A Chicago break room without technology and/or customer service is a space that no one wants to visit. All types of technology can impact the overall customer experience. Imagine a break room that only offered unhealthy snack and beverage options and only accepted cash. What if...
Did you know that it’s possible to have a physiological response similar to drinking coffee without actually drinking any? That may sound odd, but recent research conducted at the University of Toronto found that individuals who were exposed to coffee-related cues tended to have an...
The end of August is a great time to update your Chicago break room to make it a warm and inviting space before the cooler and darker fall months arrive. While there are a lot fun and exciting things to look forward to during fall,...
Coffee has entered the world of mashups. Mashups, as Chicago consumers know them, began in the early 2000s as a way to combine different songs and sounds to create something new. Food mashups followed shortly after offering some delicious new flavors and some flavors that...
The number and variety of healthy snacks Chicago employees will have to choose from in the next few years is expected to grow. Fact.MR, a market research firm, recently released a report that looked into current and future scenarios in the snack market and found...
How are your Chicago employees, their break room and blueberries connected? The answer is pantry service! Okay, that might sound a bit crazy, but hear me out. First, let’s define what pantry service is. The short answer is a break room that is set up to...
Bottled water keeps its spot at the top of the leader board. According to Jill Culora, IBWA’s vice president of communications, “for a third year in a row, bottled water is the No. 1 packaged beverage in the United States.” It’s also the most preferred...
Beverages are the next in line of a long line of consumable products to be modified to meet a variety of wellness-related needs. Functional beverages, a segment in the rapidly growing nonalcoholic beverage market, are expected to grow to $1.6 trillion in sales by 2025....
Change is on the way for the 4500 vending service professionals who gathered with industry innovators at The NAMA Show in Las Vegas, NV this past April. In addition to over 360 exhibitors, 125 new products were premiered at the show including many new healthy...
Did bottled water ever play a part in any of your new year’s resolutions? Maybe one of your goals was to drink more water everyday, and bottled water was a tool to help you meet that goal. It’s been four months since the start of...