Grizzly Announces Fresh Healthy Vending Website Revamp

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - Jan 6, 2016) -  Grizzly, an independent creative agency based in San Diego, today unveiled the newly designed website for Fresh Healthy Vending International, Inc. (OTCQB: VEND), the leading franchiser of healthy-alternative vending machines and micro markets. The revamped and re-energized website, www.freshvending.com, designed and developed by Grizzly serves as a resource for potential and current franchisees, detailing product information, technology features, health facts, support, location concepts and more.

Grizzly sought to create a new website that communicates the soul and purpose of Fresh Healthy Vending in a way that is true to its company-wide mission and vision. The Grizzly team completed the project with an emphasis on ease of use and mobile-first design/development, making the site scalable for Fresh Healthy Vending employees to publish new content and generate business as the franchise and product lines continue to grow. They also featured a "foot in the door" look into the culture of the company via a homepage video so customers and potential franchisees can experience the company from an insider's perspective.

"We enjoyed working with the Fresh Healthy Vending team to define their next chapter and build a digital platform that allows them to communicate effectively and authentically," said Greg Gibson, Partner and Creative Director of Grizzly. "The company's mission and vision are compelling, and we wanted to really tell their story," he added. "Not only have they innovated in the vending industry, providing healthier alternatives to typical junk food fare, but the Fresh team starts their day with meditation and embody an internal culture that's really inspiring. We count it a privilege to participate in the telling the entire Fresh story."

Grizzly and Fresh Healthy Vending began designing and building the new site in May of 2015. The site upgrades embody the company's culture with a bright color scheme, convenient continuous scroll layout, mobile-friendly navigation and easily accessible information for potential franchisees and locations.

"We wanted the new site to represent the company in its current form, exemplifying the sustained growth that we have recently been experiencing and are still in the midst of, while also making it easier for our potential new business partners to navigate" said Fresh Healthy Vending's Chairman, Nick Yates. "In the last two and a half years, we added a notable number of new franchisees, introduced a brand new machine, launched an international master franchise opportunity and became a publicly traded entity. We want partners, customers and potential franchisees to have full visibility into the company, and will use this new website as a tool to help keep this rapid growth going."

The new website is live and available at www.freshvending.com.

About Grizzly

Grizzly is an independent creative agency that builds meaningful, impactful experiences for adventurous brands. For Grizzly, it's all about the journey. The company produces experiences for its clients and customers that convey purpose and build trust through storytelling. A few companies that Grizzly has partnered with recently include Surfrider, Nutanix and CH Projects.

For more information, please visit: www.madebygrizzly.com

About Fresh Healthy Vending

Fresh Healthy Vending, based in San Diego, California, is North America's leading healthy vending franchisor. Fresh Healthy Vending pioneered the concept of vending machines stocked with tried-and-tested fresh, healthy snack options to serve the growing market of health-conscious consumers. The Company has over 230 active franchisees throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, and continually looks for like-minded entrepreneurs who share its vision. Currently, Fresh Healthy Vending is listed as the 7th of 75 top new franchises on Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 list.

The Company has booked over 3,300 machines for placement in schools, universities, hospitals, community centers, military bases, airports, fitness facilities, YMCAs, libraries and many other locations.

Fresh Healthy Vending's stock is traded on the OTC Markets, Symbol: VEND.

For more information, please visit: www.freshvending.com

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Except for historical information contained in this release, statements in this release may constitute forward-looking statements regarding assumptions, projections, expectations, targets, intentions or beliefs about future events that are based on management's belief, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. While the Company believes that expectations are based upon reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurances that goals, results and strategy will be realized. Numerous factors, including risks and uncertainties, terms and availability of financing, may affect actual results and may cause results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements made by the Company or on its behalf. In addition to statements, which explicitly describe risks and uncertainties, readers are urged to consider statements labeled with such terms as "believes," "belief," "expects," "intends," "feels," "anticipates," "proposes," "proposed," or "plans" to be uncertain and forward-looking. More detailed information on these and additional factors that could affect Fresh Healthy Vending's actual results are described in Fresh Healthy Vending's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015 and its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015. All forward-looking statements in this news release speak only as of the date of this news release and are based on Fresh Healthy Vending's current beliefs and expectations. Fresh Healthy Vending undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.