Workplace wellness – a health-focused, self- serve store.

Workplace WELLNESS

With work and office-based customers - traditionally the source of regular trade for many café and food to go operators - having stayed away, or switched to delivery and take-out options over the past year, self-service concepts are now offering one way to tackle the need for hygiene as well as still provide access to quality food and beverages.

INNOVATION

Award-winning British company, Healthy Nibbles, recently launched their innovative unmanned retail concept - the Wellness Hub. This unmanned retail concept benefits from tech-enabled innovation, real-time monitoring capability, sustainably sourced goods and a range of 1000 plus healthy snacks, drinks and meals currently aimed at enhancing workplace wellness in particular.

The company say that they are committed to enabling healthier choices, providing an opportunity for people to make positive lifestyle choices beginning with their health. Their goal is to help companies and organisations improve their culture by pioneering new workplace wellness ideas thereby increasing health, happiness and productivity.

As a business, Healthy Nibbles has been built with strong foundations and robust principles, being made up of a team of skilled people who share similar goals and ambitions, and who are also all committed to building a sustainable business with purpose.

Healthy Nibbles enable healthier home, on the go and office-based food solutions, underpinned by personalised nutrition and data to support the wellbeing of employees. Their ‘micro markets’ come at a time when many businesses are having to think differently about the delivery of health and wellness offerings, and as offices steadily open up again after the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses, as well as food suppliers and operators, need to offer relevant, customisable concepts in a socially distanced environment.

The Wellness Hub provides a healthy, convenient solution, with each unit effectively operating as its own mini-market. Offering fresh and frozen meals, delicious and innovative snacks and drinks, all dietary needs are catered for too, claim its creators.

Sourced from impact-driven brands such as Mindful Chef and Modern Standard coffee, such ‘markets’ can deliver high quality food to fuel health and performance 24 hours a day. All products have also been benchmarked against over 15 UK and international nutritional standards, as well as against the B Corp impact assessment to ensure true workplace wellness, the company add.

To date, over 40% of businesses are thought to still have closed office kitchen facilities following the pandemic. Micro markets seek to overcome this shortage by allowing everyone to have access to healthy food options regardless of their working pattern. Micro markets are entirely self-service, eliminating the need for them to be staffed. Customers can simply use the self-service interface of the micro market, or alternatively download the app to checkout. The quick, low-touch experience reduces queue times, helps to maintain social distancing and allows for a more even distribution of employees throughout the day, making each micro market a Covid-19 safe area within the office.

INTELLIGENT

Smart, remote monitoring capabilities enable the real time tracking of stock levels so that restocks can be carried out on a required basis, allowing everyone’s favourite food to always be on offer. Each unit can be easily tailored to suit specific environments, as well as individual employees, whilst limiting waste and miles by ensuring that restocking only takes place when necessary.

“Flexibility and health are going to be key drivers in any food and beverage solution, both in the

short and longer-term, as cities, businesses and homes continue to undergo a seismic shift in response to Covid19,” says Healthy Nibbles’ founder Sara Roberts.

“I believe workplace wellness will assume its rightful position as a seat at the board table, moving away from a fragmented and siloed discipline to one that underpins business, with nutrition, mental health, overall wellness, sustainability and impact all forming key components in governance and reporting.”

Wellness is paramount to the way business operates with the healthiest workplaces becoming a destination of choice for employees many sector analysts propose. With clients including BBC, Lacoste, Vitality, Transport for London, The Offi ce Group and Three Mobile, Micro Markets is Healthy Nibbles’ latest solution aimed at making workplaces a healthier destination to be.

The Healthy Nibbles story began when its founder, Sara Roberts, was at her father’s hospital bedside. Hungry, at 3 am, she found that the only food available was from a vending machine. At the same time, she recalls that a poster next to the machine warned her ominously that; “diabetes and obesity kill.” Yet, the machine offered only the usual selection of crisps, chocolate bars and fizzy drinks - there were no healthy choices.

Frustrated by this juxtaposition, and alongside her personal wellness journey, Sara Roberts then developed the concept of Healthy Nibbles and today, she is leading the charge by bringing healthy, out of home choices to UK offi ces, travel hubs and letterboxes nationwide.

The need for Healthy Nibbles is clear and simple, yet urgent, given that rising levels of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease are all in turn placing significant burdens on the UK economy. Businesses are losing 97 million workdays annually due to poor diet, it is estimated, and the NHS is at breaking point, indicating that the time for preventative healthcare is now, say Healthy Nibbles.

CUSTOM PRINTED SOLUTIONS

Promote your brand, company or organisation with a durable, beautiful custom product — and a commitment to sustainability and health. We collaborate with great companies like yours to print custom artwork on our reusable steel solutions. Custom and branded water bottles, coffee cups and tumblers make great gifts for your customers, employees, volunteers, donors, partners, students or anyone associated with your organisation.

We collaborate with great companies like yours to print custom artwork on our reusable steel solutions. Custom and branded water bottles, coffee cups and tumblers make great gifts for your customers, employees, volunteers, donors, partners, students or anyone associated with your organisation.

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