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Refueling and Boosting Morale During Office Breaks

Refueling and Boosting Morale During Office Breaks
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When your employees are uncomfortable, it takes your business down a notch. Not only is performance hurt by disgruntled or overworked employees who don’t have a chance to reset during their breaks, morale is also damaged. Morale starts off as something less visible, but like an illness, low morale needs immediate treatment. Dan Willis started All Hands Vending with his wife Theresa to serve as a workplace treatment for morale and energy, as well as a wonderful charity initiative. The business provides fresh and advanced micro-markets to workplaces around Idaho in need of a changeup. 

Dan and Theresa both served in the Navy, each of them going to different parts of the world. Whether in the United States, on a frigate in South America, or coordinating communications in Afghanistan, both of them noticed that with improved morale comes much better and more consistent performances. The Navy is organized to be the most well-oiled machine in the country, and they employ thousands of people at posts with morale-boosting purposes. After the Navy, Dan spent five years as a financial advisor for Edward Jones, managing a 15 million dollar office with a personal secretary. He saw firsthand—and heard directly from corporate clients—that businesses struggle when their benefits aren’t connected with the actual needs of their employees. Taking in the importance of employee satisfaction, one can conclude that bosses stand to benefit from All Hands Vending’s business model as much as employees. 

Micro-markets are similar to vending machines, but they are a technological revolution in vending. Dan and Theresa’s micro-markets are highly developed machines that stay in touch with their office to allow for timely servicing and stocking. They can deliver more than just sodas and chips, and the company’s customization capability corresponds with your employee happiness. If your business wants to stock up on burritos and frozen yogurt, it can! Studies show that having convenient access to good quality food and beverages on-site improves employee satisfaction and retention rates. You want to keep your best employees, so keep them well-fed! Retaining top employees is key for growing businesses; All Hands Vending knows this too. They can deliver a micro-market and LED touchscreen coffee machine to your workplace, and you’ll see how effective it is to have a convenience store equivalent in your break room. 

All Hands Vending offers a fail-free guarantee on their products, and they take care of the whole process when you do business with them, including delivery, handling, cleaning, and stocking. Dan and Theresa know what it’s like to be a part of both a stale and a highly functioning workplace. They’ve added employee benefit opportunities for those interested in giving their employees something else to smile at. Discount programs allow micro-markets to have more adjustable and lower prices for their employees, and they offer benefit cards for bosses who want to reward covering shifts or just give some free snacks. The team benefits will show themselves in happier, more relaxed employees.

Why micro-markets and not older vending solutions? Vending machines are limited, and they bring a stale energy to your workplace. They dispense one item—a crumpled water bottle or airy bag of chips—at a time, very slowly. Having a self-cleaning coffee dispenser with the ability to dispense multiple hot drinks and keep them fresh at the same time as a customizable vending solution turns the break room from a liminal and dormant place into a social lobby where employees refresh their energy. 

On top of the immediate benefits for your business, All Hands Vending addresses much bigger issues in its charity work. For the first three years of business, Dan and Theresa donated 10% of profits to charities selected by their clients. Over $10,000 was raised for local charities. This year, they continued their “All Hands Helping Santa” initiative to help bring Christmas presents and food to children who otherwise wouldn’t be able to enjoy the holiday. Dan personally prevented a local food shelf from closing its doors during the COVID-19 pandemic with an $800 check. Partners with All Hands may choose to do so to improve their company morale, but equally important is keeping their communities fed, too. 

All Hands Vending is a veteran owned, high-tech, consistent and passionate company. The founder and owner duo works hard to expand their business reach because of the success of their product. They’ve been featured on episodes of the East Idaho Entrepreneurs and Vibescast podcasts, and they post video reviews from business owners on their website. Get in touch with Dan to learn how you can raise your bottom line with improvements in company energy and motivation, and get in on this vending solution as it grows to a nationally recognized break room staple.

Published by: Martin De Juan

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