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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.

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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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