As one of the prominent Traverse City, Michigan Vending Companies, we recognize the unique dietary needs of our community’s year-round workforce and seasonal visitors who fuel Traverse City’s thriving tourism, hospitality, and food processing sectors. Our healthy vending program offers fresh, nutritious snacking options tailored to the demanding schedules of healthcare professionals at Munson Medical Center, outdoor recreation workers, and the thousands of seasonal employees and festival attendees who descend on the region from May through October. FitPick® is a distinguished vending and self-pay market program designed to assist employers and consumers in selecting products that adhere to established nutrition standards, making it especially valuable for Traverse City’s bustling downtown entertainment districts, wine trail tasting rooms, and retail corridors along Garfield Avenue. Its straightforward guidelines provide clear criteria for calories, fat, sugar, and sodium, making it an ideal choice for both employers across our cherry production operations and consumers seeking better nutrition during their cherry festival visits and outdoor recreation excursions.
Our membership in NAMA, the leading professional organization for vending companies, enables us to provide our customers throughout the Boardman Lake District, Old Town, and Downtown waterfront areas with the nationally acclaimed “Fit Pick” healthy vending machine program. This initiative showcases a selection of snacks, beverages, and foods that conform to rigorous standards on calories, fat, sugar, and sodium, helping the diverse mix of permanent residents, seasonal workers, and visitors to our arts and entertainment venues make healthier choices throughout the year.
Whether you’re outfitting a tasting room along Traverse City’s renowned wine trail, stocking a seasonal hospitality venue downtown, or placing healthy vending machines in healthcare facilities like Munson Medical Center, FitPick® delivers branded solutions that resonate with both year-round residents and the thousands of summer visitors who flood the cherry capital annually.
FitPick® uses eye-catching stickers to identify vending machine slots containing FitPick® approved snacks—a feature that proves especially valuable in Traverse City’s busy retail strips like Garfield Avenue and the Village at Grand Traverse Commons, where foot traffic from tourists and local workers demands transparent, trustworthy product labeling.
FitPick® labels distinguish between two sets of nutritional guidelines. The most popular adult criteria is the 35-10-35 standard (max 35% calories from fat, max 10% from saturated fat, and max 35% product weight from sugar). Additionally, FitPick® provides labels for items meeting The Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Competitive Foods Guidelines.
FitPick®’s consistent labeling system is recognized across communities, counties, and states nationwide, enabling offices throughout Traverse City’s diverse employer landscape—from agricultural processing facilities to Northwestern Michigan College to the seasonal workforce hubs in West End and East Bay—to implement the same program seamlessly.
Our aim is to supply straightforward yet crucial nutritional information at the point of sale, empowering consumers in Traverse City’s cash-driven hospitality and tourism economy to make healthier snack choices informed by clear, “better for you” guidelines, particularly during the high-demand festival and tourism season from May through October.
FitPick® transforms healthy snacking at Traverse City workplaces and venues by clearly identifying “better for you” options, with nearly 700 tasty FitPick® approved products curated for the region’s diverse workforce. Whether staffing Munson Medical Center’s multi-shift operations, managing seasonal hospitality teams along the Front Street district and waterfront, or serving the rotating workforce at cherry processing facilities and wine producers throughout the Grand Traverse wine region, our vending machines guide employees and visitors in choosing nutritious items without compromise. This program effortlessly removes guesswork from the selection and purchase process, particularly valuable during Traverse City’s intense May-through-October tourism season when both permanent staff and temporary seasonal workers need quick access to better-for-you snacks that fuel productive workdays.
The FitPick® program recognizes the importance of functional foods,
acknowledging that snacks are often equivalent to meals.
VendVue is revolutionizing workplace vending across Traverse City by dedicating ourselves to comprehensively understanding our clients’ wellness goals and the unique demands of our region’s diverse workforce. From the seasonal hospitality teams at resorts and wine tasting rooms along the Grand Traverse wine trail to year-round employees at Munson Medical Center and Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City’s workforce spans multiple industries with varying health priorities. While traditional vending machines offer up to 45 diverse products, including popular “pleasure foods” like candy bars, chips, and soft drinks, Traverse City’s growing wellness consciousness—particularly among healthcare professionals, outdoor recreation workers, and tourism staff—has created rising demand for healthier options. This shift towards health consciousness among consumers and organizations in our cherry-growing region has inspired us to offer tailored solutions that reflect the active, nature-focused lifestyle Traverse City residents and visitors embrace. We’re delighted to collaborate with our clients throughout Downtown Traverse City, the Boardman Lake District, and commercial corridors like South Airport Road through the personalized Fit Pick® program, catering to their wellness requirements with a variety of healthy alternatives.