Thursday, January 21, 2010

What 750 lbs of food looks like in a living room!


Hey guys!

Hope your week has been treating you well : ) We have A LOT of food in our living room right now (approx 750 lbs worth to be exact).

Remember how I said things were moving along with our vending machines? Well, we got all the food today! DPP_0004
I don’t know how much food for five vending machines looked like until I got home, haha. It was more than I expected!  At first we felt slightly overwhelmed and in over our heads but what’s to be expected? We’re new at this! It’s exciting … we just have to iron out all the wrinkles and get adjusted.
DPP_0002 DPP_0006  DPP_0005  One thing I know … it’s a lot of fun to have all this food in my house! We taste tested a few products. First, a Mix 1 Berry smoothie …DPP_0007 … then a Raw Revolution bar.DPP_0012
And check out these little packets of Materne apple sauce …. love them!!  It’s such a cute and efficient idea … they’re squeezable and resealable. DPP_0008 DPP_0009
While doing a little taste testing, we went through all our inventory and organized it a little better to make sure we had everything. DPP_0010
This part might be boring for some but some of you guys have asked what all we’re putting in the machines and to start out … here is our loot:

  • Popchips
  • Kettle Foods bakes
  • Zen Soy, Soy on the go cappuccino
  • Materine Applesauce
  • Robert’s Gourmet Smart Puffs
  • Robert’s Gourmet Pirate’s Booty
  • Kettle Foods Chips
  • Stacy’s Pita Chips
  • Brother’s All Natural fruit crisps
  • Stretch Island fruit leathers
  • Barbara’s Bakery fruit and yogurt bars and snackimals
  • Raw Revolution bars
  • Clif Z Bars
  • Late July sandwich cookies
  • Back to Nature graham sticks and mini cookies
  • Blue Sky tea soda
  • Hansen’s soda
  • Steaz energy drink
  • Mix 1
  • Horizon organic milk
  • Imagine Foods Kidz smoothies
  • Honest Tea juice
  • Adina iced coffee
  • Itoen iced tea
  • Tazo iced tea

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This is fun! : )  Erik’s going down to set up all the machines the middle of next week and as soon as I can, you know I’m going to take plenty of pictures at the locations to share with you!!

Hope you guys all have a great weekend!! :)

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30 comments:

chrystad72 on January 21, 2010 6:37 PM said...

whoa! that is alot of food. Ha! very cool though...Sounds like you got great stuff going in those machines! woohoo! Have an amazing day!

Heather Iacobacci-Miller on January 21, 2010 7:21 PM said...

Oh wow - that's a lot!! Can't wait to hear how your venture goes!!

Jenny on January 21, 2010 7:26 PM said...

wowza -- I'm moving in :)

simpledaisy on January 21, 2010 7:28 PM said...

wow....now that's a lot of food!! And it's all healthy...bonus:)

Caleb on January 21, 2010 7:32 PM said...

I get those gogoSqueeze applesauce packets all them time. Love those!

Lauren on January 21, 2010 7:38 PM said...

Hot dang that's a lot of food! But HOW FUN!!!! :)

Are you accepting house guests? Because guess who's coming for dinner! ;)

Love ya girl!

Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg on January 21, 2010 7:53 PM said...

YUM!!! What a great haul! So cool that y'all are doing this!

M on January 21, 2010 8:23 PM said...

Woah! Look at all that awesome stuff!

thedallasceliac on January 21, 2010 8:45 PM said...

I love the idea for a healthy vending machine. I hope it takes off for you guys!

Rachel on January 21, 2010 9:07 PM said...

This is soo awesome!! I have always wanted healthier vending machine options. Are any gonna be close to KC?

Angelalovesfood on January 21, 2010 10:46 PM said...

That is awesome. I know you'll be having fun taste-testing your future products.

Laura on January 21, 2010 11:16 PM said...

How exciting! I love those applesauces! I've never seen them before. Good luck with the new business!

eatingRD on January 21, 2010 11:25 PM said...

boy that's a lot of food!! I love all that stuff you are vending, that great to have healthy options. I hope your business grows exponentially :)

intheskinny on January 22, 2010 4:13 AM said...

I love the idea of healthy vending machines!

Priyanka on January 22, 2010 6:07 AM said...

Healthy vending machine is a great idea! I hope this goes really well for you guys. I know I would be a regular at a vending machine of this type :)

Erica on January 22, 2010 6:42 AM said...

Wow! That is a lot of food :) Fun that you get to taste test the products (gotta know what you're selling, right??). Can't wait to see the machines all loaded up. Hope you guys have a good weekend

nourishedfitness.com on January 22, 2010 9:00 AM said...

Wow, what an awesome thing you guys are doing! I want one :)

Krista on January 22, 2010 9:28 AM said...

WOW! How exciting is it to finally have the food for the machines? I think you've got some great sellers in there. As a Mom, I can appreciate all the healthier options.

MelissaNibbles on January 22, 2010 11:33 AM said...

I just wanted to comment to say I think what you're doing is amazing. It's impossible to find healthy foods in vending machines, your business is something that's been needed for a long time. I hope it takes off and you become rich! Do you have any plans to try to get in schools?

Lindsey @ Sound Eats on January 22, 2010 11:46 AM said...

That's so cool! Y'all are awesome with your business endeavors. :) Love you!

Tasha - The Clean Eating Mama on January 22, 2010 12:54 PM said...

How cool! I am so glad to see you guys are getting closer to setting the machine up!

Jenn@slim-shoppin on January 22, 2010 1:06 PM said...

That's exciting about your vending machine business. Looks like great stuff!!

ktbwood on January 22, 2010 3:55 PM said...

hah wow SO MUCH FOOD! thats awesome!!
oh man id love to go to a vending machine w. that stuff!

Jody - Fit at 52 on January 22, 2010 5:11 PM said...

HOW EXCITING! Lots of work but I am sure the payoff will be great!

Maria on January 22, 2010 5:57 PM said...

Awesome! How much do the items cost? Just curious if they are more expansive than the junk foods.

CaSaundraLeigh on January 23, 2010 8:58 AM said...

Oh my gosh--how I would love to be a house guest right about now hehe! I just am IN LOVE with the concept of your healthy vending machines--you should get some on campuses!! Would you mind if I spread the word about your awesome scape on my blog once it gets up and going?!

Taylor @ Jimmy Choos and a Baby Too on January 23, 2010 9:23 AM said...

Wow thats so exciting! I LOVE your blog- I use to manage a gym! Im a new follower :)

jenngirl on January 23, 2010 9:14 PM said...

Wow that is awesome! Congrats on getting started, and all of thost snacks sound amazing :)

theemptynutjar on January 24, 2010 7:36 AM said...

Lesley, thanks so much for the sweet comment yesterday. Meant a lot. By the way, I read your blog all the time, but dont comment much cause I have trouble sometimes,,I need to do it 3 or 4 times...strange !
anyway...those raw revolution bars and applesauce look interesting
Have a nice day pretty lady.

Gina on January 26, 2010 4:26 PM said...

SO COOL!!! We wouldn't even be able to fit all that food in our tiny apartment. good thing I'm not in that business. I bet you are having so much fun with it though. If I had a vending machine, I would definitely use you guys, and get all that healthy food stocked up in it. All of the brands are so healthy and nourishing, I wish ALL vending machines had foods like yours!

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