The brainchild of former American Powerlifting national champion and certified personal trainer Erik Frank, Your Nutrition Delivered provides fresh, healthy meals and snack options to businesses, hospitals and casinos, as well as rewards platforms to incentivize healthy eating.
Since winning the 2013 “Big Idea” competition by Idea Village, Frank’s company has really taken off, most notably over the past two years.
In 2016, Frank became the director of sales and innovation for Refreshment Solutions, the largest full-service vending, coffee and micro-market provider in the state of Louisiana. The company is dedicated to creating healthier workforces by providing healthy eating options for company break rooms.
“An office break room used to mean stale coffee and honey buns,” said Frank in an interview with Biz New Orleans for the June 2017 issue, “but today, with micro-market technology, it can mean a chai tea latte and Greek salad with chicken and a honey balsamic dressing.”
Clients currently include Laitram, Ochnser and LCMC.
Alongside Ochsner, Frank and Refreshment Solutions have also been working with the Ochsner Eat Fit NOLA program, which encourages local chefs to create more healthy dining options. The partnership is helping to put Eat Fit options into company vending machines.
In addition to serving on the board of the Entrepreneurs Organization, Frank also serves as a committee chair for Humana’s health advisory board. The insurance company has created a Bold Goal program with the aim of making New Orleans 20 percent healthier by 2020.
Frank’s committee is tackling diabetes in the workplace by running pilot programs around positive food choices at work. The first programs have been put in place at Laitram and Harrah’s Biloxi.
At these locations, employees targeted as pre-diabetic are encouraged to purchase healthy food options from their company’s micro-market machines using a payroll deduction program. If the employee makes a set amount of healthy purchases, the company will reimburse them for part of the cost of the purchased food.
“Other incentives could include things like added vacation time or some form of recognition,” added Frank. “Our plan is to add more companies as time goes on.”
