A Canadian medical center recently unveiled a vegan-friendly hospital vending machine in an effort to provide healthier, plant-based food options for patients and visitors. Located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Lions Gate Hospital has joined forces with plant-based food brand The Green Moustache -- a cafe known for its healthy and organic selection of salads, smoothies, hand-crafted desserts and more.
In addition to offering restaurant services, catered meals and a 7-day healthy eating plan, The Green Moustache has created a vegan-friendly hospital vending machine. The vending machine promotes convenience while also spotlighting wholesome and non-processed snacks that go beyond traditional junk food and pop offerings.
This vending machine drives home Lions Gate Hospital's core values and is reflective of the medical facility's dedication to health that goes beyond just treating its patients.
Vegan Hospital Vending Machines
Lions Gate Hospital Teams Up with The Green Moustache Cafe
Trend Themes
1. Vegan Hospital Food - The trend of offering vegan and plant-based food options in hospital and medical facilities, presenting opportunities for companies to provide healthy, ethical, and sustainable meal options to promote better health for patients and visitors.
2. Healthy Vending Machines - The trend of healthy vending machines and on-the-go food options that offer more nutritional value than traditional vending machines can disrupt the traditional vending industry by encouraging healthier eating habits.
3. Plant-based Snacks - The trend of plant-based snack options becoming more popular and mainstream in vending machines and other food outlets, offering opportunities for companies to develop innovative and sustainable snack options that meet the growing demand for healthier, ethical, and environmentally-friendly foods.
Industry Implications
1. Healthcare - Hospitals and medical facilities can benefit from offering healthy and ethical meal options, with potential for disruption in the food service industry by challenging traditional ways of providing food services.
2. Vending - The vending machine industry presents opportunities for innovation by incorporating healthy and sustainable food options to meet consumer demand for healthier on-the-go snacking.
3. Plant-based Foods - The growing trend of plant-based and vegan food choices can disrupt the traditional food industry by providing alternatives to traditional processed food options and encouraging more environmentally-friendly and ethical food choices.