There are currently fruit vending machines being sold to school that dispenses bananas, cantaloupe, pineapple and many other fruit/healthy snacks. The cost of a fruit vending machine is over $5,000 dollars while a typical snack vending machine cost $3,000 dollars. The higher cost for snack machines can be explained by an increase in changing the food products and the design on the machine. The machine is designed with two compartments which the top half is kept at 37 degrees for bananas and the bottom half is kept at 57 degrees for other fruit snacks. This sounds like a lot of thinking went into the design of the machine to meet the consumer's needs of wanting to replace the snack machines with more healthier foods. However, the replacement of a fruit machine to a snack machine does not necessary translate to eating healthier because the fruit snacks are priced at $2.50 while a bag of m&ms is 90 cents. More people will decide to buy the junk food because of the cost and their own desire for junk food.
Article from Wall Street Journal.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303550904575562480804057778.html?KEYWORDS=The+great+banana+challenge
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