Dean Foods Co. and Groupe Danone are
among companies that started selling organic foods at U.S.
schools, amid concern among parents about children’s nutrition,
the Wall Street Journal reported.
Stonyfield Farm, 40 percent owned by Danone, installed
vending machines that sell soy chips, rice snack bars, pita chips
and low-fat organic yogurt at three Rhode Island high schools in
a pilot program last week, the newspaper said. Dean Foods’ White
Wave unit, which makes Silk soy milk, recently set up 50 vending
machines in Texas, as well as three in the Los Angeles area, the
paper said.
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Some schools are removing their regular vending machines
amid complaints from parents, the paper said. In California, the
Los Angeles Unified School District banned soda machines from
their schools, the paper said.
Food companies see business opportunities in the
school market, although keeping the prices low to remain
competitive is a challenge, the paper said. Under the pilot
programs, the vending machines are provided to schools at no
charge, and the companies plan to give profits to the schools and
machine operators, the paper said.
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