy choices about snacks, the ACA will require that for vending businesses with 20 or more machines all snacks
Three Tips to Start Your Vending Business
If you are interested in being your own boss, there’s nothing like starting your own vending business. You can set your own hours and let the machines take care of all the work of dispensing items and collecting payments from customers. UselectIt carries a wide range of vending machines to meet
Benefits of Healthy Products for Your Patrons
As people become more health-conscious, they often swear off getting their snacks or meals from vending machines because they associate the devices as only offering candy and other sugary or fatty items instead of more wholesome fare. However, you can get a competitive edge by including healthy products in your
Happy Halloween from USelectIt!
Happy Halloween from U-Select-It! We hope that your spooky day is celebrated safely with your family and friends, whether at home or trick-or-treating.
Alpine ST5000 Vending Machine
Have you checked out our latest vending machines for sale? The Alpine ST5000 Elevator unit is a single-temperature vending machine that has the capacity of vending a variety of food, snack and drinks. A few of the great features include: Point of Sale: New Backlit point of sale window for
Bigger, and Better, Snack Machines
The saying “go big or go home” has now made its way into the vending world. USelectIt‘s newest snack vending machine offers a capacity that will make standard vending machines want to pack their bags and head home. The Mercato 7000 features seven full featured flex shelves that provide unmatched
Cupcake Withdrawal
Even though the vending machines for sale on our website can vend a huge variety of tasty snacks and beverages, USelectIt has not yet entered the cupcake vending machine game. Luckily for all of you cupcake enthusiasts out there, one of the world’s premier cupcake makers has! Sprinkles, the world’s
Impressive Vending Machines
In order to keep your vending services fresh, your customers will want new choices and varieties of snacks and beverages. USelectIt has a wide range of food vending machines for sale that are sure to impress your vending patrons and keep them coming back for more than just quick snack
A Vending Solution for Every Break Room
Is your office missing a vending machine? New offices in the process of furnishing their employee break rooms are often missing large pieces such as vending machines. USelectIt has just what you need! With a wide variety of quality vending machines for sale, we can find the machine that will
Emergency Vending Machines
Japan is a country well-known for its obsession with vending machines, with vending machine manufacturers creating some of the most unique machines in the world. The country has them just about everywhere and while they are usually used for traditional vending purposes like selling food and beverages, a group in
Fresh Take on Snack Vending Machines
Healthy vending choices have been becoming more and more popular over recent years as consumers and organizations demand more nutritious food selections in public places, offices and schools. A banana farmer from Australia has finally seen his vending dream come to fruition as he recently launched his first banana vending