Variety’s Health Program

As many people are now aware, across the country there is a growing understanding of the importance of healthy lifestyles, proper eating habits, good nutrition and a reasonable exercise program. Many companies and schools are realizing the benefits of encouraging and promoting healthy lifestyles among their employees and students. Wellness programs are being initiated in many businesses and schools as employers and administrators learn healthy employees and students are happier and more productive. Legislatures too are getting into the act enacting legislation attempting to mandate better nutrition. Even many health insurers are beginning to offer discounts to customers with healthy lifestyle habits.
Variety too is committed to the health and well-being of our employees and our customers. We encourage wellness as part of our company culture. Promoting health education, smoking cessation, weight management and healthy eating habits are just a few of the ways we encourage wellness with our employees.

Variety also knows how important wellness is to our customers. We know our guests are interested in their good health and that our clients are interested in promoting wellness amongst their employees/students. We want you to know that Variety too is committed to promoting wellness, nutrition and physical activity with all of our customers. Variety has specific menu options and nutritional resources available for all of our services.

Vending Services - Variety maintains a complete menu of healthier choices for all our vending machines. We can dedicate a few items or an entire machine to clearly labeled healthier selections. See some of our healthier vending snack/beverage products here and food products here. We also have nutritional information available for most of our vending products here. We comply or exceed all governmental guidelines regarding vending in school locations.

Dining/Cafeteria - In each of our dining locations Variety provides daily selections from our “Here’s to Your Health” menu program. These are not “diet” items but a well designed menu to help you eat healthier on a daily basis, lower your fat content, sodium content, and reduce your intake of unhealthy cholesterol. We avoid items with trans-fats and cook with healthy oils. On the menu, just look for the heart to indicate our “Here’s to Your Health” program items. We also maintain a recipe/nutritional bible in each dining account so that our customers can easily find out nutritional information about what they’re eating.

School Lunch Services - Variety’s School Lunch Program is designed to exceed the USDA requirements for federally supported lunch programs. See our approach to school nutrition here. We work with our staff nutritionist to ensure our menus are well balanced with proper amounts of calories, fat, carbohydrates and protein. We also can provide nutritional education and materials for parents, staff and students. We sponsor contests to promote physical activity on the part of students and provide nutritional information on our menus. We also offer a complete health oriented vending program for schools.