With HealthPartners yumPower, you can bring better-for-you nutrition to your worksite. This toolkit is designed to help you work with partners and educate employees about better food decision making.
Better-for-you nutrition has many benefits for employees, including:
Make the better choice an easy choice by getting started today!
To get started, use our yumPower “how-to guide” to identify your areas of focus. Then, use the resources below to bring about positive change in those areas at your worksite.
Better-for-you company pledge
Make a commitment to change. Take this yumPower pledge to ensure your company stays focused on its mission to eat better and live well.
Nutrition guidelines
Use this document as a guideline to help understand and implement better-for-you food and beverage nutrition standards.
Catering choices
Whether you're ordering food for a work event or simply attending one, this document reveals better-for-you choices and eating tips.
Vendor tips
Work through these strategies with your vendor to ensure your employees get a positive, nutritional experience at work.
Vending plan-o-gram
Make the move to yumPower-approved vending machines. Share this guide with your vendor and chart a course to better snacking.
Vendor letter
Use this letter template to start a conversation about better-for-you eating with your vendor partners. It will send the message that you're committed to healthy living.
Additional programs
Looking for additional ways to promote better-for-you eating at work? This list of creative ideas goes beyond the basics.
Pricing strategies
Use price and access to encourage better-for-you eating. Learn about effective discount and pricing strategies that can drive results.
For use in emails, newsletters or other communications, these generic messages announce the better-for-you initiative and provide your employees with helpful tips and resources. View the “Overview” document for instructions.
Overview
Employee message #1
Employee message #2
Employee message #3
Employee message #4
Salad bar three-step
Share the secret to building the ultimate salad. This simple, three-step process illustrates how to choose tasty, better-for-you ingredients.
Tasty snack alternatives
This handy cheat sheet highlights dozens of better-for-you snack options by category and brand name — there's something for everyone.
In addition, don't forget about these great resources. They're free, fun and encourage better-for-you decision making.