Healthy Snack Machines Coming to Countryside High
Fresh Healthy Vending, a healthy vending machine company, will install six of its machines at the Clearwater school on Friday.
The push to get kids to eat healthier has been going on for years, with changes in school lunch menus and fast food fare plus Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative. This week, one Clearwater school will jump on the trend in a big way, as Countryside High School installs six vending machines that specialize in providing healthy snacks on campus. Fresh Healthy Vending, a San Diego-based business that claims to be the leading healthy vending machine company in the United States, will install the machines Friday morning. “Improving access to healthy snack and beverage options is a huge step to enhancing the overall health of students and faculty at Countryside High School,” Matt Wicks, a local franchisee of the company, said in a statement…