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San Diego, CA [February 13, 2007] --YoNaturals Inc., maker of the YoZone, a natural and organic vending machine, is giving entrepreneurs the chance to become part of the health food industry.
President and CEO Mark Trotter launched the company in April 2006 and opened its distributorship program in January 2007. In just one month they have received interest from locations coast to coast.
The organic food market is booming. According to the USDA, sales of organic foods in the U.S. have been increasing 20 to 25 percent annually since 1990. Stores like Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s, which offer natural and organic foods, are now household names and more than two-thirds of conventional supermarkets offer organic and natural products.
Unfortunately, the vending machine industry has been slow to change, and it continues to be dominated by junk food. YoNaturals is transforming the market by giving schools, colleges, shopping centers, hotels, military bases, corporate offices and more the ability to provide people the healthy alternative they have been looking for in snacks and beverages.
With childhood obesity on a dramatic rise, states across the nation are implementing strict guidelines in school systems, which are forcing soda and candy machines out. This provides an enormous opportunity for YoNatural distributors. Children inevitably love to snack and YoNatural machines allow schools to put in vending machines that are filled with products that meet state nutrition standards.
Mr. Trotter has also improved the vending business from a marketing and technological standpoint. YoZone food and beverage machines have customized colorful graphics to match various location types, giving them a fresh, clean feel, much different from the typical dark, dirty look of older vending machines.
Everyone has faced the disappointment of standing in front of a vending machine and realizing they don’t have cash or enough change. From a vending standpoint, valuable customers are lost. The YoZone has solved this problem by having a cashless payment system for credit and debit cards. Twenty-four hour monitoring systems are also featured on the YoZone so distributors can oversee machine activity from their personal computers, only visiting locations when restocking is needed. In addition, a single machine can store all different kinds of items, from fresh fruit to yogurt to organic cookies and cold beverages because each level can be set to a temperature fit specifically for its products.
YoNaturals is currently offering distributorships to qualified business people who have a passion for healthy food and beverages. They provide training for the easy-to-operate machines and have a comprehensive program featuring exclusive territories. Most importantly, YoNaturals provides all of its distributors with fantastic locations.



