Question

Your principal wants to install a drinks and snacks machine in your school.write an article for your school magazine ,giving your views on this proposal

Answer 1

Staff Writer

Staff WriterDecember 18, 2018

Staff WriterDecember 18, 2018Ever since schools first installed vending machines, there has been a growing parental concern on whether vending machines should continue to be in schools. In fact, according to a recent article in The Irish Times, schools should ban the ‘unhealthy vending machines.” To many students, including myself, this would be a mistake since most students enjoy buying snacks and drinks from the vending machines.

Staff WriterDecember 18, 2018Ever since schools first installed vending machines, there has been a growing parental concern on whether vending machines should continue to be in schools. In fact, according to a recent article in The Irish Times, schools should ban the ‘unhealthy vending machines.” To many students, including myself, this would be a mistake since most students enjoy buying snacks and drinks from the vending machines.Over the years, snacks that vending machines have to offer have gotten much healthier. According to CBS News, in 2013, the U.S Department of Agriculture replaced potato chips and candy bars that were being sold in vending machines with baked potato chips and granola bars. Also, as stated on the new standards for the national schools, in order for a snack to be sold in a school vending machine, it is required to meet strict nutrition standards. Snacks that are being sold should be low in calorie and low in fat. Before the new standards, students were being offered chocolate sandwich cookies, artificial fruit flavored candies and soda. Now, the modified and much healthier snack options that schools offer in vending machines include peanuts, light popcorn, low-fat tortilla chips, fruit cups and no-calorie f

Answer 2

The staff

staff writer......jan 23- 2018

A vending machine is an automated machine that provides items such as snacks, beverages, cigarettes and lottery tickets to consumers after cash, a credit card, or a specially designed card is inserted into the machine.The first modern vending machines were developed in England in the early 1880s and dispensed postcards. Vending machines exist in many countries, and in more recent times, specialized vending machines that provide less common products compared to traditional vending machine items have been created.

Similar to the development of traditional mobile phones into smartphones, vending machines have also progressively, though at a much slower pace, evolved into smart vending machines. Newer technologies at a lower cost of adoption, such as the large digital touch display, internet connectivity, cameras and various types of sensors, more cost-effective embedded computing power, digital signage, various advanced payment systems, and a wide range of identification technology .