Say goodbye to Doritos and soda dinners during those long days at the office.

You can thank local vegetarian-raised sisters Jennie and Rebecca Albano, who came up with the brilliant idea of developing vending machines that provide exclusively all-natural and organic snacks and drinks.

Jennie wrote in an e-mail:

“One day the idea of vending came to me. I thought of the long hours I used to work in an edit bay or stuck in the office in my tv job and that the vending machine was so wretched… Then it just clicked, if there was a vending machine that ONLY had healthy, nutritious and delicious options…how that would have changed my whole life at the time.”

Their company, Natural Choice Vending, is the first of its kind in South Florida, and already has machines at four locations: Florida International University, The Miami Herald, Ransom Everglades High School, and World Fuel Services.

The Albano sisters -who by they way got the money to start off singing karaoke on TV- carefully inspect every item going into the machine to make sure it doesn’t contain artificial flavor or color, preservatives, hydrogenated oils, trans fats or high fructose corn syrup. If a product doesn’t meet these requirements, it’s simply not sold.

But items must also pass a flavor test.

“We taste test everything and won’t put any products into our line if they are not totally and completely yummy. Once a machine has been at a location a while we see what sells more or less and are always switching things up to mirror the customers’ tastes,” Jennie wrote.

They currently carry over 100 products, selling for a prize range of $.80 to $1.75. See a complete product list here.

The sisters are currently working up the public school system bureaucracy, and hope to one day have healthy vending options available at more schools.

“One of our biggest concerns is the rise of childhood obesity and diabetes and we’d love to be at the forefront of the vending revolution for Miami’s schools,” Jennie wrote.

Ok, so it could take some time before one of these machines pops up at your office, but you can call 305-667-0812 or check out www.naturalchoicevending.net and let Jennie and Rebecca know you want a healthy foods machine there.

Where would you like to see a Natural Choice Vending machine? What do you usually snack on? We’d like to read your comments.

Photos courtesy of Natural Choice Vending.