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Touchless Coffee Brewing Solutions Evolve in Metro Detroit due to COVID-19

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Katie Waxman

COVID-19 has sparked a flurry of demand for touchless office coffee solutions to protect the returning workforce from spreading the virus. With safety as paramount to today’s consumers as convenience and quality, American Vending has responded by offering touchless technology and new equipment solutions to help Metro Detroit Area businesses offer a safe office coffee service experience to employees.

Today’s workforce seeks safety along with quality and convenience in the office. Metro Detroit Area businesses can deliver a touchless bean-to-cup coffee experience that exceeds expectations to keep employees on-site throughout the day. American Vending offers a multitude of options and support for safe coffee brewing in any office setting.

Touchless Brewing Innovation

To help Metro Detroit Area customers brew safely throughout COVID-19, American Vending offers Keurig® Bean-to-cup coffee brewers with Remote Brew app. The touch-free technology allows employees to select and customize their beverage of choice, and press brew, all from the convenience of their phone.

Touchless brewing at your fingertips without having any contact with the coffee maker itself.

• SIMPLY use your mobile phone with the Remote Brew app.
• EASILY select your choice of coffee beverage and pay from your mobile phone.
• SAFELY enjoy your coffee beverage without touching the coffee machine.

A Safe and Hygienic Brewing Solution

With a touchless coffee brewing system, American Vending can provide a safe and hygienic way for Metro Detroit Area employees to brew and enjoy their morning “must-have” or afternoon “pick-me-up” cup of coffee.
We can help identify solutions needed to maintain
office coffee service’s enduring role as an essential workplace perk.

At American Vending, we can also meet any Metro Detroit Area break room need, big or small, including vending machines and micro-markets with touchless technology, making employees and transactions safe. When you’re ready to show your employees you care, do it with American Vending.

Contact American Vending for more information on how to safely transform your Metro Detroit Area break room services at 248-935-1844.

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How Grab-and-Go Snacks Benefit Your Metro Detroit Employees

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Katie Waxman

Grab-and-Go Snacks in Metro Detroit | Micro-Market Service | Corporate Wellness

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When it comes to eating at work, it’s no longer all about the lunch break in Metro Detroit, it’s about the snacks. Now, more than ever, people eat smaller amounts throughout the day instead of one big meal. As a … Continue reading →

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Reasons to Provide Free Coffee at Your Metro Detroit Area Workplace

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Katie Waxman

Office Coffee Service in Metro Detroit Area | Increased Energy | Coffee Break

There are few things a hard-working employee loves more than that first sip of coffee in the morning. But if the employee’s company does not provide an office coffee service, it can be hard to squeeze in enough time to brew or pick up a cup, especially in the Metro Detroit Area. This leads to a less satisfying workday for your employees, and in turn, a less productive one.

Considering that coffee is a daily necessity for many Americans, a growing number of businesses are adding free coffee products into their break room. Not convinced to do this yet? Here are three reasons you should provide free coffee at your company’s workplace.

Promotes Collaboration and Socialization Between Employees

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Having a great workplace culture is an increasingly important aspect of building a successful company. Providing refreshing drinks and coffee for your employees is a part of that.

Enjoying a cup of coffee or tea in the break room with co-workers can help new employees feel welcomed, break down the social barriers of stiff working relationships. Workers can then relax and chat away from their desks and get their much-needed breaks. Additionally, socializing and becoming comfortable with other employees can lead to fantastic collaborations and ideas for future company projects.

Increases Company Moral

The best employees are ones who believe in and feel respected by the company they are working for. Implementing an office coffee service is a simple yet effective way to provide your workers with an added benefit. Also, it shows how much you care about their wellbeing at the office. A cup of coffee can go a long way, as work perks like this often help retain employees long-term.

If you are looking for an office coffee service in the Metro Detroit Area, American Vending is the first place you should turn. We inspire positive workplace environments through our corporate coffee products and services, therefore helping to keep your workers happy and your business thriving.

Makes Break Times More Efficient

Having a space for employees to stretch their legs and sip on an energy-boosting cup of coffee or tea is an excellent way to keep them efficient and on track throughout the day. In fact, taking small breaks throughout the day is necessary for increased productivity! In addition, workers will not be wasting extra time leaving the office to head to the nearest coffee shop in the Metro Detroit Area. They can get their afternoon pick-me-up for free just a few steps from their desk.

At American Vending, we pride ourselves on providing delicious coffee products at affordable prices for companies in the Metro Detroit Area, so your employees are sure to be satisfied and efficient all day long.

Are you ready to get the coffee brewing in your company break room now? Head to American Vending and call 248-935-1844 to learn more about our office coffee services!

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Metro Detroit Area Break Room Additions

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Katie Waxman

Great-tasting food, cold drinks, and coffee are a must in any break room. But, did you know that there are several other things that every Metro Detroit Area break room should have?

Consider some perks that can turn a bare-bones space into a break room that your employees will want to visit daily. They will appreciate the gesture of providing onsite refreshments right in the office.

The Break Room Space

A break room should not only be a separate space from the rest of the workplace, but it should also feel different. Let’s look at two important components.

Seating

Offer multiple types of seating that encourage conversation, a coffee or meal break, or a few minutes of relaxation. That might include different areas with sofas, tables and chairs, booths or even a lounge chair or two. And don’t forget to offer easily accessible outlets or charging stations as you’ll want to make sure your employees are fully charged when using modern vending machines with touchless technology controlled by their phone.

Break Room Décor

Lack of color or bland colors have been shown to make people feel sad or gloomy, and that is especially true at work where access to the outdoors can be limited. Yellows evoke friendliness and cheer while blues and greens create a sense of peace and tranquility. One word of caution; before running to the paint store, remember that colors affect people differently.

To make your break room more appealing and relaxing, add natural lighting and décor such as plants, wood, or water. Plants are especially functional as they help clean the office air too.

Small additions or changes in your Metro Detroit Area break room can make a big difference. But you don’t have to do it alone. We can help. For more information about our vending services or to update your current space or menu, please call American Vending at 248-935-1844.

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Micro-Markets and Vending Machines Offer Detroit a New Opportunity in the New Normal

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Katie Waxman

The health of your workplace break room has become more important than ever during COVID-19. As Detroit businesses have returned to work, a new normal has shifted in the workplace and in the break room. While break rooms continue to be a convenient benefit for employees to enjoy refreshments on-site, they are also an opportunity to limit outside influences within the office setting.

American Vending is here to support you with custom solutions that offer convenient food and beverage options for your employees. Making it easy for you to provide healthy refreshments for your employees and making it safe for them to enjoy a great meal or snack in the office during their workday.

Convenient, Easy and Safe

Micro-markets and vending services are two refreshment solutions that make it easy to provide a safer way for employees to access fresh foods, snacks, and beverages on-site in the workplace break room. Items offered in micro-markets and vending machines are individually wrapped in secure packaging for a quick and easy grab-and-go experience. Plus, vending machines or micro-markets also provide cashless payment options, limiting contact even further.

Healthy, Delicious and Satisfying

By providing your Detroit Metro Area employees with plenty of healthy and delicious options in the break room, employers can satisfy their employees refreshment needs during the workday and limit their potential exposure to viruses by reducing off-site lunches or trips. A micro-market or set of vending machines is also a tool that Detroit employers can use to encourage social distancing, fewer in person interactions, and less time in unknown environments.

Custom Solution with Advanced Technology

A well-designed break room with comfortable seating arrangements, delicious snacks, beverages, and fresh food encourages relaxation, collaboration between colleagues, and creativity. Add office coffee service with freshly made coffee and espresso-based beverages and make the break room even more inviting. Work with us to get a customized solution that meets your businesses needs and is supported with innovative technology ensuring your inventory is always stocked!

For more information about our custom break room solutions in the Metro Detroit area, contact American Vending at 248.895.2606 or fill out a contact form HERE. We look forward to hearing from you and creating the best break room for you and your Detroit employees.

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Best Break Room Decision Ever Made in the Metro Detroit Area

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Katie Waxman

It’s easy to create a welcoming space with everyone’s favorite snacks, fresh food, and drinks when you add a micro-market to your Metro Detroit Area business. And micro-markets from American Vending are incredibly versatile, offering your employees with so many options for their refreshment needs while on the clock.

Transform your breakroom

A micro-market works almost like a small convenience store. There are open racks for shelf-stable products, reach-in coolers and freezers, and a self-checkout kiosk. The accompanying security system allows the micro-market to stay open 24/7—a plus for your Metro Detroit Area employees who work the second and third shifts.

Unlike old-school vending machines, employees can pick up and read product labels before buying an item. The information on labels allows employees to do the following:

Check expiration dates
Examine ingredient lists and nutritional information
Make an informed purchasing decision based on their taste buds and health goals

Payment Options

Micro-market kiosks offer several convenient payment methods. Options can include mobile payment apps, stored value cards, and credit/debit cards. With stored value cards, employees can upload cash or credit (at the kiosk or online) and make purchases like they would with a debit or credit card.

Freshness Comes First

Reach-in coolers can hold almost anything. In addition to cold beverages, they hold FRESH food. Delicious sandwiches, healthy salads, parfaits, wraps, and chopped fruit are a few of the choices that could be offered on your break room menu. Employees will be able to enjoy the benefits without ever having to leave the office.

So, what does all of this mean for your Metro Detroit Area business?

Happier and healthier employees
A decrease in extended off-site breaks
An increase in employee efficiency and productivity

Combine them and discover improved workplace morale and a better bottom line.

Do you want to optimize your company’s break room? Choose a micro-market by American Vending. We will customize a solution that meets your organization’s needs. From offering fresh and healthy meal options to creating a market design that fits your physical space, we can help. Add office coffee service with freshly made coffee and espresso-based beverages and make the break room even more inviting.

For more information about our custom micro-market solutions in the Metro Detroit area, contact American Vending at 248.895.2606 or fill out a contact form HERE. We look forward to hearing from you and designing your Metro Detroit area workplace micro-market.

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Why a micro-market is a great addition to your Metro Detroit Area workplace break room

Posted on November 13, 2020 by Katie Waxman

Enhance your break room services with an onsite mini store by adding a micro-market that creates a small store feel offering convenience, variety and lots of healthy food and refreshments for your Detroit employees.

Micro-markets have gained popularity since they launched in the marketplace. More and more Metro Detroit area businesses are installing them into their workplace break room because of the benefits they provide to both employers and employees.

A great break room setup with an American Vending micro-market improves your overall business in many ways. The positive benefits of placing a fresh, healthy, and enjoyable micro-market in your office break room are widespread! Here are just a few we wanted to share with you.

CUSTOMIZED AND STOCKED WITH THE LATEST FAVORITES
With a micro-market by American Vending, we custom design your program to satisfy your employees with food choices, snacks, coffee service and beverages, so they do not need to leave the office for coffee, lunch or a snack. Upgrade your vending machines to a complete micro-market service, and provide an even better benefit to employees with an engaging micro-market break room that will help keep them focused, productive, and satisfied.
IMPROVE WORKPLACE SATISFACTION
Workplaces with a micro-market have been known to improve satisfaction and having one attracts top talent. It also provides a place for employees to collaborate, relax and recharge during the day. The improvement in their health makes them happier overall and gives them the mental and physical strength to complete daily tasks and tight deadlines.
FLEXIBLE PAYMENT OPTIONS TO SHOP, SCAN, PAY AND GO!
Micro-markets not only provide on-site food and refreshments for employees, but they also offer self-service with cashless payment options, which speeds up the sales, making for a better customer experience. And the efficient design of a micro-market can be fit to different workplace spaces. They can fit in a corner, take up a whole room, or wherever you decide.

When it comes to your micro-market needs, we will create a custom program and layout specific to your Metro Detroit area business and your employees’ needs – customized for your taste.

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Enhance your Metro Detroit Area Workplace Breakroom with a Custom Solution by American Vending

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Katie Waxman

In the heart of Detroit, a typical workday can often become chaotic and exhausting for employees dealing with commuter traffic jams, tight work deadlines and back-to-back meetings. So, you need to make sure your breakroom area is more than just a place to grab a cup of coffee or store a meal. A well-stocked breakroom can set the tone for every minute of the day. Refueling, rehydration and energizing all start with a customized breakroom solution, tailored to needs of your employees so they can relax, refuel, and recharge during their workday.

OFFER A PLACE FOR EMPLOYEES TO REFUEL AND RECHARGE
Breakrooms have become a place where employees go to take a break from their busy days – whether it is to grab a cup of coffee, bottle of water, or even a tasty snack to recharge their energy.

Breakrooms are also a place where company leaders establish the company culture with their employees, and where employees have an opportunity to interact with their “work family” and get to know each other better. Breakrooms have become, and will continue to be, a conversation starter and idea generator for employees, as well as a place to take your visitors for a quick meeting.

BUILD A BETTER BREAKROOM WITH AMERICAN VENDING
Transform your Metro Detroit area business breakroom into an area where your employees can connect, collaborate, and enjoy great cup of coffee and refreshments.

https://americanvendingllc.com/vending-servicesOur breakroom solutions offer custom coffee services, traditional and subsidized vending services, and micro-markets offering healthy foods and refreshments on the go. We build programs that offer custom solutions specific to your needs that are sure to please your employees, and give them a place to feel comfortable, collaborate and take a break. And, your customized breakroom will always be stocked with the latest snacks, beverages and refreshments, and always safe with a state-of-the-art 24/7 security system providing flexible payment options to shop, scan, pay and go!

American Vending is here to help safely transform your break room into a welcoming space that offers a variety of better-for-you and traditional refreshment options. For more information about any of our services including office coffee service, micro-markets, and vending machines, please call us at 248.895.2606.

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Demand for Coffee Keeps Growing in Detroit

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Katie Waxman

The effects of COVID-19 continue to impact the break room experience. But even with all the changes, one thing has remained constant: the demand for coffee. Detroit employees still look to their favorite caffeinated beverage for energy boosts and improved focus and productivity. Employers also continue to see office coffee service (OCS) as a tool to keep employees on-site during the workday, both increasing employee productivity and reducing risk of exposure to COVID-19.

Unlike pre-COVID OCS, which encouraged employees to gather in-person for spontaneous collaboration and workplace morale, today’s OCS also needs to support the workplace community while safely offering the same variety of customizable and delicious beverages. Individually packaged lighteners, or creamers, and coffee and tea flavor boosts can help create delicious hot beverages, workplace morale, and a safer break room environment.

Traditional creamers are usually made with dairy and come in popular flavors such as Original, French Vanilla, Hazelnut, and Caramel Macchiato as well as seasonal flavors like Pumpkin Spice, Peppermint Mocha, and Mint Truffle. Plant-based creamers, a 2020 top trend, are often made with almond milk, soy milk, or coconut milk. Newcomers to the plant-based category include oat milk and hemp milk. Surprisingly, Datassential, a research firm, found that “more than half of today’s creamer users add plant-based milk or creamer to their coffee.”

Single-serve flavor or spice packets also offer Detroit employees a different way to safely customize their coffee or tea. Options include individual spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, or turmeric and combinations such as chai blends and pumpkin spice. In addition to creating a delicious beverage, these spices also offer health benefits. Turmeric, for example, has anti-inflammatory properties while cinnamon has anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and antioxidant properties.

In addition to offering a variety of popular coffee flavorings, OCS providers need to be proactive when it comes to explaining workplace safety measures and product alternatives. For example, at a specific Detroit organization, single-serve products may be a better option while at another, individually packaged items aren’t feasible, and bulk must be used. Employees at both locations need clear and specific instructions about how to safely use the products available to them.

Successful collaboration between employers and refreshment providers has the potential to create flexible break room spaces that are welcoming and safe and offer the snacks, hot and cold beverages, and fresh food that employees want.

American Vending is here to help Detroit employers who have employees already back at work and those employers who are figuring out how to bring their employees back. In addition to offering an extensive and customizable refreshment menu, we follow well-established safety protocols to ensure the safety of your employees and ours. For more information about our services and safety policies and procedures, please reach out to us at 248-895-2606.

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What Healthy Options Does Your Warren and Detroit Area Break Room Offer?

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Katie Waxman

Healthy Options in Warren and Detroit Area Break Room

Healthy employees are likely to be more engaged and productive at work. Given the extra stress everyone is experiencing today, and the negative impact stress can have on health, Warren and Detroit area employers have an opportunity to offer their employees an extra benefit—healthy snacks and beverages in the break room. An extra bonus for employers is that this benefit delivers bigger returns than the upfront costs.

An important vitamin that is found in many healthy options is vitamin C. While most individuals think only of the common cold when vitamin C is mentioned, vitamin C offers many other health benefits. As with other antioxidants, vitamin C protects the body’s cells against the effects of free radicals, which play a role in combating heart disease and cancer.

Recent research also found that consuming vitamin C can help maintain muscle mass as a person ages, something that all Warren and Detroit area employees should be aware of. According to the results, Dr. Richard Hayhoe from the University of East Anglia (UEA)’s Norwich Medical School explained, “people with the highest amounts of vitamin C in their diet or blood had the greatest estimated skeletal muscle mass, compared to those with the lowest amounts.” For an average adult, the current daily value recommendation for vitamin C is 90 mg.

So which foods contain the most vitamin C?

While kale ranks at the top for vitamin C as well as for many other nutrients, let’s take a look at some other popular fruits and vegetables that also have a good amount of vitamin C. (Side note: yes, tomatoes and avocados are technically fruits, but for this list, let’s place them with the vegetables.)

Fruits (per 100 g)

Kiwi = 93 mg
Papaya = 61 mg
Strawberries = 59 mg
Oranges = 53 mg
Pineapple = 48 mg
Cantaloupe = 37
Mango = 36 mg
Apricots = 10 mg

Vegetables (per 100 g)

Red bell pepper = 128 mg
Green bell pepper = 80 mg
Broccoli = 89 mg
Snow peas = 60 mg
Peas = 40 mg
Snap beans = 12 mg
Tomatoes = 14 mg
Avocado = 10 mg

While it may seem that many of the fruits and vegetables listed above wouldn’t be found in the break room, think again. Fresh food options such as fruit salads, whole pieces of fruit, green salads with a variety of vegetables, sandwiches topped with tomatoes, and fruit/vegetables juices are readily available in micro-markets and fresh food and beverage vending machines. Many prepackaged products including granola bars, breakfast cereals, protein bars, and even some salty snacks contain vitamin C. The key is to read the nutrition label. Vitamin C may be hiding in a place you don’t expect to find it.

Can your Warren and Detroit area employees find the healthy fresh foods, snacks, and beverages they want when they visit your break room? If not, call American Vending at 248.895.2606 to learn more about our healthy break room options.

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