The Johns Hopkins Hospital has a vending machine that’s stocked with bottles, pumps and other breastfeeding items for working mothers. Leave a comment to share what you’d like to see sold in a vending machine?
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What Would You Like to See Sold in a Vending Machine?
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Water, water and more water. Preferbly a water cooler. A healthy snack machine with friuts, nuts and yougurt and a chocolate option (like a Hershey kisses:o)
I would like to see a couple of Redbox machines
It would be nice to have new vendors and new vending machines. This is the great Johns Hopkins!! maybe a quiznos, an option for fresh fruit and salads for night shift , a smoothie vending machine, a starbucks, etc. There really arent any options for night shifters. As we all could bring food from home, it would be nice to have options where we spend most of our time.
SANDWICHES, SOUP, JELLO, FRUIT...
stamps, DVDs (such as Redbox), lottery scratch-offs.
Definitly refrigerated foods: salads, sandwiches, better snack alternatives. Also, hot foods & drinks. More than just the usual junk. We're Johns Hopkins - we should have better than average offerings.
A lot of people responding to this question suggested things that can be brought from home. Let's get rid of the unhealthy candy bars and soda machines and replace them with refrigerators, where possible.
Healthy Meal options and Coffee. It would be nice to have a coffee option for night shift.
Basic OTC medication: e.g. Motrin, Pepto-Bismol, bandages, sterile wipes....
Healthier snack options! Possibly refrigerated vending machine
I would like to see a refrigerated vending machine, that carries fresh pre-made salads, sadwiches, fresh fruit, yogurt, etc. I work permanent nights, and there is not much open at night. One gets tired of the same thing all of the time.
Redbox - DVDs
books - bestsellers (U of MD has a vending machine like this)
I would like to see fresh fruit, in a fridge vending machine. Also, yogurt and Starbucks frapp drinks in the vending machine.
Please have a vending machine with over the counter remedies for the staff. Sometimes you've just got a headache and need some tylenol or Tums or something OTC!
They will never be fresh!
i would like to see more healthy products in vending machines because the foods places at Hopkins are more geared to what people like (unhealthty foods) and only a few places where where you can find and select from a larger variety of healthy choices. Keeping our staff in good health increases productivity at work, less stress on employees and families, and reduces cost for Hopkins.Thats a win-win- situation for all!
I'd love to see extensive gluten free offerings!
funny that Hopkins has jumped on this (my) idea!
I posed this idea a while back and no one took the bait.
My careful with whose ideas you use
Happens all the time (especially with women) - an idea is posed, no one seems to pay attention, then WHAM! someone comes up with a GREAT IDEA! after some time has passed (and, hopefully, the person who first suggested it has faded from memory, so no one can recall it was your idea in the first place). This happened to me twice in my former job when I suggested ideas, and was shot down (not practical, too expensive, etc.) and then about 6 months later my boss was "inspired" to suggest something new. I called him out on it, and he just said, "hmm. was that what you were suggesting?"
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENT TYPES OF REUSEABLE CARDS AND GIFT CARDS AND A MACHINE FOR MAILING STAMP WITH ENVELOPES.
Condoms
I would really like to have a self-serve post office kiosk. The hours for the current mail drop-off/stamps are very limited. The kind of kiosk I'm thinking of allows a package to be weighed and postage printed, individual stamps or books of stamps purchased, and packages/letters dropped off for mailing. This would not only provide 24 hour access, but also allow the use of a credit card for purchases, an option not available at the current location.
Cheeseburgers, chocolate pretzels, fresh mac and cheese, slurpees, and fried mozzarella sticks.
And soy milk.
Oh, and single serving pizzas, corndogs, and popcorn - like at the ballpark.
It would be nice to have cotton candy and fried dough as well, but that may be tough. Raw dough would suffice.
Anything with high-fructose corn syrup is great, as long as it is low-carb.
If we had a refrigerated vending machine that would be awesome. For those of us who live a plant-based lifestyle it would be great to have a healthy alternative to Coke and greasy chips. Perhaps, Veggies or crackers with hummus, veggies with dips, sliced apple packs, dried fruits or nuts, dehydrated apple or fruit chips, low sugar juice options, cups of peanut butter or almond butter with fruit or vegetables for dipping, pita chips and salsa, muffins, granola bars, energy bars, trail mixes, or roasted chickpeas.
Thank you for asking this question. This is a great opportunity to make a difference. 🙂
Place vending machines university and hospital wide that stocked up with healthy fresh food, water, no sugar added fruit and vegetable and reasonably priced. The number of these vending machines should be more or equal to the the number of vending machines that stocked up with all the junk food and sugar drinks. We have to practice what we preach, good health, and be a good role model for other institutions.
Low carb snacks, fruit slices, low fat options, yogurt (lite), more water, and a free ICE MACHINE!! (vendors will not give ice, a drink must be purchased) Also premade meal options, like in the cafeteria on days or frozen entrees including low fat/carb/sodium options.
In looking at the current vendors, there are scant diabetic or low fat/sodium options once the cafeteria closes. Could the cafeteria be open on the weekends or thru the dinner hour with a limited weekend or dinner menu?
To be a hospital promoting good health and healthy choices, we should practice what we preach!
As for non food items, many hotels offer trial sizes of shampoo, deodorants, lotions, combs, brushes, tooth brushes, toothpaste, floss, stamps, sewing kit, feminine hygiene products,Tylenol, Advil, Aleve, Tums- basic things a traveler would need or forget. We could do the same. Also the reloadable Hopkins cards for the cafeteria/eateries in several denomination amounts.
It would be wonderful also to see a water dispenser (Deer Park?) with paper cups instead of bottled water (less waste, more recyclable & earth friendly).
While we're at it, can we ramp up our recycling efforts & initiate some recycling in places where it doesn't exist. We throw away a LOT of stuff that is harmful to the environment (either in terms of toxicity or that it's just trash not being handled properly). THANKS!
I would like to see fresh fruits and veggies, along with greek yogurt, hummus or some kind of low fat dip. Also, more bottled water. No more unhealthy snacks like chips and candy.
Low carb and sugar free snacks and other food
I would like to see fresh fruit, similar to the pre-cut apple slices sold at subway. Cheese & crackers, yogurt, refrigerated smoothie drinks, *side note: Please add chic-fil-a as a vendor in the cafeteria. Flamers is very greasy and not good for you. I'd rather pay more for better food on the HISTORICAL SIDE!!!!!*
I would like to have a vending machine for my office.
We would like low carb snacks, fruit, veggies, nuts etc.
Thank You
protein bars, or healthy bars. Bars with 20+ grams of protein please.
Some fruit and dips (peanut butter/ranch/carmel) such as sliced apples or veggies (carrots/celery/etc). Hummis snack with pita chips. Dried fruit snacks or low sugar fruit juices (apple/orange/grapefruit) or granola bars.
I like the idea of personal hygiene products (deodorants, toothbrushes, mouthwash, etc.) and dried fruits (even though we can buy the trail mix version of nuts & raisins a couple of places on campus), but I'd like to see that all expanded to some other OTC products such as ibuprofen/acetaminophen and/or antacids. When the cafeterias are closed, it's difficult to get bottled water and even a snack, so another venue for those things would be helpful.
Also, even though I no longer need them, feminine hygiene products (tampons, sanitary pads, etc.) and even feminine wipes or wash cloths would probably be appreciated. I don't know if these are sold anywhere on campus (I did see them at the Homewood campus, in the teaching buildings, when I took classes there many years ago).
Lara bars, Kind bars, fresh fruits and veggies. No more artificial colors and artificial flavors (e.g. gatorade, goldfish, doritoes).
1. More low carb snack choices in food vending. Fresh fruits and or veggies would also be great.
2. Sundries such as deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, mouthwashes or rinses (all in trial size), sewing kits, hosiery (both male & female).
3. Pre-packaged meals, similar to the To-Go choices sold in the cafeteria in locations throughout the campus for those working when most food vending options are unavailable.
Pantyhose, flat shoes and sewing kits. Mini irons to touch up those linen skirts would be nice, too.
strawberries and raspberries
Frozen Yogurt would be nice
1. Beverages with containers that are certified free of Bisphenol-A
2. Every vending area that has beverage machines should have at least one source for water.
3. Sugar-free beverages sweetened without Aspartame, preferably Stevia, if not then Splenda.
4. Low-carb or No-carb snacks
I'd love to see more water and less Mountain Dew. There is a vending machine on my floor that has 10 rows of mountain dew and 1 row of water and the water is always sold out.
The lottery machine sounds good! I would like to see yogurt, health bars, bananas, and oranges.
Sugar free or low carb options!
@the keswick site it would be nice to see packaged veggie and fruit options just something more than packaged cookies and other unhealthy snack foods. especially for us we have very sedentary lives here.
I would also like to see a vending machine that has fresh fruit options. It also could include some other healthy snacks like greek yogurt, hummus, and precut vegetable sticks.
I work at night so the choices are very limited. I would love if fresh fruit would be sold. Thank you.
I would love to see trail size deodorants and toothbrushes.
I would like to see lottery scratch offs. It would also be nice to have a lottery machine. This would keep us from goung out to other venues.