Del Monte's fresh-cut vending machines

Where are they? I'm so tired of granola bars and trail mix as considered healthy snacks at work and at school. Del Monte is putting in vending machines with fresh cut fruit.

They're putting banana slices, pineapple chunks, apple slices, grapes, baby carrots, and celery in vending machines. Most of the packages have unnecessary ranch dressing for dip, but I admit I may think unnecessary but I'll always dip the fruit in it.

The fruit sizes are between 4 - 6 ounces and cost between $1 to $2.25. Sounds alike a lot but then that's the going price for a bag of bar-be-que chips at school.

Kudos to Del Monte, this vending machine wasn't a quick trip to the snack area. The machine had to be built so that the upper section could hold bananas at their optimum temperature of 57 to 60 degrees. The lower 2/3rds of the machine holds rows of fresh-cut items at 38 degrees for optimum shelf life.

Each item is less than 120 calories and ready-to-eat. Well done Del Monte.

I wish the vending machine was in the hospital I was at with my mom this last weekend. The salad bar was dreadfully filled with mayonnaised and whipped cream salads, the fish was tilapa but was kept warm in a pool of butter, the chicken looked a ghostly white and the steamed veggies had almost all the color steamed out of them. And I love steam string beans and their beautiful bright greens but turn away from dark brown greens whose shape make the only differential from the baked beans beside them. And this was hospital-fare!