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Article: Six Massachusetts Schools Systems to Introduce Health-Food Vending Machines.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- March 17, 2004
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By Jamie Vaznis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 17--WARWICK, R.I. -- The Coca-Cola, Snickers bars, and Skittles in the vending machines at Toll Gate High School should tempt any teenager. But every morning, John Katsetos snubs those treats in favor of something all-natural.
The 16-year-old junior slips a dollar into the school's newest vending machine and retrieves a bottle of chocolate soymilk.
"Most kids think soy and go ew, but it [tastes] nice going down," said Katsetos, a Toll Gate baseball player who never drank soymilk until the school installed the vending machine last fall.
After spending ...