Star Food Healthy Express Makes 400th Placement in Schools Across USA
1888 Press Release - Star Food Healthy Express is the leader in vending reimbursable meals in schools across the USA. Healthy, USDA approved, multi-component breakfast, lunch and snacks are served in less than 20 seconds.
1888 Press Release - Star Food Healthy Express is the leader in vending reimbursable meals in schools across the USA. Healthy, USDA approved, multi-component breakfast, lunch and snacks are served in less than 20 seconds.
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<strong>Star</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Healthy</strong> <strong>Express</strong> <strong>Makes</strong> <strong>400th</strong> <strong>Placement</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> <strong>Across</strong> <strong>USA</strong><br />
1888 Press Release <strong>Star</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Healthy</strong> <strong>Express</strong> is the leader <strong>in</strong> vend<strong>in</strong>g reimbursable meals <strong>in</strong> schools across the<br />
<strong>USA</strong>. <strong>Healthy</strong>, USDA approved, multicomponent breakfast, lunch and snacks are served <strong>in</strong> less than 20 seconds.<br />
Miami, FL Thanks to the addition of schools <strong>in</strong> Dallas, Texas; Knoxville, Tenn. and across P<strong>in</strong>ellas County<br />
Florida there are now more than 400 <strong>Star</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Healthy</strong> <strong>Express</strong> mach<strong>in</strong>es feed<strong>in</strong>g school children across<br />
the <strong>USA</strong> healthy meals for breakfast, lunch and snacks.<br />
"This means as many as 100,000 meals are gett<strong>in</strong>g to kids every week of the 36 week school year," said Joe<br />
Gilbert, GM and Vice President of VE South, based <strong>in</strong> Fort Lauderdale. VE South is the parent company of<br />
<strong>Star</strong> <strong>Food</strong>. "This is a very conservative estimate and does not reflect the full capacity of the mach<strong>in</strong>es."<br />
"That's about 3.6 million meals a year for kids who qualify for free or reduced cost meals at school."<br />
"Before <strong>Star</strong> <strong>Food</strong> many kids just did not have a chance to eat and make it to class our mach<strong>in</strong>es serve<br />
healthy reimbursable, multicomponent meals <strong>in</strong> less than 20 seconds," said Gilbert.<br />
Hightech and high touch works for students say the school foodservice executives nationwide who utilize<br />
<strong>Star</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Healthy</strong> <strong>Express</strong> mach<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong> their schools. It works for schools too by better utiliz<strong>in</strong>g their<br />
nutrition staff and offer<strong>in</strong>g meal opportunities when the cafeteria might not be open, like early morn<strong>in</strong>g or<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g after school programs.<br />
Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Bob Gottlieb, Director of Educational Services for <strong>Star</strong> <strong>Food</strong>, schools across the <strong>USA</strong> are look<strong>in</strong>g<br />
for options to "Feed More Kids" and are turn<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>Star</strong> <strong>Food</strong>, the leader <strong>in</strong> reimbursable meal vend<strong>in</strong>g for<br />
schools.<br />
"We just f<strong>in</strong>ished the School Nutrition Association's big show and were swamped by school nutrition experts<br />
want<strong>in</strong>g to learn more. We were the first to <strong>in</strong>troduce this concept 8 years ago, and the schools understood<br />
right away what it could do for the kids and to impact the revenue they br<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> through foodservice," said<br />
Gottlieb.<br />
V E South L C is one of the largest fullservice vend<strong>in</strong>g mach<strong>in</strong>e companies <strong>in</strong> the Southeast and is<br />
headquartered <strong>in</strong> Fort Lauderdale at 4800 NW 15th Avenue, Suite B, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. Contact<br />
Bob Gottlieb at 8778573663 x1.<br />
For more <strong>in</strong>formation visit the website at: www.<strong>Star</strong><strong>Food</strong><strong>Healthy</strong><strong>Express</strong>.com.<br />
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