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Happy Vending For this U.S. Army Veteran, investing in Naturals2Go was an easy decision.
by Rochelle Miller Eric Copeland thrived in director-level operations and logistics roles for leading national companies but didn’t feel he had reached his full potential. “I felt my career kind of plateaued,” he says. Rather than continue trying to climb the corporate ladder, he wanted to fulfill his calling as an entrepreneur. So Copeland, a U.S. Army veteran who holds a finance degree from the University
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of Georgia, ventured into vending by becoming an owner-operator of Naturals2Go. Offering healthy snack options (plus some traditional offerings for folks with a sweet tooth) the Naturals2Go vending machines are equipped with cutting-edge technology. The technological perks were especially enticing to Copeland. “This is more than just a machine that spits out food and drinks,” he says. For
