Tuesday, August 3, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 2010
Contact: Susan Regal Wagner
susanw@olsoncom.com 312-280-9061
Y-Pulse Awarded "Best in Show" for Research-Based Poster
During SNA's Annual National Conference
CHICAGO, Ill. –Y-Pulse, LLC, a research and consulting firm specializing in providing insight on young consumers' taste preferences and attitudes to school foodservice professionals and food businesses, recently won a "Best in Show" award at the School Nutrition Association (SNA) annual conference for their research poster presentation on school vending. The award was given because the research was current, on-trend and in depth.
Y-Pulse was honored for its poster featured at the poster session of the SNA meeting, held in Dallas in mid-July. The colorful, informative poster highlighted the firm's recent school vending study that gathered information from over 500 elementary and secondary school students and leading school foodservice professionals, demonstrating the influence of different viewpoints on product offerings and purchase choices.
"The poster resonated with school nutrition professionals because it provided an immediate and provocative look into the future direction of school nutrition," remarked Tami Cline, partner of Y-Pulse, LLC. According to Cline, the findings of the study showed that school foodservice professionals would like to see more fresh and healthy foods available via vending, while students said they don't tend to make healthy vending choices because they don't have many healthy options.
For more information on the award-winning Y-Pulse poster on school vending or about the study itself, please call 312-280-9061 or email
info@ypulse.org.
NOTE: A PDF file of the "Best in Show" poster as well as the study results from Y-Pulse LLC is available for use with any news story. Please email
info@ypulse.org for a copy.
Y-Pulse, LLC is a research and consulting firm that specializes in helping companies in the food business better understand tomorrow's tastemakers today. It is a certified Women's Business Enterprise, headquartered in Chicago. For more information on Y-Pulse, their services offered or upcoming studies, please contact
info@ypulse.org, at 312.280.9061. Y-Pulse is a registered trademark of Y-Pulse LLC.
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